February 16th, 2015
        
        			Sleepraping
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		6 years have passed and I think about this everyday. Everyday. An inner tug of war turning the events over in my head. My boyfriend is an ‘upstanding citizen’, joined the army for the forces of good and would walk old ladies across the road. He started by the end...	
 
	
		
        			October 19th, 2017
        
        			I Shouldn’t Have Drank
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My friend was throwing a party for me and two other friends. We all shared birthdays around the same time, so we celebrated them together. A lot of people I didn’t even speak to showed up. I was turning 15 and it was my first time drinking. Apparently I drank...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2016
        
        			Stairwell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Here’s a story that some of even my closest friends don’t know but in light of what is going on with the Brock Turner case and thousands of other cases we don’t hear about I feel like I want to share it… I was assaulted in college. Thankfully not even...	
 
	
	
		I was 20 just before my 21st birthday. I was in college, out at a party with some friends. We’d been drinking and having a good time. A friend came over to me and said that this guy she’d been interested in had invited her to come over to his...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2016
        
        			Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 40 years old when it happened to me. I was a virgin because of my faith and beliefs about not having sex outside of marriage and I have never been married. I’m also physically disabled–I was using a walker at the time and waiting for my insurance to...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2017
        
        			Happy Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just turned 21 and i had my cousins car and my best friend was my D.D. we had lunch and i had my first legal drink and i also got a free drink from starbucks what a great start right. Im in college away from home so i kinda...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2013
        
        			יש חיים אחרי אונס
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		שלום לכולן, אני בחורה חוזרת בתשובה מזה ארבע שנים .. בגיל 15 בערך עברתי אונס ע”י מציל .. שהיה באמצע שנות העשרים שלו.. לא הצלחתי לדבר שלוש עשרה שנים .. לא הצלחתי להגדיר לעצמי .. עברת עכשיו אונס .. אז שתקתי.. אבל הפצע לא מוכן להישאר בנפש ובגוף .. הוא...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2017
        
        			Black and Blue
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...	
 
	
	
		Hola, no comprendo muy bien el idioma ingles por eso escribo esta corta historia en español, la persona que fue abusa es mi esposa cuan ella tenia 11 años por el esposo de una tía de ella y el esposo de una prima de ella. Al contarme esto sentí demasiada...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2017
        
        			I don’t know what to think
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This isn’t rape. I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what to think or feel or even how to act around him. I guess it started when my mom went on vacation and left me and my step dad at the house. He would sleep with me and...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2015
        
        			6 to 20
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when I was molested by a neighbor who’s daughter I played with. After a year I told my older brothers and they told my parents. After I talked with my parents and they told the man to get counseling. At six I had no idea...	
 
	
		
        			August 22nd, 2016
        
        			Finally Accepting I Was Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts my first year of high school. I was the youngest person in my class; starting my freshman year at 13 years old. It was the first time being mixed together in classes with people older than myself. I was very sheltered by my parents, never allowed to...	
 
	
		
        			June 4th, 2015
        
        			Naive and Raped at 15
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 15 and it was the summer before my sophomore year in high school. I had had almost no experience. I was a virgin. I liked this older guy who was 18. We had talked a few times at school and he texted me late one night...	
 
	
	
		I met a boy off of the dating website Tinder. We met up and went on a motorcycle ride as our first date. I felt on top of the world and we hit off real well. We started hanging out anytime we could. One night, he came over drunk. He...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2015
        
        			Man Raped By Man
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18 and going to college in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sometimes in the evenings I would go to the gay bars. One night I one that I had not been to before. There was a downstairs and upstairs area. Separated by race. I decided I wanted to go...	
 
	
		
        			October 15th, 2018
        
        			He used me. He left me.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 15 years old like a teenager doing my own thing, drama and stuff. one day i was on my snapchat doing SFS which means “shout out for shout out” it’s like you ask someone to post you and say “go add her” sum like that. That’s how you...	
 
	
	
		I met him on the job and he asked me out. After two dates he was pressing me for sex. I didn’t enjoy it at all. He was rough with me. I didn’t understand at the time what I was suppose to feel like during sex since I didn’t have...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2016
        
        			Do NOT Trust Strangers
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 at the time. Moved to a state across the country for a job. Met a few people there I hung out with daily. Went to one of the bars with them one night. We had met up with some people they knew. We had ordered a drink...	
 
	
		
        			January 9th, 2018
        
        			I got away
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Recently I went on a date with someone I met online. He was charming, cute, funny and I thought he was kind. He invited me over for some drinks and dinner. We were having a good time and he decided to kiss me. I was excited and enjoyed our kiss...	
 
	
		
        			February 14th, 2017
        
        			The Park
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It sounds crazy but in some way it feels kind of good to write this down here. When I was 14 I knew a Muslim boy in school. He was super sweet and we were really good friends with each other. At one point he wanted to have a relationship...	
 
	
		
        			April 6th, 2018
        
        			Raped by my cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wouldn’t ever say that’s that my life was truly horrible, but I’m at a point in life where I want to talk about my struggles. To set the scene a little, I have 2 cultured south Asian parents, a stay at home mom and an engineer for a dad....	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2017
        
        			November ’08
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, my name is Erica. On November 4th, 2008, the day the results of the presidential election were announced, I was sexually assaulted. It was a Tuesday night. Myself and a couple of friends were at a bar across from Union Station, having drinks while waiting to find out the...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2015
        
        			Multiple Assaults
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was a child I was assaulted by my mother’s boyfriend for months. I told no one because he beat my mom and told me if I said anything he would kill her, so I kept quite for years. I was an adult when I finally told anyone and...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2016
        
        			Ex Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at high school a week before my 18th birthday, we have a late class cancelled that week and as my bestfriend was texting as I have not seen him in so long he asked me to come over to play grand theft auto. I was so excited as...	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2015
        
        			Still Can’t Believe It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know that I have been raped, but still can’t believe it. In all cases I knew my rapist. I was a rebellious teenager and walked away from home when I was 16. The cousin of a friend where I was staying raped me like 3 times and also gave...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2018
        
        			God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in the Appalachian mountains with incest and violence, I’m an Appalachian inbred Hillbilly, ain’t nothing wrong with that. People who write similar stories or movies most times are not an inbred Hillbilly which makes my story unique. At nine years old I was beaten and raped at...	
 
	
	
		Until this happened, I had been a divorced, middle class special education teacher and mother. Nothing exciting. I had worked with students in gangs but had never even heard of MS13. R stripped me of my identity, I was apologizing, working on being more submissive, trying harder to please him,...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2017
        
        			Daycare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m now 28 and going through eating disorder recovery along with trauma work. When I was in kindergarten my mom went back to work full time. She sent me to the same daycare my younger cousin went to. The owner ran it from her home (sometimes her sons would help...	
 
	
		
        			April 21st, 2015
        
        			Flashbacks
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just don’t know how to start. It feels weird and I am ashamed, I feel dirty and I don’t have any self-esteem left. I am having a great boyfriend. We both are having a strong relationship and we are dating since five years and a half, I met him...	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2017
        
        			Years later… meeting my rapist again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was abducted when I was nineteen by an acquaintance who stalked me. I tried to report it to the campus police, but they just humiliated me. Also, It was an ordeal that I don’t really remember because he drugged me. But many years later, I moved to a new...	
 
	
	
		מרגיש מכני נושא הסיפור: והסיפור: כלכך ישיר לנושא כלכך מורכב אני שכנה שלך ממש חדשה ברחוב הסחלב 96 רמת פולג בעלך עבד עם חבר שלי שמנהל את הקפה קפה באמנון ותמר 6 (של אבא שלי) הסיפור שלי כזה הייתי ילדה שמחה מאוד ואז זה הפסיק פעם אחת קצרה ,אבל כלכך...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			An Abnormal Reaction
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So this entire story starts at the beginning of this summer. Before the summer started I had been dating around and seeing a few guys casually but there was no one I liked. All of these endeavors were super innocent as we would do things like go to the movies...	
 
