However it also suggests reasons why Debra still had a sense of agency, why at the age of twenty-one, she broke off her engagement to a handsome man to be with the more charismatic Alton, with whom she quickly fell in love. Although her parents strongly opposed the union, the relationship grew further, they moved in together and he introduced her to increasingly violent types of sex. Brown was so devoted to Alton that even when violent tendencies emerged or when he wanted to dress like a woman, she didn't mind. Having just one sex slave was not enough for Alton, as he had been sexually abused by his mother and wanted to hurt children, men, and women the same way his mother had hurt him (Davis, 2005). Similar to Myra Hindley, Debra Brown was in love with the partner involved, infatuated like Myra, and both ended up being so devoted and submissive to their actions regardless of their psychological character