inappropriate maybe. I would say it would depend more on how he acted about the pictures. Did he draw them of you or force you to pose for the naked pictures or did he say anything about the pictures that would make you feel unconfortable. Also when you say his wall do you mean his room? or your common living area.

There's nothing inherently sexually abusive with drawings of naked women.

Now that doesn't mean that a child isn't going to feel awkward around them or even traumatized by them in some way.

Can you say more about the situation? Is your dad an artist? Are the women drawn in pornographic poses? Did he require that you look at them or listen to him talk about them?

How have you felt about the pictures?

well he has them in the kitchen/dining room and yes they are in pornographic poses. no they are not of me he considers them art but i don't think they are art i think they are gross.

have you tried telling him that you don't like them and would rather they not be where you can see them

my mom did a while back and he has just recently put them back up

I would have to say it depends on the nature of the drawing. Are they good? In as much as to say that your father considers himself an artist, or may actually be one? If he is doing these drawings as a form of artistic expression and is proud of the skill it takes to draw them, then he is probably displaying them because of this.

Perhaps he thinks that he is promoting a healthy body image by displaying the female form like this in your home. Perhaps he hasn't thought of how you feel about them at all. Maybe he just likes them. I say this with the greatest respect, but sexual abuse and displaying images that he's drawn himself which could be considered by many to be art- they're a world apart. If he were tearing pages out of top shelf magazines and papering the walls with them- different. Still not a sexual abuse per se, but inappropriate and something he should seek therapy for, I think, if that were the case.

If they make you uncomfortable, tell him so, and maybe suggest that he keep them in a portfolio or in his own bedroom.

I have to disagree, by placing them in the kitchen and they are pornographic poses, he is in effect forcing you and your mother and anyone else that comes in the house to look at them. I consider that sexual abuse. He could easily keep them in a portfolio and share them with people that may like them.

Maybe you could convince him to get a deviantart account instead of sharing them with you guys (since you obviously aren't interested in his art).

I think it's gross and creepy.
If it feels like abuse to you, it's abuse.

I like Steph's idea-he can show off to people on the internet, not you guys.

Perhaps he does not like company? This is a behavior of someone with a lack of boundries and my need to deal with his past.

I have to agree that this isn't clear-cut. There is nothing intrinsically pornographic or abusive about the naked form, in person, in photographs or in art.

However, if the pictures are pornographic (itself a grey concept), disturbing or highly sexualised, and are displayed in inappropriate places, they may contribute to abusive behaviours.

It is a difficult topic. You have your opinion and he has his. Ideally, you would be able to talk with your dad and he'd understand how you feel and may choose to relocate some of the pictures you find more problematic.

In a way I wish that I could write a clear answer for you, but I don't think there is one. I'm certainly struggling to express a clear opinion, partly because we haven't seen (and I don't particularly want to see) the nature if the pictures.

At the end of the day, you're no longer a child, it's his house and his choice how he decorates it. I know I'm going to get flamed for that, but before you do, please read on...

I don't think that the "it's my house and it's just art" argument excuses clearly pornographic material being on display to children. The same applies, in my opinion, if the "art" is grossly indecent and on display to non-consenting adults (e.g. you, or casual visitors), or if it's of such a nature that it's illegal. Such behaviours would, in my opinion, constitute abuse (and may be illegal).

This means that, even if his behaviours don't constitute abuse now, they may have done when you were a child, if the pictures were pornographic.

I guess that, if your dad refuses to remove the "art", and you can't live with it, you may end up having to leave. Ideally, you'd be able to talk with him about it and reach a compromise. If he simply won't hear you, there are other issues going on.

Good luck!

I read your profile after I'd posted the above and that seems to bear out the feeling I got from your post: that the real issues here may be more emotional abuse / emotional neglect than sexual abuse.

I still hold the opinion that, if the pictures displayed when you were a child, were pornographic, that could, as you said, constitute exposure abuse. It all depends on the pictures and their positioning, etc.

However, the apparent disregard of your feelings on the subject, also seems abusive, particularly in the context of wider emotional and physical abuse.

i wouldnt call this sexual abuse exactly.... it is very innapropriate and should not be hung up around your house with the exception of his own room.

i wouldnt call this sexual abuse exactly.... it is very innapropriate and should not be hung up around your house with the exception of his own room.

i wouldnt call this sexual abuse exactly.... it is very innapropriate and should not be hung up around your house with the exception of his own room.