	
		
        			May 2nd, 2017
        
        			Be Careful Who You Trust
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Be careful who you trust, they could end up betraying you. At least that is what happened to me. My mother had been dating this guy for almost 7 years. They had 2 kids together. I had trusted him life he was my father. I guess I shouldn’t have. When...	
 
	
		
        			October 19th, 2015
        
        			College Campus Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in college. I was attending a college and living at home, but a friend of mine went to a school out of town and lived on campus. I decided to visit with her for one night. She took me to a party where I met a...	
 
	
		
        			April 10th, 2018
        
        			the scary shadows
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Out of all people, I would’ve never thought my own brother, that I looked up to, would hurt me so much. At an unknown starting age (I’ve come to the conclusion that I was in 4th grade or so. ) , I would lay in bed, watching the light outside...	
 
	
		
        			June 8th, 2018
        
        			Perfect on Paper
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met him at a party on New Years. He was handsome, a great dancer, a pre-law student, worked while putting himself through school, had a new car, played in a jazz band, father was a minister. We went to different schools so he called me when he came home...	
 
	
		
        			November 3rd, 2014
        
        			My Life History
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a girl of 22 years from Norway …. Sorry my bad english, but hope you understand what I want to share with you. I grew up with my mother until I was 10 years, when I was placed in foster care. My mother was mentally ill. Since I was...	
 
	
		
        			November 18th, 2014
        
        			De Los 6 a Los 12
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Desperté con su aliento sucio y su lengua dentro de mi boca y, no entendí nada, quedé paralizada, tenía apenas 6 añitos y lo quería y admiraba… era mi abuelo. Esa noche, antes de irnos a la cama y con mi abuelo de visita, lloré desconsolada pues competíamos mis hermanos...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2015
        
        			Lying Child Molester
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 14 I had met a guy who told me he was 18. Even though I told him I didn’t want to date he kept persisting and eventually we did have sex. Soon after our consensual sex I had received a phone call from his 17 year old...	
 
	
		
        			February 4th, 2017
        
        			Holding My Feelings In
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not really sure how this website works with helping people out but here it goes, I had my very first boyfriend, my first “true” “love” we were dating for almost 2 years. We did have sex but this night was completely different, we were at a concert and everything...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2018
        
        			Night of Psychedelic Horror
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was just 12 and my family had just moved into a new house in Beverly Hills. I didn’t like it there at first because I didn’t know anyone and my friends were from our old neighborhood, so I rarely saw them anymore. I made a new group of friends...	
 
	
		
        			December 26th, 2015
        
        			Trader Joes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 and buying food at Trader Joes, when an older man came up to me and asked me for my number. He said he wanted to take me out. I thought he was assertive and this quality was refreshing to me. He asked me to come over for...	
 
	
		
        			May 2nd, 2016
        
        			My Step Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was three my parents got divorced. They both remarried. When I was six I was at my mom’s house and he was in the computer room. I went in there to play on the computer not knowing he was in there. He was on the computer watching what...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2016
        
        			Once Again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At age 8, I was raped and beaten by my alcoholic grandfather. My mom having a mental illness was in the hospital so I had to live with my grandparents. My grandmother was sweet but she left for work 5 am and got home by 11pm. When she was gone...	
 
	
		
        			March 30th, 2017
        
        			Third time’s the charm
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One night I went over to my friend’s room. I was having a bad day so I drank until I couldn’t anymore. He decided to walk me back since I couldn’t even hold myself up. I thought that was just him being a good guy. I later realized he wasn’t....	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2018
        
        			More Witness than I Care to Live...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Katherine, and my sex ed started when I went to a playground after a softball game. I was 9, and a man joined me. He intimidated me into masturbating him. I only had my mother and 2 sisters with my father out of the house, so I...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2014
        
        			הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		הייתי בת 19 באתי מבית דתי הכרתי אותו מבוגר ממני ב20 שנה הכיר לי את העולם החילוני , הכל אצלו היה מתוכנן הכניס אותי להריון והתחתנו עוד לא עיקלתי מה קרה לי אני כבר אמא כל הנישואים לא הבנתי למה הוא מכה וצועק ומתעלל פיזית ומינית תמיד אמר לי “את...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2011
        
        			A familiar fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Like Linor, I too am working to encourage victims to speak out and let the rapist be the only one ashamed. Ironically, I also made a documentary, “Miniskirts, Mace and Other Misconceptions” about my personal story and the way our culture treats victims of rape. I am working to educate...	
 
	
		
        			May 17th, 2017
        
        			There Is Hope For Us
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, I’m not here to share my story. Because I already did that (https://www.bravemissworld.com/share_your_story/fear-became-a-part-of-my-life) I’m here to tell you all, that there is hope for us. After almost 1 month of joining this site/forum and telling my story, yesterday (with the help of my boyfriend), I finally got the courage...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			Seis Años
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A los seis años fui a la fiesta de una tia buela una de las tantas reuniones que hacen en mi familia y cuando fui al baño el hijo de esa tia me llevo a su cuarto y abuso de mi yo trate de llamar a mi mama pero tenian...	
 
	
	
		I don’t even know how to start this, but I guess I need another opinion… so here it goes. A few weeks ago, I was at my friend’s frat. He’s a really great guy, and I am friends with both him and his girlfriend, so I have always felt comfortable...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Me too.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was seventeen. I remember this night like it happened a few hours ago except its a blur. I had just graduated from high school and it was the summer going into my freshman year of college. I went to a party with my three best friends. I remember there...	
 
	
	
		Cuando tenía 23 años de edad empecé a trabajar con el ejército de mi país por 6 meses. Allí conocí a un teniente que al principio nos llevábamos bien, conversábamos, etc. Teníamos las habitaciones continuas. Un día, él me llamó y él estaba dentro de su habitación, yo no pensé...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			הסיפור שלי…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		במשך 3 שנים עברתי התעללות מינית מצד בן דוד, הוא היה נוגע בי ואונס אותי יום אחרי יום ואני לא התנגדתי ולא אמרתי כלום… פשוט נתתי לי לו לעשות הכל… אף אחד לא ראה.. הוא איים עליי לא לספר ותמיד אמר שהוא אוהב אותי ושזה משחק רק של שנינו… כל...	
 
	
		
        			April 21st, 2016
        
        			I Didn’t Even Know Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A couple of years ago back when I was in my senior year of high school some of my friends convinced me to go to this party. It was the last and first party I will ever go to. I didn’t plan to have any drinks at this party. All...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2019
        
        			UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Molestation 4-13, dissociation syndrome started, afraid 24/7, PTSD 10, black outs began & were triggered by the smell of certain foods or a male authorities voice. Attempted Rape 15, Physical Abuse 16-31, all my ex-boyfriends. Rape 18, also attempted suicide & started dancing because I needed extra money & no...	
 
	
		
        			June 9th, 2016
        
        			Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First, I have to say that the actions of one individual does NOT define an entire culture — so if you are thinking of traveling there, please know that it is just as safe as any other western city, if not safer in some areas. So my story begins. I...	
 
	
		
        			February 4th, 2015
        
        			Betrayed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was near a year ago. It was my close friend’s birthday and we all ended up at his friends house for a party. We were all drunk, happy, just having fun. I needed the bathroom and he was looking for something in it as I had known him forever....	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2014
        
        			Weathering The Storm
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story begins when I was 10 and my parents separated for a few months. During that time I was raped, repeatedly by a female family member who served as my caretaker and by a male teenager in our neighborhood. I never told a soul, but my life was forever...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2015
        
        			The First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember being a virgin, that was stolen from me before I knew what it was or meant. My first experience with sexual violence was at the age of four, by the son of the Minister of our Church. When I appeared sobbing and screaming in front of my...	
 
	
		
        			April 14th, 2017
        
        			A Stong Woman
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just wanted and needed to tell you a story if I hadn’t told you already, please feel free to talk about the shame, the hurt, the life changing experience I endured. Did I ever tell you the story about the 3 year old little girl who was molested almost...	
 
