It is the belief today that kids can be so easily traumatized but I find it extraordinary how resilient they actually are. I think we adults are the ones offended and hurt over some things much more than the children. I think your dad's perspective was one he was OK with, just as you are OK with it. Those pics were intended for him and those like him. He may have even thought it appropriate to allow you to see them to keep you on the heterosexual path of men. This I suppose was common enough back in the day. I remember my old man remarking over certain women in a sensual way to me. I felt kinda awkward but whatever. I never faulted him for it.
The fact remains that I am not this childs actual father and have no right to allow such things, even inadvertently.
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