I'm not talking about specifically sexual abuse! But I'm curious if, statistically, there's anything to indicate that living in an abusive environment might delay one's development of sexuality, or influence someone to be permanently asexual (not celibate).

This isn't just a totally random idea- I lived in an abusive environment as a child. No sexual or physical abuse, but very pervasive emotional abuse, my mother always undermined my confidence and general stifled me, it's really caused a lot of problems. Well, I was asexual and sex repulsed until I was around 18. This by itself doesn't really raise an eyebrow- But I know of at least one or two other people who also lived in abusive environments and are either asexual or nearly asexual.

Does anyone know anything about this subject? Does there seem to be much correlation here, or are these incidents likely isolated? I'm curious about other people's experience and knowledge on the subject.

I'm absolutely not trying to imply that there's anything wrong with being asexual! But given the experiences of myself and my friends, I can't help being curious about this.