December 7th, 2017
        
        			Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Readers, I am anonymous for a reason that me revealing this story is a danger to my life. The reason for this is because the rapist is somebody with high power. They are the son of this (something). I don’t know. I just know that for a fact that...	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2015
        
        			I Think I Was Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 17 years old. I was dating this guy i went to high school with. We had been dating for a few months and I was at his house one night. We were drinking (alcohol) and talking while watching TV. All of a sudden there’s...	
 
	
		
        			June 19th, 2014
        
        			The First Man In My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Was my father. He was a religious zealot. x 3 every Sunday, morning evening services and Sunday school in between. He helped build a new church roof over many weekends, leaving me with negligent babysitters, some cruel. All Church people. He had my mother committed to a psychiatric hospital 12 years before I...	
 
	
		
        			August 2nd, 2017
        
        			I met evil at a young age
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi. I’m Marie and I’m 16 years old. I’m a victim of sexual assault. Rape. It happened when I was eleven years old. About a month before my 12th birthday. I knew this guy from a park I used to play in with my friends. He was a couple years...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2015
        
        			75 Percent Humidity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You never want to be the person who admits to being raped twice, but I’m that woman. It was at college and I was a virgin. The assailant’s family had a lot of money and were well connected. He was never prosecuted. The second time, I blamed myself because who...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			Lifetime of Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have experienced horrific tragedy in my life. I came into a world with a mother that wanted me not as well, hated herself so she had no choice but to hate me, she suffered from severe un-diagnosed mental illness, she was mentally, physically and spiritually abusive. My earthly father...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2014
        
        			לפני 14 שנים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		והסיפור בעברית כי אני לא טובה לכתוב באנגלית!! דבר חשוב שיש לי לציין לפני שאני מתחילה לכתוב אני לא יודעת אנגלית טוב אני יודעת רק עברית אז מקווה שהתוכנה תתרגם נכון. שלום ראיתי את הסרט שלך והרגשתי צורך לכתוב לך את הסיפור שלי. כיום אני בת 16… זה קרה לפני...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2015
        
        			Growing Past Just Surviving
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in an abusive household with an alcoholic father. Our daytime seemed the perfect middle class, church going family where all was polite, well and peaceful. Our night times where a living nightmare. My father became a different man drunk. I grew up physically and sexually abused, although...	
 
	
	
		It happened two weeks ago in school I went to the bathroom and then there were two men. It happened, but they didn’t cut me or bruise me. They didn’t want anyone to notice after I ran from school and walked home and started cutting myself. I still don’t know...	
 
	
		
        			March 12th, 2018
        
        			Finding Words
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I sit here, purposefully alone, deciding what and how to Share. Before I get lost, Thank You for Share Your story! Okay, I’ll say IT happened. I always thought I was in control, not so much the It Won’t Happen to Me, as I am Able enough that He Can’t....	
 
	
		
        			December 16th, 2016
        
        			Confused by Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to start by saying the recent rape is indeed all of my fault and i now feel completely disgusting and hate myself. And please try to understand where I’m coming from before judging me too badly…. I had a hard time with love and figuring it out....	
 
	
	
		It happens when I just turned 14. It was summer day, I was playing on the playground with my best friend. We met two men – they were much older than us, but who cared – if anyone wanted to play, there wasn’t any problem – the playground was public...	
 
	
		
        			January 23rd, 2015
        
        			So Now What?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Upon finding this site, all I have to say is I believe that in this world there is only one solution to rape, pedophiles, and all that nasty shit that goes on, and that is death. Those filthy rats that are human cannot be forgiven, and for those who oppose...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2015
        
        			Senior Trip
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18 years old when I was raped. This event occurred about 6 months ago, on my senior trip. I got extremely intoxicated with a big group of friends. Friends I’ve grown up with. One of my friends was around me pretty much the whole night, a male friend....	
 
	
	
		I was 5 years old when I was first molested by my second step dad. My mother use to work at the prison. She left us alone with my step dad we was watching wrestling. I was in my pink and white night gown. I was sitting between my brother...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2015
        
        			Enough Is Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 22, at 18 I had my first real boyfriend, who completely mentally and emotionally abused me, but of course in that moment I was in complete denial of the whole situation. After about a year of going out, things were getting worse. One night while having sex...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		College is about finding yourself, finding your friends and ,finding who you want to become. While there is more freedom that comes with the title of a college student, there is more adulting as well. The movies make college seem like an endless party where all the boys are cute...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2016
        
        			Two Friends and Two Boys
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m the friend that everyone talks about. The one that always needs someone to listen to her problems and never really listens back. The one that expects you to be there the moment I need you, but when you need me I may or may not be there. I never...	
 
	
	
		I can still remember it so clearly. The taste of alcohol on my breath the morning after. The humiliation I was putting myself through. I couldn’t bring myself to accept it, I had read about it before and had even taken an online class before attending college, I remember thinking...	
 
	
		
        			January 11th, 2017
        
        			Prom Night
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This happened fourteen years ago but I am just now realizing that I was raped. I can look back and see how it affected me but at the time I thought it was my fault. Back in high school I had a large group of friends that was composed of...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2015
        
        			Grooming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had no idea what was going on at the time. All of a sudden when I turned 14 my best friends uncle started paying so much attention to me. He lived at her house and I was there all of the time. My own family life was not good,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 15th, 2017
        
        			It’s still happening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This past December I was raped by a guy from my school. I went to his place and he raped me on his couch 4 separate times. I didn’t know where I was and neither was I able to use my phone because it had died. 2 months later, my...	
 
	
		
        			June 15th, 2016
        
        			Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 20 now…it started when i was 9 or 10. I once caught HIM watching porn. Unable to understand what it was that he was watching late at night, I asked him. I don’t remember getting an answer but he would invite me to his room later on and it...	
 