	
		
        			September 18th, 2014
        
        			You Were Suppose To Protect Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was…young. Five or six when my brother raped me. I didn’t know what was going on. He had just pulled me into this small hallway that connected the bedroom hallway and kitchen. He had pulled out his penis and told me to touch it. Told me to pump it...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2018
        
        			Raped by My Ex
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I loss my first virginity back in April 22, 2018 from my ex boyfriend. When I first loss my virginity I felt mad, sad, depressed, stupid, and confused. The next day when I woke up around 7 o’clock in a morning he raped me again I still felt confused, tired,...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2017
        
        			My First Memories….
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was just at the young age of 4, I was sexually abused by my brother. He was 13, I was 4. I do not remember how these things started, but what happened between the beginning and the end is what will haunt me for the rest of my...	
 
	
		
        			July 15th, 2014
        
        			No More Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have kept my secret, his secret, their secret, for 36 years, my brother, later my husband. I was 4 years old the first time I remember, but it wasn’t the first time. When I began menstruation I was immediately sent away to boarding school. At the time I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2016
        
        			Once Again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At age 8, I was raped and beaten by my alcoholic grandfather. My mom having a mental illness was in the hospital so I had to live with my grandparents. My grandmother was sweet but she left for work 5 am and got home by 11pm. When she was gone...	
 
	
	
		Hi guys, I’m currently 16 years old, and I am a victim of 2 sexual assaults, and one rape. Sexual assault #1: I was in grade 8, going to school in a small town, which meant I knew everyone. I was dedicated to my agricultural subjects and I tried to...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2016
        
        			Invictus
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At only 25, I have experienced more in life than most individuals my age but have remained unconquered despite the challenges thrown at me. Being a Psychology major, I have done countless assignments that centered around the topic of rape and assault, but never did I imagine that I would...	
 
	
		
        			June 2nd, 2023
        
        			He Was Saving Me From Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I thought I wasn’t worth it Suicide I kept escaping it Depression, the shadow i hid in Screaming:: When will this mental illness end Couldn’t find someone to truly call a friend Felt like i lost my wind I was self destructing, didn’t know what it was like to be...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			Being Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		With the help of God, I can finally write this down. I watched Brave Miss World the same year I confronted on of the men who raped me. This site has allowed me to find strength and solidarity among the words, the deeply respected and haunting stories of others who...	
 
	
		
        			April 23rd, 2018
        
        			He was a friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was a god friend and coworker of two years. I was going through a rough patch in life and truly needed a friend. I had 4 deaths in my family in a matter of 3 months and felt very alone. My spouse was trying to cope with the loses...	
 
	
		
        			August 13th, 2014
        
        			My 21st Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve never told anyone this story before, mostly because I know too much time has passed between what happened and now and know one will believe me. One of my best friends is still good friends with my rapist. Furthermore, I know that they will not believe me because many...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 6 years old my male cousin decided to steal my innocence and my livelihood. As a kid since I can remember myself I was fizzed and got beaten up in school. My life was hell and then when the sexual abuse started something died in me. I...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2014
        
        			Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a young girl 8 my aunt’s husband started touching me then showed me his penis. I was scared to tell my parents. My dad would have killed him. I think there are things I can’t remember sometimes it like a bad movie in my head. I am a...	
 
	
		
        			January 6th, 2015
        
        			An Intruder
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I haven’t spoken about this since my trial 22 years ago. My husband doesn’t know the details and after watching Brave Miss World today, I knew by the tears streaming down my face that it was time. I was with my friend one night at a bar, we met a...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2014
        
        			My Horrific Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago I was raped. I met a man who was a marine and had mutual friends. We hit it off and began dating. After two months he got out of the marine corp and moved back to his home of Reno, NV. Truthfully, I knew he had issues....	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2018
        
        			Childhood of assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“Do you want to do it?” My 8 year old stepbrother asked my 8 year old self. “Do what?” I asked. He instructed me to lay down and he took out his penis and started rubbing it on my stomach. I had no idea what was happening. I had just...	
 
	
		
        			May 23rd, 2016
        
        			Cafeteria Food
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 16 years old I was a nerdy person. I kept to myself and didn’t go out to parties or other. So when I got my first boyfriend I was ecstatic. He was a practical god to me. Things had been going well, until one day when we...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2018
        
        			It was not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		While I sit here trying to find the words to my story it is still difficult to talk and think about it. I am now 23 years old, and everything happened when I was 15, actually around the same time of the year as I am writing this. It took...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2016
        
        			Shame Destroys
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My uncle, who wasn’t in my life until I was 14 or 15, raped me on multiple occasions. He groomed me and took advantage of me. My now husband saved me at the age of 17. Brave Miss World helped me understand what grooming is and how shame has affected...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2018
        
        			Surviving sexual assault trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Tonight, I was reading a book called full frontal feminism. I felt empowered and strong until I reached a certain chapter. The chapter was about sexual assault and domestic violence. I could feel a ping in my heart as I began reading because I knew it would bring back up...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2016
        
        			Incest & Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a young girl, from age 5-11, my stepfather repeatedly molested me when my Mom wasn’t around. I didn’t tell my Mom until I was 15, and she had divorced him. She still denies it ever happened. At 17, on the night I graduated from high school, I went to...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2017
        
        			Short Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Skipping the details, my first High School boyfriend got tired of going slow, and forced himself on me during a date. I told most of my friends that it happened. Forewarned, on dates, two of my close friends were wary of him, and avoided the same fate. At least, breaking...	
 
	
		
        			May 19th, 2014
        
        			Ritual Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Here is the story I want to write. I was sexually molested by my uncle before the age of 2 , when I was still in my diapers. After this, came years and years of sexual abuse and rape by ‘ extended family’ members. I have changed the word’ family’...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			An Abnormal Reaction
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So this entire story starts at the beginning of this summer. Before the summer started I had been dating around and seeing a few guys casually but there was no one I liked. All of these endeavors were super innocent as we would do things like go to the movies...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Afraid of Being Judged
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 18 years old I was like a lot of young women-dating, trying out relationships, making mistakes. My biggest mistake was to trust a “friend.”. We had a passionate relationship at the start. We were both college freshman, I had a long-distance boyfriend that wasn’t working out-and we...	
 
	
		
        			May 30th, 2014
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola. Tengo 25. La primera vez que fue abusada sexualmente fue por mi abuelo, yo tenía 7 u 8 años, cuando él me llamó a su habitación y me preguntó que si yo sabía besar, y yo le dije que no. Desde ahí empezaron una serie de actos desagradables. Cada...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Drugged and Raped at Age 14
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was something of a “wild child” in my teenage years. I grew up in the Los Angeles area and fell in love with live music at a very young age. My mom wouldn’t allow me to go out to any concerts, and we had a venue with lots of...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2010
        
        			Erase and Rewind
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		גדלתי מילדה ונערה לאישה – אבל בתור אחת שהיו לה קצת רגשי נחיתות וכזו שהסתובבה בעיקר עם חברים בנים ושלושת אחיי הגדולים – הייתי טיפה רחוקה מהנשיות שלי- היה בי משהו מעורב בין נסיכה ביישנית לבין טום בוי חוצפנית- וכך יצא שעד גיל 21 עוד הייתי בתולה -מחוסר בחיבור לגוף...	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2016
        
        			Assaulted By Family Member
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		His name is Michael. He still exists in the same world as me. I have seen him in passing cars, in the store, and he is often suggested to me as a ‘person I might know’ on Facebook. He has (or had) a wife and a few children, three or...	
 
	
		
        			December 29th, 2014
        
        			One Day At a Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just started university and I am living away from home. I live in student accommodation and I am a nursing student. My apartment and the apartment next door is all nurses and we spend a lot of time with each other. I have never really been much of a...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2016
        
        			Brave Miss(es) Indeed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All my life, women have felt they could intimidate me and hurt me. Why? To make themselves feel better? Because I deserve pain and humiliation? Every instance of significant harassment and assault was at the hands of a woman. When I was 13, the girlfriends I had cherished turned on...	
 
