When I was 15, I went to the parade for my local fire department with my best friend. I was in good spirits, and the day seemed to be going well. As it was getting dark, my friend and I met this group of 4 guys in the park, and my friend thought they were all cute and immediately began flirting with them. I was/still am a lot more shy than her, so it took me a while to warm up, but I did eventually. After a bit of chit chat, my friend went off with one of them to go make out or whatever which seemed in innocent enough. I wasn’t comfortable with her leaving but I didn’t want to hold her back. When she left, another one of these new acquaintances went home, so I was left with 2 of them.
Immediately I got more uncomfortable. It was late at this time, so there was nobody around and it was dark. They began pestering me about how pretty I was, so of course I said thank you. After a while it began turning into more sexual compliments, and it really made me squirm. I said I wanted to go find my friend and they made me feel bad by saying I didn’t want to hangout with them, so I stayed. It was some point after this that I was forced to take my clothes off. They then proceeded to take turns raping me.They were definitely bigger than me, so after a while I didn’t fight back and just took it. It all feels like a blur in my mind because my adrenaline was skyrocketing. I honestly only remember bits and pieces. My friend returned about an hour later and although I was upset and distraught, I tried to act as normal as possible. I told her a few weeks later after I couldn’t keep it to myself anymore. She helped me gain the courage to tell my parents and the police, but the police said with no evidence they couldn’t do anything.
A few days later, the boys told everybody that I allowed it and was begging for it, and I have been called a slut for about a year straight afterwards, and it bothered me at first but now, I could care less. I’m not the disgusting person, they are. Just because a person does not fight back, doesn’t mean it is consensual sex. And honestly I don’t care if anybody believes this story. What I want to convey is that you should never feel ashamed for being raped, because it is not your fault. It’s theirs.
— Samantha, age 17
You are right, you should never feel ashamed for being raped, because it is not your fault. It’s theirs. Wish u all the best in ur life 🙂 GOD bless
Oh my God. You are such a wonderful person, I actually want to give you a hug right now. I’m so sorry for what happened, there is no way it is your fault. You’ll get past that, and there’ll be people with you the whole way!
Don’t ever think it was our fault! I feel for you and you are such an inspiration!! Keep your head up princess, your tiara is falling.
oh honey, I am so sorry about what happened to you. you are right, it was not your fault. be strong and take care.
…this makes me never trust any boy i see ever ever again
The thing with rape is that there’s no evidence for you to give to the police, but everyone knows that this happens, so why can’t the government address this issue to the whole country and treat this like it actually means something because rape is a serious and important issue.
You were right to tell someone, and I can’t believe how strong you are. I wish I was there to talk to you and comfort you and hug you tightly until you run out of oxygen.
I love how you don’t care about rumors people people make up about you, and how you know that it’s their fault and you shouldn’t be feeling bad or weak or guilty. Honestly, if it were me I would punch them in the face so I admire how brave you are (without violence)
Sorry to hear that 😩Everything will be okay!
You’re so right!! It is their fault!!! Stay strong!! Your attitude seriously inspires me!! Thank you♡