	
		
        			August 9th, 2016
        
        			The Night My Life Changed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I felt so lost and alone. It was so scary. My “friends” we’re having a party in one of the dorms so I thought I would go to hang out. It was cool in the beginning no pressure. Just drinking and eating and having a good time. Until things turned...	
 
	
		
        			July 14th, 2015
        
        			Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		April 13th 2014. That’s the date that I was raped. I’m not sure if you would classify it as acquaintance rape or stranger rape but it was rape none the less. I’m able to admit it was rape, and I’m able to tell my story. I’m not sure it makes...	
 
	
		
        			April 2nd, 2017
        
        			A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		o the man who stole my life: If I knew the day that I met you what kind of person you really were, I would have never acknowledged your presence. We grew up in church together and I admired you for years from afar. I always wondered what it would...	
 
	
		
        			August 9th, 2015
        
        			16 Years Later
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was travelling around the world for a year on my own. This was about 3/4 of the way through my trip, and I was in Petra, Jordan. I was staying at a hostel outside of the centre of town, and as I was walking into town one evening, a...	
 
	
		
        			February 1st, 2018
        
        			One in Four
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came into college knowing the horrifying statistics of rape, but I never thought that I would be the one in four. My night started like any other night of drinking and hanging out with my roommate, only this time our “friend” asked if he could come join us. We...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2010
        
        			innocent
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was only 12 years old when the rape had begun. I finally put an end to the rape around the age of 21 years old. I had never told anybody about the rape and the raper, I was so afraid that someone, and worse of all my parents and...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2015
        
        			His Masterpiece
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15 I became very close to my uncle because I felt he was the only one who understood me. I loved him so much. We were best friends and never in a million years did I ever think of him in any other way other than my...	
 
	
		
        			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’...	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2015
        
        			Girls Without Parents
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 6, I was adopted after my biological parents passed away. Two other girls were also adopted into the same family. Between ages 8 and 14, the “adoptive parents” sent me every Sunday to my “uncle,” a family friend only, not a real uncle. Classic story, making me...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 1st, 2017
        
        			Pedophile Neighbour
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was about 10 at the time. He’s 5 years older than me. Our families know each other very well, although this story stayed between me and my brother. We used to hang out all the time, play video games, soccer and I used to think he was the coolest...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Although I was not raped until the age of 23 I need to start my story much earlier. When I was about 7 or 8, my older cousin, who was only one year older than me began touching me. At that age I don’t think I really understood what was...	
 
	
		
        			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 26th, 2018
        
        			I like to think I won’t feel...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At some point during childhood most of us find ourselves afraid of monsters. We fear the horned creatures snarling in our closets, the rows of teeth hiding under our beds, but the scariest thing of all is that, in reality, monsters don’t look like “monsters”. They don’t have fangs and...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			My Step Brother Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started when I was 8. At the time I didn’t know what he was doing. He would come in my room when my parents went to the store to get groceries. It went on till I was about 9 or 10. As I grew older I started to realize...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			Rape By My Husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Linor, watched Brave Miss World last night and was still shocked by the many rapes to women all over the world (later watched miner women in Bolivia). Admire your bravery in public, your youth and determination in looking for justice, speaking out, removing the blame of the victims and the...	
 
	
		
        			May 4th, 2015
        
        			No Wasn’t Good Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was enlisted in the United States Army. I believed it was my chance to find my self and be courageous and to leave the sheltered area from where I was raised, to be a voice. After a deployment with my unit I came home, I was tired and worn...	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2015
        
        			The Same Effect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On several occasions, from when I was 7 up to last year (nothing yet this year) I have had to get out of situations that would have ended in rape, all different circumstances. The ones I experienced when I was around seven, were by young girls that I feel equally...	
 
	
		
        			April 3rd, 2017
        
        			I wish I would have been smarter
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was seventeen. I had met a guy through a friend, he was much older than I was, I was a minor. I had been taken to a bar, his friend didn’t bother to check my I.D as I was with his good friend. I was then taken to his...	
 
	
		
        			January 30th, 2016
        
        			My Two Days of Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		16 years ago I had just finished college and had a 1 year old son. I met a young man through friends and we had started dating. He seemed so great. He was tall and muscular, good job and was so good to my son and so good to me…...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2017
        
        			Unsure
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Earlier this year, I was drinking heavily at a bar and ended up going home with a guy. I don’t really remember getting to his place, I don’t even remember what he looked liked, or what his name is. We had kissed and danced at the bar, and the next...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			I Thought He Loved Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to start this… Well, I had a horrible teenage life getting bullied…and all I ever wanted was love and to be wanted. I would try to fit in, but I would attract the people that would see me as an easy target. I got raped by...	
 
	
		
        			June 28th, 2016
        
        			A Night Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Amidst all the allegations towards the rapist Brock Turner, I made a vow to myself to never get so drunk that someone would do something like that to me. As I rarely go out to begin with, I never have found it difficult to avoid creepy bar rapists. I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			May 25th, 2016
        
        			Trapped In a Fantasy World
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up with my grandma and visiting my granddad every second weekend. Wasn’t exactly the normal growing up. When I was 13 years old I moved in with my Uncle and Aunty. They had 3 other children. His name was Chris and hers Karen. Chris told me he wanted...	
 
	
		
        			April 13th, 2016
        
        			The Unforgetable Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sometimes I just want to forget about it but I can’t because I have to live with the person that did it to me. My own brother. The both of us decides to go to a friends party. We knew pretty much everyone there so there were no surprises. Halfway...	
 