	
	
		I was raped 8 months ago…I was 20 years old at the time at my university when it happened. After watching Brave Miss World I felt compelled to share my story. I went out to the bar one night and got a drink, I set it down for a short...	
 
	
		
        			February 15th, 2015
        
        			He Laughed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Every year me and my friends have a pre-Christmas celebration together instead of buying each other presents. 2 years ago we decided to have Christmas dinner & drinks a few days before Christmas, I was 20. It was a really good night, we all brought different food, drink and games...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2017
        
        			My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My junior year of high school I had class with this guy I had never seen around school before. It turns out he transferred from another school and as time passed he began dating one of my best friends. I had a crush on him but I obviously didn’t purse...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2014
        
        			No Title Will Stop How I Feel
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After watching Brave Miss World, I saw how strong victims have been. They’ve been able to share without feeling embarrassment and shame, which is what this movement has been about. I am not so brave as you all. I was molested as a child and stayed away from any human...	
 
	
		
        			December 6th, 2016
        
        			I’m Over Reacting
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My best friend was held back when we were in first grade because her parents split up, and her mom thought she could use a fresh start. I would often go to her house after school because it was the only way I could see her. She had a huge...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2014
        
        			Speaking It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I do not know how to begin. I do not know, because these things aren’t talked about. There is no way to talk about them, so there is no way to start. But maybe starting at the beginning is best. It was a date. Not the first. He was charming,...	
 
	
		
        			October 7th, 2017
        
        			My Husband Set Me Up!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		George set up a night out. We left in the evening for a nice date night out at the movies. On the way there, he picked up Pete, for a ride he needed. While we drove, Pete put a gun to my head, and we pulled over. I had no...	
 
	
	
		It was 1:00 in the morning I snuck out to meet a boy they meet at the skatepark I got in his car an he drove us back to his house. He took me to the bathroom. He started to get undressed an than he took my clothes off an...	
 
	
	
		I was raped during my freshman year of college. I went to a party and drank for the first time. I didn’t get super drunk, but I was definitely not totally aware of everything going on. I remember I was sitting on a couch listening to music when all of...	
 
	
		
        			May 29th, 2014
        
        			Mi Historia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		hola tengo 38 años mi historia comienza cuando tenia 8 años mi padre murió y quedamos con mi madre en ese en toses vivíamos en el campo mi familia es numerosa somos 8 hermanos entre mujeres y hombre yo soy la numero 7 y mi hermana la numero 8 ella...	
 
	
		
        			October 3rd, 2016
        
        			A Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2011 The night prior marked the 21st birthday of a friend in the grade above myself. I helped him home, fending off his drunk advances, before returning to my freshmen dormitory where I slept alone that night. The sun rose the next day in Boston and last...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			A Lifetime
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My unfortunate store started when i was 8 yrs old. My mother had just married a man she had only known a very short time (5 months). He started molesting me within days of the wedding and slowly progressed to rape. I was to scared to tell anyone until i...	
 
	
	
		אוף ! ממש קשה לי לספר את זה כי לא מדברים על זה נכון? אבל כל כך רציתי להוציא את זה ממני שחיפשתי לא מעט עד שמצאתי את האתר שלך ששיתפת אותו בסרט. בעידודה של הבחורה שכתה את המדריך לנאנסת…-לא אהבתי את השם אבל זה רעיון נחמד. נשמע מוזר אבל...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			Happily Married, Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am one of the lucky ones, I was blessed with an amazing man, who loves and supports me. I do not know if it has to do with the fact that he himself is also a survivor rape victim. I cannot remember at what age I began to be...	
 
	
		
        			November 30th, 2016
        
        			My Side
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only three weeks ago, I had my first kiss. About 3 minutes later, I had my first sexual experience, against my will. It was the Friday before Halloween, and I was spending it with kids from my school, all of whom I felt comfortable around and felt safe with. All...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			Supporting Sisters
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This film has touched me so profoundly. My older sister was raped when I was 18 and she was 20. I know realize I need to open the door to her talking about it if she chooses to do so. So many layers to be explored. Thank you, thank you,...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Rape & Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This has gone on for too many years, not only to women but men too. The shame and guilt and fear kept me quiet for over 40 years.I let myself down as well as others. How to heal and speak out is something i need in order too move on...	
 
	
	
		I was raped 8 months ago…I was 20 years old at the time at my university when it happened. After watching Brave Miss World I felt compelled to share my story. I went out to the bar one night and got a drink, I set it down for a short...	
 
	
		
        			October 30th, 2016
        
        			Trying To Help
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m Barbara, I’m Brazilian, and am 19 years old. I was abused by my step father when I was 8 years old. I told to my father, who told my mother, but they decided that I was lying, and ignored me. My mom sad to me that if I want,...	
 
	
		
        			January 12th, 2018
        
        			The Night That Changed My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		How nice to know that within the next 7-10 years you will never have touched me. How devastating to know that 5 of you drugged then raped me after mixing something into my drink while I was using the bathroom. How horrible is it that my best friend, someone I...	
 
	
		
        			April 15th, 2014
        
        			A Journal of a Wayward Child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have a long history of abuse and rape in my family and myself (44 years for me) and would like to have the opportunity to share my story with women around the world. Forgiveness has been the first step in healing and am now in a woman’s shelter beginning...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2017
        
        			Politeness Serves No One
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just started college; this was about ten years ago. I was leaving a frat party on my own. A male friend of a friend texted me to ask what I was doing and if I needed someone to walk me back to the dorms. I had only met...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			En Enero de 2010
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		No se como contar algo que todavia duele, que todavia me mata un poco cada día. En enero de 2010 fui violada por un hombre que no consigo acordarme de su rostro, pero si de su voz y ese recuerdo me acopaña hasta ahora. Mis padres nunca supieron de nada,...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2014
        
        			My Horrific Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago I was raped. I met a man who was a marine and had mutual friends. We hit it off and began dating. After two months he got out of the marine corp and moved back to his home of Reno, NV. Truthfully, I knew he had issues....	
 
	
		
        			May 21st, 2018
        
        			Sexual abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is extremely odd, and unusual. I was 9, or 10. I can’t remember the exact age. I have a cousin who is one year younger than me, who was exposed to drugs, violence, and sex from a young age due to his mother being in and out of jail....	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2015
        
        			All Just Too Much
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know I’m young, I’m only 25. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t experienced more in my few years on this earth than most will in their life. 17 years ago, when I was 8, my friend’s older brother raped me. I didn’t tell anyone, and over the years, I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2018
        
        			Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am always screaming inside. What is Normal. I forgot who I was before I was raped. What is it like to be Happy. I never really sleep. I am always mad. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about my Rapist(s). Why I never told anyone. I...	
 
	
		
        			October 30th, 2016
        
        			My Boss Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped a year ago by my boss at the time. I never told anyone we had consensual sex before or at least I thought it was consensual. I always had a vague memory of it and was always heavily intoxicated. One night we were drinking at a friends...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago I was raped sexually, today I only have the scar, I have healed but I have not forgotten and I will never forget it, I would love to help women, and because not even men who have been through this situation, it is not an easy path,...	
 
	
		
        			February 26th, 2016
        
        			Stupid Coward
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It began when my mother re-married and I suddenly got an older step brother. At first, I was delighted to have a new family member since I’ve always been a single child. We got along pretty well and we were pretty close, he would take me to shopping or to...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			Twenty Years of Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was twelve. I hadn’t become a woman yet as mother nature was not ready, I was not ready. My family needed a horse trainer for our paso fino horses. We met a man, age 26, that was working at another farm a about two hours away. He began training...	
 
