I was bullied, like this guy, and it makes you into a jerk because of hypersensitivity. You lose your ability to take a joke. You interpret everything as unkindness. It's quite a stumbling block.
As a result I was a late bloomer. One thing I failed to realize, and which this guy failed to realize, is that being a virgin can be an asset. When it came out it was like, "Oh, you've never done it before? How exciting!" With the ice dam broken I could let life and circumstance carry me.
Fortunately there was no internet in the 1970s when I was going through all that, or I might have gone total jerk there.