	
	
		My boyfriend and I had been going out for 7 months, and though he often asked for sexual favors I never really thought anything would happen if I kept saying no. I guess I was wrong. One day at school, him and some larger other boy who I guess was...	
 
	
		
        			December 15th, 2015
        
        			Stockholm
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 and I became friends with a girl who was 17 and about 6/7 months pregnant. She was a pathological liar who I found out came from a very messed up family. She took me on vacation with her two sisters, her oldest sisters boyfriend and her father....	
 
	
	
		In 1978 when I was 21, I dated a foreign young man from the Middle East for about a year. During that time we did have sex and I ignored the fact that he made disparging remarks about the fact that I was willing to have pre-marital sex. Eventually we...	
 
	
		
        			August 5th, 2015
        
        			I Trusted You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve realized I use my “daddy issues” to explain why I do some of the things I do, this no different. It’s not an excuse, just helps show some of my reasoning. All I really wanted was someone to care about me, to take care of me. I was 17,...	
 
	
	
		By BF and me went to drink beers at the Door to Hell, a cave in the woods(it might have a name, but that’s what we called it). Basically a private place for the kids to drink, and the homeless clean the clans for salvage cash. We all drank a...	
 
	
		
        			September 18th, 2016
        
        			Case Dropped by Prosecutor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at a work party for my husband and a stranger drugged me, took me to an ally and raped me. I screamed so much he ran away but he came back an hour later with his friends and they burned me with cigarettes while they took turns. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 10th, 2016
        
        			Did I Deserve It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A couple of months ago I went to London. I was there for two weeks staying in halls and knew no one. I was lonely. Having met him once before at a uni party, we’d liked each other and texted every so often. I knew he lived nearby and desperate...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			With Love
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when I was first raped. My older brother saw fit to make me a woman. For many years this went on, I didn’t even realize what he was doing to me until I was 13 and it continued for several years after as I did...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2016
        
        			Can Anyone Help?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi fellow survivors. I’ve written on this forum a few times before trying to be encouraging to those who are struggling with post rape trauma and all the crap that comes with it, but I’m reaching out to you for support now. It’s been about 9 months since a stranger...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			כמוני כמוך
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		מחזקת את ידיך. כמוני כמוך, כמו כל החברות שלי, אין אישה בישראל שלא עברה הטרדה מינית / תקיפה מינית / אונס או גילוי עריות.	
 
	
	
		Today is the day that I have to face my fears. I don’t know how to start but I know that I have to tell my story for even one person who has been through the same things and thinks that his story doesn’t count. Just like I did some...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2011
        
        			He’s Dead
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		About a month ago I got a phone call from my brother. He told me that my ex-step dad, the man who molested me during my childhood, was dead, that he had died over a year ago, in October 2009. This day was one of the happiest days of my...	
 
	
		
        			January 16th, 2015
        
        			Hospitalized
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My father raped me, on average of twice per week, from the time I was 8-17 years old. When I was 10, I was mutilated during one of the rapes (there is no way to describe the pain), and hospitalized (see medical report here: http://www.wonderwong.com/MedicalReport.jpg My father was also physically...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 12th, 2018
        
        			Spring Break
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale. I was gang raped by 3 guys in my own room. My friends were my support, but I had to call it short and go home, and 1 friend did also to travel with me. I am one of the Too Many. — Jane, age...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 18th, 2018
        
        			It never goes away
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		July 12 2008. That wasn’t the day I was raped. It was the day I was to be married to my rapist. He developed a drinking problem. He was always verbally abusive, though I didn’t recognize it at first. When he became physically abusive in November 2007, I began my...	
 
	
	
		When my siblings and I were little, we were molested by a man that forced himself into our lives. My oldest brother was 9, other brother was 5 my sister was 3 and I was two. This man was a guy my mom knew from the bar down the street...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2018
        
        			My rape story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 10 years old my father raped me in a bathtub and told me it was my fault. Then the next day he sent my brother to my uncles and I was alone with him and his girl friend next thing I know I tied down while he...	
 
	
		
        			July 13th, 2009
        
        			Not Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 34 years old. I was sexually abused by my ex-step-father for nine years. It ended 20 years ago, and I am only now comfortable and very passionate about using my experience to help others in some capacity. I am only very, very recently learning about ways that I...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2015
        
        			Made in America
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Ciaran. I was raped when I was 16 while at the concert made in america, a boy who was friends with my ex boyfriend took advantage of me. I was upset since me and my boyfriend had just broken up that day so I took to the...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2014
        
        			Virgin Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In 1971, I was groomed/tricked by a male student from Chicago’s south side who was at a community college located in southeastern Washington State on a football scholarship. I was 18. I came from an abusive home: my mother mentally, emotionally and physically abused me from my age of 2...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2016
        
        			He Destroyed Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is my first time sharing my story and revealing how I really feel about it. I am 24 years old now and I have lost both parents before the age of 10. We were 7 girls and one boy, but now we left only 3 girls and the boy...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 4th, 2016
        
        			Raped By Family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t high, I wasn’t drunk, I wasn’t under the influence of any drugs. But I was raped. I was forced to have sex with a man I knew my whole life. A man I thought was my second dad. When I went for help I couldn’t get it. I...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2013
        
        			Childhood Friend Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had lived abroad with my military family and returned to my home State after graduating high school to live with my grandmother to decide my future rather college or join the military. I received a phone call from a childhood friend if I wanted to drive to a nearby...	
 