	
	
		When I was 10 I acted older then what I was. At this age I got my first boyfriend and he was 17( he didn’t care about my age because of my body type ). I wasn’t sure if l liked him but he treated me like he loved me....	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2017
        
        			I am More than a Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped the summer before my sophomore year. I was at a party. I was dancing and talking to everyone that I came into contact with, I wasn’t drinking just having a good time. The friends I was with left to go get a drink and to go to...	
 
	
		
        			July 25th, 2014
        
        			Aftermath
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel that I should be over the trauma, or the distress of being raped so many years ago. However, at times, 1987 seems like yesterday to me and reliving that day happens more often than I care to share. I lived in a very friendly, unpopulated and isolated part...	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2016
        
        			My Fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 years old. I had very little experience with boys, nothing beyond kissing, and I had even less experience with alcohol. The night that it happened I was invited over to my friends house for a small party with a few other guys from our neighborhood. I was...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2017
        
        			Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a member of the private MeToo group. I have seen some of the members get their stories on your site. I would like to share my story as I think it’s important. My rapist, who even admitted on a recorded line, raping me and other children, will face...	
 
	
		
        			June 6th, 2015
        
        			I Was Only 7
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m from a little town in Mexico (I apologize for my english) And my nightmare started when I was 7 years. I Was a little girl, a little happy girl… but when I started the school, my cousin, (a nephew from my father’s) raped me and changed everything. He was...	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			My best friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Senior year of college, I was extremely drunk at a house party. My best friend, who I had hooked up with a few times was there with me, at a certain point I blacked out. I woke up in the morning in his bed with no clothes on, and I...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2017
        
        			Keep it to myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One afternoon I walked home from the bus, to find my brother and 2 of his friends watching a porn. They made rude comments about I’d look good like that. I tried to go to my room, but they tackled me. They all raped me, but technically, my own brother...	
 
	
		
        			June 24th, 2014
        
        			Multiple Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Raped by a caregiver at 6 years old and then again after he was released from captivity. Second rape was also kidnapping and stabbing to punish me for telling the first time. I almost died. I blocked the trauma from my memory. My mother tried to get me help but...	
 
	
		
        			August 30th, 2017
        
        			High School Orientation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at freshman orientation of high school and I was a little lost, the only other person in the hall was a senior who was wearing a Hoodie and he seemed kinda nice, I always give everyone the benefit of the doubt so I didn’t think anything about him....	
 
	
		
        			April 22nd, 2019
        
        			Swept under the carpet
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 years old and my Mam always brought me supermarket shopping with my grandparents every Saturday. It was always the same, same shop, same car, same smell, I hated it! My grandfather always bought me an ice cream, a really expensive one, once bought and back in the...	
 
	
		
        			April 21st, 2017
        
        			Heart broken
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 years old at the time and the boyfriend that I was with for a year had just told me he lost feelings. My best friend, her boyfriend and his friends always had “bros nights”. I was invited by my best friends boyfriend so he picked me up...	
 
	
		
        			August 7th, 2015
        
        			Gang Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 when I was raped. I went out with my friends to a party where i met these guys there were 3 or 4 of them. They looked at me and complimented on my beauty. Saying “You are a really pretty girl” and “what’s your secret?” I said...	
 
	
		
        			September 25th, 2017
        
        			Walk Me?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Saturday, I was out at Karaoke @ Rigby’s Bar with a set of close friends. I had drinks, but wasn’t drunk. I had to work in the morning, so I wasn’t staying late. I was worried about getting raped on the way to my car, so I asked for an...	
 
	
		
        			March 20th, 2017
        
        			My Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From the age of 8, I have been protecting and defending myself. Trying to keep on his good sudden so that he wouldn’t hit me the way he did mama. I just didn’t know that something worse was in store for me. One night he walked in all calm and...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		מאיפה בכלל מתחילים לרשום את הסיפור שלי כשמרגישה שלא משנה כמה אני ירשום- זה פשוט לא יהיה מספיק. אני חיה בתוך הסוד הזה כבר שנים רבות- רבות מדי. אני בת 25, לאחרונה סיימתי את התואר הראשון שלי. למרות הכאב שאני חייה בחיי- לאורך השנים תמיד וידאתי שאת כל הכוחות שלי...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			Help!! What Can I Do?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 19 years old now. This takes place when i was 11 years old. In my school, there was a boy whom I thought was pure in heart, mind and soul. He was intelligent and good in sports. He helped me in studies. When I was sad he consoled...	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2016
        
        			Despedida
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola soy una mujer de 31 años. Viví una situación muy confusa cuando era niña casi 9 o 10 años. Mis padres nos dejaban vacacional en la casa de mis abuelos que nos cuidaban, nos consentían con golosinas, ver televisión y jugar. Una tarde ya para llegar la noche nos...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago I was raped sexually, today I only have the scar, I have healed but I have not forgotten and I will never forget it, I would love to help women, and because not even men who have been through this situation, it is not an easy path,...	
 
	
		
        			July 13th, 2018
        
        			She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came back to the apartment late from work, and my roommate was standing there. She was sweating, and shaking, and looked scary nervous. Visions of my mom telling me I was going to invite an axe murderer in came to mind. Her hands were twitching at her belt(why comes...	
 
	
	
		hi i cant say my name because if i do the person who raped me will try to find me….i am 13 years old…..when i was 4 years old my mother boyfriend niece undresses me and took me into her room todo to these awful things to me but my...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2009
        
        			היי לינור
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי אני מקווה שאכן תקראי אותי. גם אני עברתי חוויות דומות, כאלה ואחרות בחיי מ 8 אנשים מהמשפחה. זה הבלוג שלי אם תרצי לעיין http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/userblog.asp?foldername=bubaa&passok=yes אשמח אם תצרי איתי קשר במייל את חזקה! כל הכבוד לך *חיבוק*	
 
	
		
        			April 16th, 2018
        
        			He doesn’t even know he raped me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was very drunk one night at a party and as I swiped through my tinder I matched with this boy. He messaged me really quickly and told me he was a senior and that he thought I was pretty and that we should hang out. I was really drunk...	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2015
        
        			Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t have the luxury of forgetting, cursed with an eidetic memory & an I.Q. of 174 I can neither forget, or lie to myself about what happened, I was only 4 at the time & it continued until I was 12. These events have forever stained my mind &...	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2017
        
        			Sexual Assault in my own bed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was messing around with my ex. I know I shouldn’t have but my friends told me to have fun be a teenager. So I was doing just that. We were friends with benefits. Most of it was just kissing and touching. It was the day that my parents were...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2016
        
        			Rape Shaming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 Years ago I attended Boarding School in the UK. I was a good student. Sociable. I was having the time of my life. After breaking up with my boyfriend, who had moved to a different continent, at the beginning of my last semester I fell into depression. It was...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2018
        
        			When Father’s Day is Painful
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This Sunday many people will celebrate their dad in several ways by honoring the way he raised them, was there for them, carried sons and daughters through hard times, tough situations, rough health conditions, school burdens, maybe even bullying. How he always attended every soccer game, cheer leading tryout, dance...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2016
        
        			Raped By a Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17. A virgin. Very naive. In college away from home for the first time. Grieving terribly for my mom who had passed away 2 months earlier. I was living in a coed dorm. A group of us – male and female – hung out together. I went to...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2017
        
        			#MeToo 5 years later…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		#METOO i shared my story on this site a few years ago about the time i was raped by a stranger. i’m surprised at how easy those four letters rolled off my fingertips as if i was just writing anything. over the years i have been in therapy a lot...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2017
        
        			My First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 and it was my second year in university. It was great, I lived in my new dorm with some really nice girls and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. It was December 19. I came out of an economics lecture and it was relatively late, it...	
 
	
		
        			January 1st, 2017
        
        			Out For A Walk
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went out with my dog on Christmas day and three men with a dog I saw out of the corner of me eye. I turned to look to cross the road and saw one of them staring. I heard shouting and went to go a different way home and...	
 
