'I never did anything against my will'

[Ivo van Hove (Belgian theatre director), had when he was 14 a relationship with a teacher:] I deliberately speak of "a relationship" because that's what it was to me. I never felt like a victim. I also explicitly want to emphasize that I didn't become homosexual because of that relationship. From an early age I knew I was gay - well, I didn't even know the word - but I quickly knew what kind of feelings I had. [...]

That would have been traumatic. In my view, that would have been a great injustice.

source: Article < "I never did anything against my will" > by Ivo van Hove; Original article in Dutch: < 'Ik heb nooit iets tegen mijn zin gedaan'; Translation from consentingjuveniles.com; www.consentingjuveniles.com/Case_Narrative?case=Ivo_van_Hove&lang=NL; De Standaard (Belgium); 4 December 2010