	
	
		November 27th 2015. I still haven’t been able to call it what it was out loud. Rape. I was a freshman in college, but back home for thanksgiving break, and one of my close friends had a party where lots of people came, and many were drinking. I chose not...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2015
        
        			Raped By My Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember much, since I was only 6 (I’m 11 now.) I lived with 7 siblings, one is autistic. Since he was special, everyone payed attention to him. That’s probably why they didn’t notice my brother raped me. I usually went into his room to play with the toy...	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2017
        
        			Just wanted to be loved
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was with this person for 3 years he said he cared and that he loved me he had me thinking it was going to Be so much more for three years I cared about this person. I took everything from him the hurt,the pain in the abuse that he...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2018
        
        			incest
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Sabrina Giglio. My family are descendants from Sicily, Palermo, Italy. When I was 13, I am now 45, I was raped by my cousin, my mothers sisters son. When it happened all in a three month period, I was taken in back of alleys, beaten, anal violated,...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2014
        
        			Bringing the Stories to Light
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am so grateful for the bravery and commitment to change that Linor has demonstrated. When watching Brave Miss World I was moved by her courage. I have been in contact with Linor and the Brave Miss World team because I am also working toward ending the silence of rape...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			Tormented
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I lost my virginity when I was 14, I was with my best friend at the time, we met up with one of her friends who was 21. he had problems I even think he was on drugs I’m not entirely sure. Anyways they both decided that it was my...	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2015
        
        			Not Another Moment
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I thought I had done my work…I went to therapy. In fact, I no longer live in a car – I’ve been clean for over 12 years. I found a loving G-d, a loving husband, and we have three precious children…and then my high school boyfriend, who raped me at...	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2017
        
        			Because of You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Because of you, I lost who I was. I lost everything that made me feel who I am as a person. You made me feel ashamed, scared, and disgusted all at the same time. You made me feel ashamed and disgusted because you have made me blame myself for what...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2018
        
        			Hope after repeated rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		November 18th Thirteen years ago, that date changed everything, even though I didn’t realize it until months later. At 24 year-old, I was a virgin. My best friend’s husband had a childhood best friend, who had been talking on the phone with me for a few months, when everyone pitched...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Raped at 16
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sixteen taken to a party by a girlfriend that I trusted. When we showed up there were on 2 men there that I never met. We drank and got drunk, I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of the night and one of the guys were...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2017
        
        			An Embarrassing Situation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Let me start my story as my experience is a little non typical, and I feel for those who had a harder fate, as I got very lucky. Most who I tell this to take it well, it was a learning experience! I made an incredible mistake! I walked to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 11th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 5 when my life fell apart. I’m 14 now. I had a babysitter that was very nice, I spent everyday with her because my mother liked to party. Her brother soon moved in with her and he had kids of his own. He saw his kids every week...	
 
	
		
        			April 28th, 2015
        
        			My Story, My Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		iI was sexually assaulted and can’t remember if I was raped (but feel I was) over 10 years ago in Barcelona a city I had been living in for over a year. I still find it difficult to say out loud what happened to me, when I talk to my...	
 
	
		
        			August 16th, 2018
        
        			Childhood Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 22, and this is something I’m just now coming to terms with after having sought therapy 6 months ago. Going into therapy, I knew I needed help, but didn’t know why/what was wrong with me. I’ve felt it for years – a darkness whose source was unknown to me....	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2018
        
        			Rude awakening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Startled awake, I was staring at a shotgun pointed at my face. He told me in a rude term what he was going to do, and ripped my nightie pretty much off. He then pushed between my legs, holding the shotgun in one hand. To be honest, I didn’t notice...	
 
	
		
        			October 16th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 9 so I will not sugar coat the truth. I will share with you how I was forced to do, well what you wouldn’t have wanted to do. I will share with why I had teary eyes as he separated my thighs. But then again you might only...	
 
	
	
		I was at a fraternity party with a date in February 1989 at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was a beach theme, so we were all wearing bathing suits. I distinctly remember choosing a one-piece because I thought that a bikini would cause problems. I was wearing denim shorts as...	
 
	
		
        			December 22nd, 2016
        
        			Police Officer/Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was wondering what is the point of living anymore? Where to go and what to do when the police, lawyers, and judges are protecting a rapist because his daddy knows them all? They tell you to move on, talk to somebody, blah blah blah like I have not done...	
 
	
		
        			February 27th, 2016
        
        			Lost Soul
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a victim of rape when. I never talked to other victims. It started when I was young. 12 or 13 years old not sure I just wanted it to go away. My brother used to come in my room and touch me it happened. We were alone at...	
 
	
	
		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 21st, 2015
        
        			Worst Day Ever
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was about 6 years old when I was raped by my neighbor, we had these trees that went along our fence and if you where behind them no one could see you. He was about 15 and he came over and climbed the fence, he told me to take...	
 
	
		
        			May 26th, 2018
        
        			I didn’t think she would do this....
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Okay so I was at my best friends 16th birthday party (im 17). There were a couple of friends, one friend asked to bring another friend (which party we went to the week before) and he brought 3 of her friends (Lets call one of them Tim) with him. At...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Impacted Forever
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a private duty nurse taking care of a very critical patient. I was very foolish and trusted the Son that lived in the home. He was very kind and caring. I had been working there for over 6.5 months. One day the Son and 2 friends came in...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2009
        
        			Just Me………
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was supposed to be a part of the interviews for the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, but for some reason that did not pan out, so here I am…. My story is probably one of many, but I was a child who was repeatedly molested, and unfortunately grew up to...	
 
	
		
        			September 24th, 2015
        
        			Just Wanted to Escape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am seventeen years old and I’m just beginning to heal. It was over a month ago when it happened. It was a Sunday night at a local festival of sorts in the city. The previous night I had ventured out with my bestfriend, but we were told off that...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 14th, 2016
        
        			You Were My Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only 15 and happy to be seeing you after I had been on vacation for awhile. You and another friend of mine who was a girl. I was tired for I had not slept well the night before. We were all in your room eating nachos and watching tv just...	
 