	
		
        			July 18th, 2017
        
        			Not all friends are true
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up such a trusting and open person. I cared about everyone who crossed my path and I would give the shirt off my back to anyone who needed it. So when I got a call at 11:30 from a guy friend saying he needed a place to crash...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2016
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i haven’t had a good upbringing. my mum left when i was 2 and left with me my step sister dad who isn’t related to me. (at this point i never knew) when i was about 7 he started to do stuff, touching me and my friends and making me...	
 
	
		
        			September 25th, 2017
        
        			Walk Me?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Saturday, I was out at Karaoke @ Rigby’s Bar with a set of close friends. I had drinks, but wasn’t drunk. I had to work in the morning, so I wasn’t staying late. I was worried about getting raped on the way to my car, so I asked for an...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2018
        
        			Night of Psychedelic Horror
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was just 12 and my family had just moved into a new house in Beverly Hills. I didn’t like it there at first because I didn’t know anyone and my friends were from our old neighborhood, so I rarely saw them anymore. I made a new group of friends...	
 
	
		
        			June 9th, 2016
        
        			Just Another Night
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On September 31st I was raped. Very few people know this about me. I’m too scared to tell anyone. How do I even tell someone? How do I handle the way my parents would look at me knowing? My friends? How could I go to the police? Tell my story...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2017
        
        			I Repressed Everything… Until Now
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fourteen and had already lost my virginity to a guy I barely knew, liked, or cared about. I was never one of those girls who saw themselves saving it until marriage. Knowing what I know now, I believe my first sexual assault happened much earlier in my life...	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2017
        
        			Years later… meeting my rapist again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was abducted when I was nineteen by an acquaintance who stalked me. I tried to report it to the campus police, but they just humiliated me. Also, It was an ordeal that I don’t really remember because he drugged me. But many years later, I moved to a new...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לינור יקרה, בלי שתדעי ליוות אותי בשנים הקשות שלי. נאנסתי במשך שנים וכשאת סיפרת את הסיפור שלך אני הייתי בת 13. נתת לי את הכוח לספר את הסיפור שלי ולבקש עזרה. היום- יותר מעשור אחרי… ואחרי טיפול ארוך שנים ואין בוף עליות וירידות אני גאה לומר- ניצחתי. אני חיה. נהנת...	
 
	
		
        			April 14th, 2017
        
        			4 Years Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		4 years ago when I was 19, during my first year at University I met a guy through my friend. He seemed nice enough, he was a bartender at one of the local bars that we frequented because my friends liked it. We went out to go dance/drink at the...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2014
        
        			Bad Programming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know if any of you other survivors have come to a situation that has forced you to just stand back, and stare at that dark private part of your life. Where you ponder exactly when you veered off the road that would have kept you ‘normal’. I’ve had...	
 
	
		
        			December 6th, 2015
        
        			Cruel Kids
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 and in my last year of Jr. High. A lot of girls didn’t like me so I just wanted friends I had a friend invite me to a party for senior ditch day and I went got there and everyone who hated me was there I felt...	
 
	
		
        			November 12th, 2017
        
        			#MeToo, too
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I promised my friends I would share, but I’m not ready to come full out, and I hope everyone understands. I have been raped repeatedly since the age of 11 by a family member. He has been gentle, but I feel wrong. He got me pregnant on 2 occasions and...	
 
	
		
        			April 15th, 2017
        
        			Exposing Rapists – A Poem
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You will never be free Dark is your secret Whatever you do Whoever you become However you dress That secret will turn acidy Drown it with beer Bury it in anger Throw yourself into work Grow your beard Marry the best Protect your daughters Still it will eat your insides...	
 
	
		
        			March 22nd, 2014
        
        			He Was My Boss
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Unexpectedly he showed up at my apartment. I was 22, he was 55. I was 110 lbs, he was 250 and 6ft seven. He had a six pack of beer. I don’t drink. He told me I owed him because he had allowed me to buy his son’s car for...	
 
	
	
		Mi hermano mayor abusaba de mi,me violaba,desde pequeño,yo tenía 7, 8, 9 años de edad,le decía a mis padres y no me hacían caso,decían que era para llamar la atención, pero en mis recuerdos esto no era así, lo tengo muy presente todo el tiempo,cuando tu e edad para confrontarlo,...	
 
	
		
        			August 9th, 2018
        
        			I didn’t think she would do this
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I didn’t think she would do this. I look back at everything that happened and I hate myself because I didn’t see the signs. It happened 2 times but I don’t remember the first time. The second time I remember. I went to her house to go in her hot...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2016
        
        			Victim No More
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child i grew up in an abusive household. My mother and father were both heavy substance users and I was exposed to a lot of violence ever since birth. Quite frankly, my rape was inevitable. I was only just 12 at the time, first year of high school....	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			לא יוצאים מזה…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לינור יקרה- הסיפור שלך השפיע עלי רבות בזמנו (1998) כי ממש באותה תקופה הסיפור עם השכן שפגע בי התפוצץ… אני לא חיה מאז. אני חיה-מתה למען האמת… כל יום הוא מלחמה עבורי… אני נאחזת בשיניים, וזה לא קל. סליחה אם אני נשמעת פסימית (אולי זה בגלל התקופה…), אבל קשה מאוד...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			I Was Manipulated
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		3 weeks before I left my first year of college, (I had just turned 19) I met a boy through a school event and a few mutual friends. I talked to him first, and he felt that my initiation meant that “I wanted it”. I had recently been through a...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2014
        
        			הטרידו אותי
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור קודם כל אני חייבת להגיד שראיתי את הסרט שלך אולי מאות פעמים וכל פעם אני מתרגשת מחדש. אני בת 13 ולפני כמה ימים הטרידו אותי וזה לא יוצא לי מהראש זה הלך ככה הלכתי עם חברה שלי לקניון ואז איש מבוגר פנה אלי ואמר לי שיש לי יופי...	
 
	
		
        			August 16th, 2015
        
        			Never Wanted to Believe
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Jessica, i’m living in Belgium. I was 16 years old. He was my boyfriend for almost 1 year. I had a vaginal infection and my doctor prescribed also a cream for him, because she said that sometimes men could have like an infection which is not declared...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2018
        
        			Six months in the making..
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I visited this website one week after I was raped in search of story like mine to convince myself what happened to me was rape. Six months ago I went out for the last weekend at college with my friends for a “girls night”. I was drugged at a local...	
 
	
		
        			October 19th, 2015
        
        			College Campus Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in college. I was attending a college and living at home, but a friend of mine went to a school out of town and lived on campus. I decided to visit with her for one night. She took me to a party where I met a...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2016
        
        			Step Dad
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when it started.. My mom got together with this guy she went to work with he was honestly the nicest guy ever!!! He spoiled my sister and I and talked about adopting us from our dad. Then he went to prison… The first year he...	
 
	
		
        			August 17th, 2015
        
        			I Was 3 Years Old
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was 12, my father’s younger brother. He was my friend, my playmate, my love. It was very traumatic. Still is, more than 60 years later. I finally told my parents a few years before they died. He was at their funeral. I’m still unable to talk about it with...	
 
	
		
        			December 28th, 2014
        
        			Warning
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve never spoken up about my story before in fear that people wouldn’t Believe me. It’s complicated but it starts here I was molested when I was about 4 by a stranger that came into the house. I didn’t even understand what had happened but the effects on my life...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2015
        
        			The First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember being a virgin, that was stolen from me before I knew what it was or meant. My first experience with sexual violence was at the age of four, by the son of the Minister of our Church. When I appeared sobbing and screaming in front of my...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2017
        
        			Its Got To STOP!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story and experiences of what I’ve been enduring for over a year now is so fantastic that even I have a hard time getting my mind around it. I am a Caregiver that has worked for the same employer for almost 8 years now. She has a professional Conservator...	
 
