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I had been, you know, held in the closet for two months and, you know, abused in all manner of ways. I was very good at doing what I was told.

— Patty Hearst

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was an abused kid.

— Rosie O'Donnell

I was physically abused and I retaliated.

— Samantha Morton

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse.

— Albert Ellis

I justified it in so many ways. I had a very, very long and difficult struggle with my sexuality.

— Portia de Rossi

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

— Amber Heard

'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.

— R. Kelly

I was in the closet, so to speak, until after the fifth year when I was cancer-free.

— Richard Roundtree

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another.

— Jane Porter

✗Opposing Perspectives

I realize it's a cliche almost, that coming out of the closet is a very healthy and empowering thing to do, but for me, it really has been a truly wonderful thing.

— B. D. Wong

I told my mother at about the seventh year of therapy that I had been abused sexually by my father, and she hung up the phone on me.

— Anne Heche