	
	
		I just saw the documentary and can’t stop crying… I was molested as a child by a driver who worked for my family. He would run errands for my grandmother and I would come along (I was 6 or 7) because I loved the car ride. One night he parked...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2014
        
        			What If I Make You?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		There is no short way to tell this story. There is no condensed version of the pain I’ve felt every day since 10:26pm, October 10th, 2011. I know very few will read this, but I also know that I wouldn’t be able to stand telling my story one more time,...	
 
	
		
        			September 20th, 2016
        
        			Drugged
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been friends with K for about a year, hung out with him and his girlfriend, consoled his girlfriend after arguments, spent many a night on his couch. We were friends. He got me a job where he worked when I needed a change of pace. So, when I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2016
        
        			My Story of Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was raped when i was 17, six years ago. i was going through an extremely dark time in my life and was so desperate for love and affection and to feel like i was worth something that i snuck out of the house and walked six miles through a...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2018
        
        			They will never know what they did...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From the age of 12 to 17 I was sexually assaulted repeatedly by peers. The remarks, the grabbing, pinning down, forceful touching, it happened on a weekly basis. Once in high school it slowed down. It still happened but more on a monthly basis. I didn’t realize how much it...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 2nd, 2018
        
        			He bought me chips and sent me...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Two years ago I aborted the child of my rapist. To this day I still feel sick to my stomach at the thought of this. This man had the ability to remove all sense of control from me and break me completely in a matter of hours. He also forced...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2014
        
        			My Mother Was Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was not sure if I should talk about this in public. I have saved this feeling in my heart for so many years, I remembered one day my mother and I were arguing about a boy I wanted to go out with. My mother was so afraid and started...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2018
        
        			The thief
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 5, people say you can’t remember it because you were so small but I do remember everything that happened, I was sexually harassed by my cousin who I loved like a brother, I don’t know but I was so scared to tell anyone so I told the...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2018
        
        			I dont know what to call it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was about 8 my cousin was in his 20″s i only remember waking up by his weight on me and feeling his penis on me i don’t know how i got to my bed or what had happened i am 27 years old today he is in jail for...	
 
	
		
        			April 2nd, 2017
        
        			Rape Under Intoxication
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last summer, I went on a date with my male friend. He openly liked me but, few days earlier, I had told him that being alone with him in a private room made me uncomfortable, and that I did not want a sexual relationship with him. At dinner, we drank...	
 
	
		
        			January 19th, 2016
        
        			The Power of Victimization
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My sister and I were 17 when my parents (in an effort to help my cousin turn his life around) offered for my cousin to live with us while he worked on bettering his life and making changes. At the time, he was on the most wanted list I believe...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 27th, 2017
        
        			Confused
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was debating for a long time whether or not to share this story, whether or not I have the right to do it. But I feel like I need to tell someone, anyone because it’s tearing me up. That’s the only thing I’ve had in my mind for the...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2017
        
        			3 balls, striking
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		#MeToo Posting with friends. I was Date raped by 3 boyfriends in a row who got tired of waiting for me. Eventually, I found a guy who waited for me, and we had a good relationship.	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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 31st, 2017
        
        			CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago, I was a happy excited 20 year old looking forwards to an evening with her life long best mate. If only I knew less than 12 hours later my world would be turned completely upside down. We were getting ready for an evening in the local town,...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2018
        
        			Fiance Father of my Child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was nine months pregnant and he was mad at me. I tried getting him to talk to me ana calm down. Helps started hurting me. He then decided to hurt me in the way it would hurt the most. My biggest fear. He raped me. I begged him not...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2015
        
        			Childhood Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to say this. But I’ve just started to have memory’s come back to me bits and pieces. I am 14 years old and a girl. My step sister would come over to visit,she is a year older than me. She would always wanna play games like...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 3rd, 2017
        
        			Closure
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been in love with this guy for almost a year at this time. I had never been in a relationship with him, but it was we were meeting atleast once a week, and being intimate. When we met I was a virgin at the time, and there were...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2016
        
        			Feeling Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This last February/March I was raped by someone I formally call my friend. After drinking too much one Friday night our friend group was hanging out, we all got up to walk down the hall to another room in our dorm when he grabbed my breast and pulled me into...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2022
        
        			Raped in my own bed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Locked forever in Liberty Plaza, Frozen in time, always saying no, But no one hears me, no one listens and no one comes. But why would they? If I don’t scream for help. Locked forever, in my tiny uni room. Your clothes, stained with vomit, in my bathroom. Photos of...	
 
	
		
        			April 22nd, 2016
        
        			Black Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have just decided to come clean I’ve been hiding it for too long trying to pretend it didn’t happen to me and it can’t go on. I don’t have a lot of people I feel comfortable yet to talk to so here it goes. I was kinda into this...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			Predators
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts 33 years ago. My mother was a young mother, and was quite selfish. Not in a horrible way, but since she was only 18 when she had me, she seemed to easily fall for words of men. Most of the time, they would flatter her, get her...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2017
        
        			I still don’t know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I still don’t know if I was anally raped by a former gang member 7 years ago. I think about it more and more as I get older. I was drinking, he was the neighbour of a boy I had just met who I went on to date for quite...	
 
	
		
        			March 13th, 2017
        
        			Quiet for 2 years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually assaulted almost 3 years ago by a total stranger. I was 16 years old, and I had recently had sex for the first time, with my boyfriend at the time. I’m a quiet person, I never talked much to people I didn’t know and I come off...	
 