	
		
        			January 28th, 2015
        
        			Child Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My foster dad raped me when I was 13. I was sitting on the couch when all of a sudden he grabbed me and threw me on the bed. I thought he was joking around. He ripped of my pants and started grabbing my butt hard. I screamed “stop,” but...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2014
        
        			Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Es la primera vez que hablo de ésto, el único que llego a saberlo ya está en el cielo cuidando de mi, mi amado abuelito…. Sucedió cuando era una niña, al comienzo no entendía que había ocurrido pero con el paso del tiempo lo entendí y ahora creo que muchas...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2014
        
        			The Aftermath
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is the first time I’ve ever written down what happened to me. I watched Brave Miss World and Linor’s strength has inspired me to share my story. I was 18 years old when I was sexually assaulted. I knew the man who hurt me for just under a year....	
 
	
		
        			January 8th, 2016
        
        			Permanently Scarred
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		We used to live together and he sexually abused me from the time I was 6 until I was 10. He would make me watch porn with him then he would touch me down there, soon that escalated to him forcing me to touch him and have oral sex with...	
 
	
		
        			August 20th, 2009
        
        			my story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		אני בת 28, נשואה ואם לילד. עברתי פגיעה מינית מתמשכת, מגיל 9, ועד גיל 13.5, מאדם בגיל של הורי אני לא אוהבת לקרוא לעצמי “שורדת” כי בחיים יש הרבה יותר מזה כיום, בעיצומו של תהליך החלמה ושיקום, אני פעילה בארגוני נשים שונים, ביניהם מרכז הסיוע לנפגעות תקיפה מינית בישראל תודה...	
 
	
		
        			October 25th, 2018
        
        			The Boys Club Continues
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I decided to share my story after reading another woman’s story on this site…she was brutally gang raped by police and contemplating suicide. Please “don’t let them win” by Suicide. I know it’s your choice to take your life or survive…. I know the helplessness against the Blue Wall. I...	
 
	
		
        			May 24th, 2018
        
        			My 21st Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I “celebrated” my 21st birthday with 3 of my cousins. At first it was fun. I was sober enough to know what I was doing. They told me they wanted to take me out that Friday night so we did. Btw, I was hanging with 2 of my girl cousins...	
 
	
	
		From the time I was very little my own father was a sexual predator in my life and my sister. I am sure my mother and my step mother knew how he was and just buried their heads in the sand. I wonder how many mothers just keep silent when...	
 
	
		
        			January 17th, 2016
        
        			No Justice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 when I got raped. I consented at first, I mean it was supposed to be a rebound that’s how I got to the guys house. I met him through others. And he lived near a place that I volunteered for. Everyone told me he’s insane, but I...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2014
        
        			Raped At 16, 29, 31
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a child, an intelligent one. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia. When my aikido assistant instructor invited me to study at his home before my holiday tuition commenced at Melbourne uni that morning, I did not know that he had other things in mind. I was raped in...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			More Than Once
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to share my story with you. It all started around age two when my grandfather started molesting me, then taught my uncle to do the same The whole time growing up, I really thought it.was all a dream, till one night when I was 18 I heard...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2015
        
        			Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My older brother was 7 and I was 4. He said it was ok. It started with fondling, kissing then dry humping. Then sometimes he would ask me to grab his penis. It lasted a year. My mom and grandma didn’t care when I told them. The neighbor fondled me....	
 
	
		
        			December 3rd, 2016
        
        			From Heaven to Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This all started when I was in the 8th grade, I met my now ex boyfriend Matt C. who I dated for about four years leading up to my junior year in high school. I’ve know Matt since we were very little, we went to the same elementary so I...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Never a Victim; Only Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is my first time sharing my story publicly. Although my story is like many others, my reactions to it, and my outlook on it, are very unique I believe. The first time I was raped, I was 18 years old. It was a beautiful night in the summer of...	
 
	
		
        			October 15th, 2016
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married a long time and am now divorced, so therefore I’m not very experienced with dating. Recently I went on a date with a guy I knew about ten years and who was getting a divorce. We had a fantastic time. We talked often for another week and...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2016
        
        			What Is Success?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not a doctor or a lawyer, a CEO, athlete nor a celebrity of any kind. I don’t own a boat of any sort or make six-figures. But I am a success. Here’s how… The first time it happened, I knew what it was, I said no. I was 18...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2018
        
        			Molested by my cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old girl at the time and I remember everything clearly. the only person that new for a long time was my older sister who was “touched” by him too once. however what made want to talk about it is the fact that I have told my...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2014
        
        			Forced, De-flowered
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve experienced sexual assault and harassment for as long as I can remember. It mainly started when I was about 3 years old and my brother’s friends molested me. I remember having to see counselors due to becoming violent…they passed it off as ADD. Flash forward over a decade, I...	
 
	
		
        			June 11th, 2025
        
        			Just Words
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just words. You have trouble talking about these things. You realize you have trouble talking about a lot of things. You remember being excited about your first job at Dairy Queen. One of your friends works there and you know a lot of people work there as a summer job....	
 
	
		
        			January 14th, 2015
        
        			STRONG
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 8 years old a woman came into me, my brother’s and my dad’s life. My dad fell in love with her. Two years later, he proposed. A year and a half later we moved into her house. She had a nephew who was 17. I had liked...	
 
	
		
        			April 4th, 2017
        
        			Was It My Fault?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Seven months ago, I was raped. I had just gone through a breakup of a 1 year relationship; I was having a hard time getting back out with my friends and returning to any normal things I did before my boyfriend and I broke up. My best friend and her...	
 
	
		
        			December 31st, 2015
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My first take on “sex” was misunderstanding. I didn’t know what it was, and my mother told me that I didn’t need to worry about it yet. My father and mother had always stressed being responsible, and learning to defend yourself. I chose “Start By Believing” to tell my story,...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2016
        
        			The Loss of My Childhood
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello I’m Anthony. It is almost 1:30 in the morning and I just finished watching Brave Miss World. I most say that your soul reached out to me and brought out so many emotions about my rape as a child. I was 8 or so its been many, many years...	
 
	
		
        			February 11th, 2016
        
        			Betrayed By a Loved One
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My parents had me at the age of 16 years old. Ever since I was a child, age around 5-6 my mom was always gone at work. Which resulted in my dad being the “stay at home mom”. He prepared me breakfast and do my hair on good days. He...	
 
	
		
        			February 6th, 2017
        
        			I Said No
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		They made me do a module on sexual assault and harassment. I listened. I did it. I read 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted. I told myself it would never be me. I would never put myself in that situation. And then the storm came. I liked you...	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2017
        
        			Hostage
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For almost four years we were held hostage by two perpetrators, with my kids in Nevada. We learned first hand the meaning of torture, mental abuse, verbal abuse and sexual physical abuse. When you escape you think it’s over. The then DA didn’t show up for his job. So in...	
 
	
		
        			April 1st, 2016
        
        			Not Over It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As I read these stories I see a lot of people are for the most part moved on. Not healed but focus on other things. I just can’t. I can’t tell my mom, I can’t tell my dad. Only a few people know. It was this past September. I’m 16,...	
 
	
	
		Born A Girl When I was 10, I noticed men looking at me differently When I was 10 to 12 men and boys of all ages honked their horns, whistled and yelled profanities at me When I was 13 my friend and I were walking home in the daylight, when...	
 
	
		
        			April 17th, 2015
        
        			Christmas Horror
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On Christmas Eve 2005, my daughter’s father and I walked to a store to finish our last minute Christmas shopping then going to get our 1year old(our only child at the time) something to eat. While he was at the counter about to pay for the items, store was New...	
 
	
		
        			November 9th, 2016
        
        			I’m Now a Statistic
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I continually make wrong choices. The worst one yet? Letting myself be sexually abused by someone I used to trust. I guess it wasn’t my fault but I knew he was bad from the beginning. He promised he just wanted to apologize for the last time, when he wanted to...	
 