	
		
        			May 12th, 2017
        
        			Learning to Live With My Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Five years ago I was a high school student. I was 16 when my life turned for the worst. I began having family issues. My home life was not well. The summer after 11th grade came and my mom decided to move my brother and I into an entirely new...	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2016
        
        			Young and Unaware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 19 now and it took 4 years for me to process what had happened. I really only became aware of it 1 year ago. But when I was 14, I was dating a boy who was 17. I had lied about my age and he thought I was 15,...	
 
	
		
        			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 8th, 2014
        
        			Multiple Rapes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dad’s dad grabs my breast and french kisses me when I am 11, 12 years old. Dad lifts me up above his head and drops me on the ground breaking my ribs and gets on top of me and won’t get off until I threaten to tell mom age 14....	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			Teenage Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a 26 year old, female to male transgender, who was raped, I was raped twice when I was younger. Once by my ex boyfriend during my sophomore year of high school and once when I was about 14 years old by a stranger. When I was 14, I...	
 
	
		
        			February 18th, 2015
        
        			Raped at Camp
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 9 years old at a campground my whole family went to every year, literally since I was a baby. The two teenage boys that raped me were neighbors from the adjacent campsite. They were sons of a minister. It happened when I was walking enjoying the woods. The...	
 
	
	
		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
        
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 9th, 2015
        
        			It’s A Long Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was raped I was 7, it was my next door neighbor. I trusted him naively. I trusted him like I trusted everyone I met. I didn’t know what some people were capable of, I didn’t understand. I went next door, I wanted to see his sister,...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2018
        
        			My Own Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My brother was 15 and I was 14, we are 13 months apart. He wasn’t under the influence or anything, completely normal. I was an innocent child and to me I thought this was “normal”. At first it was just touchy feelings for awhile. But eventually, he raped me for...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2014
        
        			Ending Misogyny
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From my shop in fashionable Georgetown, Washington DC, I took a break to walk into the public park on a Saturday afternoon. For a few minutes, no one else was present, and a man passed me and turned around and followed me. He grabbed me from behind with his arm pressing on...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2015
        
        			Trying to Survive
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Caryn and for 41 years I have been trying to survive. From birth I have had to endure mental, physical and sexual abuse and not all from one person. I was born unwanted and unloved by a mother who hated me, an alcoholic father and a grandfather...	
 
	
		
        			April 21st, 2017
        
        			A Year After
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My journal entry on April 18, 2017 -About a year after submitting my “first story” on this site I just made a beautiful, clean cut, with a blade I took from my Mom’s drawer, right below the most prominent, bulging stretch mark on my right hip. I did it to...	
 
	
		
        			August 9th, 2015
        
        			Locked Up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is too long to share here, so I ask you to view my page www.thecasestudytas.com. My daughters and I were drugged with over the counter insomnia aides, and raped repeatedly by my then fiancé. “Inadvertent” errors made by the police led doctors to diagnose me as delusional. My...	
 
	
		
        			October 10th, 2014
        
        			Chiropractor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve met several disaster dates through a popular online dating service known as “match” dot com but the worst was a successful, charismatic, attractive chiropractor who turned out to be a heartless sexual predator. 12 years ago in October, 2002, I went out with a seemingly attractive man who was...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			June 28th, 2017
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For years I’ve blocked out these horrible images I have in my head. I see the younger me; volnerauble, and letting this man take advantage of me. I see myself hurting, and no one noticing. I’m sorry to my younger self, sorry for not being strong enough to speak up....	
 
	
		
        			March 7th, 2016
        
        			Raped and Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is long, bare with me, please. From what I remember, it started when I was 6 continued until the summer going into 6th grade. I was molested almost every night by my step father (who was drinking and smoking at the time). One night, I was raped. My stepdad...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2015
        
        			I Trusted Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was a teenager, I would stay out past curfew a lot. My mother was at her wits end with me. She constantly expressed her disappointment. At one point she said to me “you are going to end up pregnant.” When I turned 18, I signed up for the...	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is very hard for me to write this, but after just watching Brave Miss World it brought me to tears and I realize now that more people need to speak out about this. One night, at the age of 14, I was walking home from a party alone the...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2016
        
        			First “Real” Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a late bloomer, sexually. I didn’t explore my sexuality with anyone until I was sixteen years old, with my first serious boyfriend in high school. I had never done anything with anyone until him. I started to feel comfortable and safe when we would fool around. A week...	
 
	
		
        			March 7th, 2016
        
        			Raped and Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is long, bare with me, please. From what I remember, it started when I was 6 continued until the summer going into 6th grade. I was molested almost every night by my step father (who was drinking and smoking at the time). One night, I was raped. My stepdad...	
 
	
		
        			March 31st, 2015
        
        			Raped by Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was a traumatic time for me and it even makes my guts clench and bile run up my throat each and every time such a dark memory evades my mind. The fact that he got away with it because of his status and how rich and connected him and...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2018
        
        			They thought it was fun
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I started at 7th grade. I was asked by one of the seniors to meet them by the lockers after school. I was dumb and amateur. When I went there, they locked me in their locker room while filming the whole thing. I was so numb I didn’t know what...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 1st, 2015
        
        			People You Do Not Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was seventeen. And I was about to finish high school, and start college the following year in film and television production. I had a boyfriend in high school, and did not realize that he was abusive because I was not ready to sleep with him, but he would make me...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2018
        
        			Close of a Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Growing up my brother would tell me we had to sick together because we were the only children who’s father was not around. My brother little by little starting age 6 he would kiss me then hump. eventually i was age 7 or 8 he’d begin having intercourse. To this...	
 
	
		
        			May 15th, 2017
        
        			Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A couple months ago I was at a party with my friend. I didn’t expect to get as drunk as I did. I remember everything pretty clearly until I threw up. I do remember throwing up then heading to someone’s room to sleep because I was exhausted. I was just...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2016
        
        			Feeling Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This last February/March I was raped by someone I formally call my friend. After drinking too much one Friday night our friend group was hanging out, we all got up to walk down the hall to another room in our dorm when he grabbed my breast and pulled me into...	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2010
        
        			גבר אלים וחולני
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לקראת גיל 15 התחלתי לצאת עם בחור שהיה גדול ממני בשנה, לאחר חודשיים בערך ביחד הייתה בנינו מריבה מטופשת במהלך המריבה הוא נהייה אלים כלפי זאת הפעם הראשונה בעצם שהוא הרים עליי יד, הביא לי סטירה שהפילה אותי על הריצפה וכשאני שוכבת על הרצפה הביא לי מכה חזרה בבטן עם...	
 
	
		
        			October 23rd, 2017
        
        			Emotional Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		1) He was sexually aroused by fat women and weight gain 2) He asked me to gain weight, and when I declined, he accused me of suppressing/demonizing his sexuality, and damaging his psychosocial wellbeing 3) I regressed into eating disorder behavior, to justify my refusal 4) I lost so much...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2016
        
        			I Felt So Helpless
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was on a beautiful sunny day I woke up feeling happy. I remember I thought of what could probably make me happy at that time in the morning, then I remembered I had to go to this guy’s place. The guy we have been talking for a while but...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2017
        
        			“Me too” On Facebook
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Recently, there’s been a lot of people posting “me too” on social media. That statement is supposed to show others they’re not alone and reveal to the word the size of this epidemic. I can’t help but feel more alone each and every time I see a “me too” status....	
 
	
		
        			March 10th, 2017
        
        			Okay, Not Okay
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last January was the first anniversary for me since I was sexually assaulted for the first time in my life. I am straight, and I was assaulted by my female friend. Though I want to/feel that I need to share what had happened to me last year, I barely remember...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2017
        
        			Beyond a story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Linor, I attended your movie showing in Monaco this past weekend. The irony was I attended thinking I was going to see a Princess Grace movie. Something light, beautiful, and with a story. I attended to honour Princesse Grace who is in the hearts of everyone she has touched....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2015
        
        			Life of Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 5 I was adopted with my brother and sister. That’s when the abuse started. There are a lot of memories that I have blacked out but I can’t get rid of everything. The abuse started with me since I was the oldest. At that time I just...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			When All Hope is Gone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been robed from my happily ever after. At 23 I met some one I thought was to be my prince. but he started with emotional abuse telling me how useless; stupid and pathetic I am. I run a way with him and got married to a monster because I...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2015
        
        			So Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 and my mother had left me home alone for 2-3 weeks one summer…but that’s another difficult story. One night, I decided to go and get something to eat, so I walked 12 blocks to a store. I saw a guy in a pickup truck circling around and...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			My Story.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m Chanel, I’m 12 years old young right? Well here’s my heartbreaking story.. I was hmm.. About 10 or so when it all began. Now MOST people, their stepdads sexualy abuse them, well no. This guy. He was my older brother.. he was about ehh. 14, he KNEW rigt from...	
 
	
		
        			January 28th, 2017
        
        			I Trusted Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 at the time. He was 17. We had been dating for about six months, when he started to ask for sex. Being young I would say no. He would accept it normally. Sometimes he would touch me in places I didn’t want to be touched. I would...	
 
	
		
        			April 6th, 2015
        
        			Confused and Angry
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m currently enrolled in a Philosophy of Love and Sex class at university and we were discussing sexual assault. The lecture really opened my eyes to something that had happened me earlier in the year and I’m pretty pissed and confused about it now. Friends from my previous university were...	
 
	
		
        			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 12th, 2014
        
        			The Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 years old at the time it happened. It was summer the end of august. The year was 2006. I liked football and hang around with hooligans because i thought there were cool people and just wanted to belong something. With my closest girlfriends at that time we...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2015
        
        			What’s Done Is Done
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have had few sexual experiences but none of them have been entirely consensual. My first experience was when I was 14, I was playing truth or dare with what had been my two closest friends, a brother and a sister. I was dared to have sex with the brother...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			My Rape Stories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by my brother when I was 4 years old on more than one occasion. When I was 13 years old he approached me again in a sexual manner and asked if I would take off my shirt and bra and let him touch my chest, I was...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a young teenager. I’ve never been ultra skinny, so I started to develop curves on a young age, hips, boobies, ass. Apparently for my uncle that was a reason to go and touch my boobs. He would come in my room when I was studying or chatting with...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2016
        
        			Always the Girls Fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was my best friend. I had known him nearly a couple months then he started flirting with me. By that stage we were inseparable best friends. It started with asking for pictures which i gave into 3 times, hoping he’d stop. He did. The first time he asked me...	
 
	
		
        			July 1st, 2014
        
        			7th Grade Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am in 10th grade. 15 years old. It has been 3 years since my rape. I was 13, in 7th grade, still figuring myself out. During this time, I was going to a new school, a high school and middle school combined. I had recently been fitted for hearing...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2015
        
        			Can’t Even Take My Medicine
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My freshman year of high school, I was 15. Everyone wanted to date a upperclassman and I got the chance to be one of those people. It all started off with meeting him and him begging me to go to the movies where he told me his story, including that...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2015
        
        			Catching Up With Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was twelve years old when I vividly recall my grandfather walking towards me and for the first time placing his hands on me. I was stunned and paralyzed. Each time that we would visit him (or have a sleepover) and when we were alone he would touch me, kiss...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2017
        
        			Assaulted
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t raped but i sure am traumatized. I use to get nervous every time i saw him but now i’m just mad. It was may 2017. I was a 14 year old sophomore. I was at a new school trying to have fun and trying to get to know...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2014
        
        			Just a Child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am twenty-four, and have the unfortune of stating that I was raped twice. The first time i was thirteen years old, just a child, a virgin, with dreams of becoming a writer. I had my first boyfriend. He too was 13. A lot of the girls & boys at...	
 