	
		
        			August 22nd, 2018
        
        			PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“I’ve never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart. I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously,...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2018
        
        			Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Cuando tenia 5-6 años, no recuerdo la edad exacta, un primo mio de unos 17 años solia sentarme en sus piernas y frotarse sus partes conmigo. Nunca intentó tener relaciones conmigo pero fue algo que me afectó por años. No sabía si debía contarlo o no porque no sabía ni...	
 
	
		
        			July 30th, 2018
        
        			I Came Home
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came home from school, funny because it was the same time everyday from the same bus. I walked in our house, and down the hall. The door was open so I could see my Dad was on top of my 5 year old sister, between her legs, and attempting...	
 
	
		
        			August 5th, 2016
        
        			They Blamed it on the Tequila
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I graduated, I actually graduated. Senior year was over, and the next part of my life was just beginning. Mexico was calling our names and here we were, fresh out of high school, ready to take on this vacation as if it was our last. No regrets. Then I met...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2018
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		There’s something I need to say, but I can’t. I can’t say it out loud. Because if I did then it’d be true. It’d be real. I don’t want it to be real. I just want it to go away. But it’s not going to go away, it’ll never go...	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2018
        
        			I’m Confused
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		just wanted to post this because I don’t know what to think or why I’m even still thinking about this. And I guess I just wanted someone to tell me what I’m supposed to think about this situation. I invited someone over to my house to hang out. We had...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2015
        
        			Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		59 years to life. All the girls sitting in the jury box waiting to hear what the judge would sentence the criminal who harmed us all in one way or another as we held hands and cried forced to look at the man who changed our lives forever. It has...	
 
	
	
		I went to a guys house who I had mutual friends with while my mom was out of town. He picked me up and we went to his house and played pool and talked. While I came over to just hangout and have fun it was summer. We went to...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			עדיין מציק
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		וואו אני לא יודעת מאיפה להתחיל עברתי 3 מקרים וזה עדיין מציק אני בת 31 אמא ל2 ילדי מקסימים כשהייתי בת בערך 15 ליוויתי את חברה שלי הבייתה דרך איזו סימטה מוארת לפתע שמענו שמישהו הולך אחרינו הגברנו את קצב ההליכה וגם הוא הגביר ומכיוון שאני הייתי הכי קרובה אליו...	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2016
        
        			Lightening Does Strike Twice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been raped twice. One left left me bruised, one didn’t leave a mark. Both hurt the same. When I was 16 I got a boyfriend. He was older, and cool, and in a band. He took me to parties, and gave me weed, and made me feel cool, too....	
 
	
		
        			November 26th, 2017
        
        			A Lifetime of pain
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have had many experiences with attempted rape before I experienced an actual date rape. It first started as a young child where a family friend would wake me to perform oral sex on him. There was an incident at my school where a cousin of a good friend on...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			Afraid of the Truth
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i’m 28 years old and have been in trauma therapy for close to three years since its happen, and i still have a very hard time speaking about it. it happened while i was in israel for a 2 week vacation during college. i had had a few drinks and...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			Looking for a lawyer & advocate
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Schlomit. I was Raped at 3.5 yrs by an 18 year old who was on some kind of drugs. He tied me up and blindfolded me and after all the pain of what he put me through I was lucky to convince him to let me go...	
 
	
		
        			March 30th, 2016
        
        			From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Though I’m sure I experienced some type of sexual abuse as a child younger than 6, I cannot recount those memories. I do recall being overly sexual by the time I was 6 years old. I do, also, recall hating being around my aunts boyfriend (who I later found out...	
 
	
		
        			February 14th, 2018
        
        			A Close Call With Family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is a poem to my demon Thank you for causing my depression Thank you for attempting to do something I thought would never happen to me Thank you for letting me see how life really is (I now know that I can trust no one) You took a 13...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2021
        
        			I just wanted to give him a...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On christmas, I went to my ex’s house to give him a surprise gift for christmas. I was having problems with our relationship, I’m on the ace-spec, and currently, we were only having sex, and not really doing anything else, at all. I went there with the intention to just...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2015
        
        			My Modeling Experience
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am an Irish woman. A single mother to 3 amazing boys. I was 17 when I was raped. I had just started my modeling career in an agency here in Ireland. An aunt of mine was also in the agency at the time. I won a big competition here...	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2018
        
        			Healing and releasing painful memories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a fashion designer in the Los Angeles area. I opened up my own business and hired a young man that we knew in the garment business as our shipping manager and coordinator. He was someone my ex-husband, now deceased, knew. We became friends with him and his wife....	
 
	
		
        			October 29th, 2016
        
        			Drunken Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just a few months ago, April 1st, 2016, I was sexually assaulted. I am 16 years old, and was 15 when it happened. The man was 52… I haven’t seen my friend for a while and wanted to hangout with her, and we had nothing to do for a few...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2015
        
        			Rape at Bogota, Colombia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sueño / Recuerdo I was running running running Past the halls, the screams, the stairs My hand was busy on something -Probably the piece of glass I used to cut him. And then she ripped her necklace off Just as they ripped out clothes off Shattered glass -Another way of...	
 
	
		
        			April 1st, 2016
        
        			Nashville Sweetheart
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom always called me that, “Nashville’s Sweetheart” my mom co manages a record company so I grew up singing. Country music is me! I have two younger sisters that are 16 and 12. They can sing to. But our mom is the best. Our poor dad can’t carry a...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			My Journey Back to Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was six years old when I was raped and molested by a close family member. I suffered physical damage, emotional damage, as well as having my spirit broken for most of my life. My mother gave drugs to stop me from being hysterical and not sleeping at night. I...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2018
        
        			He had my pants down
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I remember arriving. there was a recycle bin at the door already overflowing with cans. I remember the loud music. I don’t know when who where or how. the why and what were obvious! I looked down and could see between my legs. he didn’t even take the time to...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			ללינור היקרה
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור, קוראים לי אוריאן אני בת 16 מתל אביב. אני כותבת לך מכתב זה כי אני מעריכה אותך ורואה בך מודל לחיקוי. האומץ שבך,האסרטיביות,הכוח רצון,החוזק שיש בך נותנים לי כוח ורצון להמשיך הלאה. את אישה מדהימה ליונר, את לקחת את הכוח שיש לך לדברים טובים,לעזרה לזולת,ואני מתכוונת לכך שכשזכית...	
 
	
		
        			January 24th, 2018
        
        			I felt like it didn’t count because...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was lucky. I went on a date with a man I met, and I wanted to play around and make out. I was not shy, or coy, or unclear. I straight up told him that we would not be having intercourse – but if he was okay with that,...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2016
        
        			Life Changer
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From the age of five to the age of nine I was sexually abused and assaulted by a family friends son who was a couple years older then me . He would touch me and tell me he was just trying to play . As I started getting older around...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			Every Time I Said “No”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I could write a novel with the sexual harassment and mental and physical abuse i have survived in my lifetime. Yet i will stick to the worse three sexual assaults.. I was brought up in a very religious home. Not so much *the good type* of religion, yet the type...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2014
        
        			I Am Still Standing
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being taken advantage of isn’t particularly new to me. From the ages of four to eighteen I was neglected and abused by both of my parents in many ways. When I left for college in August of 2010 I fully planned to leave my old life behind and fight to...	
 
	
		
        			September 1st, 2014
        
        			Remember November
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		November 1st of 2013, my two friends were having a Halloween birthday party. Halloween is/was my favorite holiday but now it only brings bad memories to the surface. I was 19 years old and at my friends’ party only holding a solo cup full of water. I did not drink...	
 
	
		
        			April 9th, 2018
        
        			Two Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been raped 2 times in total, both in the same place, both by strangers. The first time was hang rape, they chased after me pinned me down and took turns with me. They told me it was my fault for wearing a skirt that showed some of my...	
 
	
		
        			August 5th, 2015
        
        			They Laughed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the first time I’d ever used a fake ID, the first time anyone had ever bought me a drink, the first time I’d ever worn too little clothes on a freezing December night because hours of dancing didn’t need a winter coat. I was celebrating the end of...