	
		
        			September 6th, 2015
        
        			Gang Rape At 15 Years Old
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Patricia. I’m 18 years old and when I was 15, I was stranger raped. I had gone out to a party with my friends at a club, it was her birthday. There were other people there I didn’t know. But I didn’t mind, first thing we did...	
 
	
		
        			November 23rd, 2015
        
        			Assault In the Family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just watched brave miss world on Netflix and I am moved to tears by Linor’s story and the story of other survivors. I myself have been molested during my childhood within my family. It is very hard to speak about it. I was about 12 to 13 years when...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 8th, 2017
        
        			Dream / Recall
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		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 showing their power-She...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 14th, 2017
        
        			I Thought I Was Safe
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was sophomore year of college and I was so happy to move back on campus. It had never occurred to me that with the independence and freedom I found in college, there also came many things I needed to be aware of that could compromise my safety. I was...	
 
	
		
        			April 4th, 2017
        
        			That’s not what friend means
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was repeatedly sexually assaulted by the same person for about 3 years. He was my best friend from when we were small children until then. At first it was small things, him standing too close to me or his hand being too low on my back or too high...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2017
        
        			Ready to Share
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18 years old. As with many of these stories, I was a freshman in college. I was drunk. It is embarrassing to admit that I was so drunk that I fell off of a 5′ loft bed into a mini fridge, resulting in a moderate to severe concussion...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2018
        
        			Victimization
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went to San Francisco to help a friend move. Afterwards we grabbed a beer. I didn’t even finish half of my beer and I don’t remember much of what happened. A man named Oleg started chatting with my friend and I. I told him I was married and had...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2015
        
        			More Than Half of My Life Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 or 16 years old and troubled. I didn’t live with my parents and the group that I was hanging out with was troubled as well. We were drinking and doing drugs and hanging out with much older guys. There was a guy who lived at this house...	
 
	
		
        			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*	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2018
        
        			Believe it or Not, It happened to...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was raped 29 years ago. I was Party Raped, Gang Raped, whatever you want to call it. 1989 I was 14, and raped by my ex boyfriend and 2 of his friends (who I had never spoke to). I will save all the details. I was Drunk, beyond drunk, and...	
 
	
		
        			September 20th, 2017
        
        			St. Louis Riots
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		you look at all those reports of protesters in St.louis demanding justice, its just an excuse! I see those protesters taking everything from the store under my apartment, and it aint owned by whites or police! I see them take everything from my apartment, and I aint white or police!...	
 
	
		
        			April 10th, 2017
        
        			I am telling someone for the first...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi. I am gonna make it short. I was molested by 3 people in a period of 3 years. I don’t want to talk about it in details. All you need to know is that no matter what people say, you will get through it. Get counseling even if its...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2016
        
        			Roommates
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was my roommate. Someone I barely knew, an acquaintance. I had moved back to campus after living about a year 20 minutes out from school. I was desperate to be around people my own age again and get out of my current living situation. I took on random roommates...	
 
	
		
        			June 6th, 2017
        
        			I Didn’t Choose This Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom met a guy after my dad moved away. She took me to his house to meet his family and children. A few months his sons became my step brothers. There was the oldest which was the nice one and the youngest at the time about 14-15 while I...	
 
	
		
        			October 23rd, 2017
        
        			Confused for Too Long
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So many stories here have helped me to feel okay, so I figured I would give back in hopes that my story might comfort someone else who may have experienced something similar. I was raped when I was 17 on a family vacation, and for 8 years of my life...	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2017
        
        			Because of You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Because of you, I lost who I was. I lost everything that made me feel who I am as a person. You made me feel ashamed, scared, and disgusted all at the same time. You made me feel ashamed and disgusted because you have made me blame myself for what...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2015
        
        			He Was My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 11 years old and I had just moved to here I left my family behind and everyone that I cared about. My father moved here when I was 2. I have never seen him again since he left. Me and my mother we were the best of friends,...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2014
        
        			Domestic rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Great for Linor and her support system. Yeehah. I’m really happy someone actually believed her and did something about it. Most women of domestic violence/rape are shunned, embarrassed, ignored, ridiculed, blamed, etc. Even in the good ol’ middle class US of A… mostly by family members and friends. This is...	
 
	
		
        			January 1st, 2016
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 and around September I began talking to a friend of mine. He was very attractive he played basketball, was tall, but also really cocky. I wasn’t looking for anything other than hanging out just because he was younger than me however we kissed and what not. This...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2016
        
        			Never Ending
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started back when I was in the 7th grade. I felt as if I was always being watched. I was. An older boy was always somewhere near me staring. I never thought of myself as attractive and I wasn’t interested in dating yet. Nothing major happened until the next...	
 
	
		
        			December 26th, 2016
        
        			Why Me?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First, I apologize if my grammar is bad. I live in Sweden and english is a little tricky for me. But, I still want to tell my story! I was between 4 – 5 years of age the first time I was assaulted. It was my older brother who did...	
 
	
	
		I am a german girl, 20 years old. A few weeks ago I went skiing with my dad for a few days. After skiing we went to a bar for aprés ski where we met some guys from switzerland. We had a lot of fun and when my dad wanted...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2018
        
        			The cycle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Not once but twice I was raped. The first time I was young, I was recovering from a medical procedure and used this truth as an excuse to not engage in sex with the man I was in a relationship with. He was much older than I, and I had...	
 
	
		
        			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...