November 14th, 2017
        
        			Took Me, Took my Wedding
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Bachelorette parties are for misbehaving, and I went to my friend’s and misbehaved, but only so bad. I got very drunk, and couldn’t drive, and it was rainy, turning to thunderstorms, so when it came time to go home, my fiancé was still at work, so I called a friend...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2017
        
        			A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was eleven when I lost my virginity. It happened under an old pine tree in an overgrown backyard of an old lady’s house a block away from my childhood home. The boys were older. They were rough and cruel. They laughed the whole time like it was some hysterical...	
 
	
		
        			March 26th, 2016
        
        			Still Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m sharing my story because I have a daughter and I know with her beautiful little face and bubbly personality, she could become a victim in an instant. I want her to know her mother is a survivor and I will walk through hell and back to protect her from...	
 
	
		
        			September 2nd, 2016
        
        			I Feel So Bad For Him…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The day before I started medical school this July, I went to meet a guy who had just moved to my town for a drink at a pub. I had been helping him find trails to walk his dog and seeing how work was going and offering him any advice...	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2016
        
        			My Fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 years old. I had very little experience with boys, nothing beyond kissing, and I had even less experience with alcohol. The night that it happened I was invited over to my friends house for a small party with a few other guys from our neighborhood. I was...	
 
	
	
		Hey, guys. So, yeah… I’ve been keeping these feelings of anger and betrayal in for too long, and I’ve decided to finally share my story. Since a very young age, my parents taught me that my (woman part) is mine, and no one should ever get to touch it WITHOUT...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2017
        
        			23 year old virgin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In 1996, I was attending graduate school and lived in my own apartment. I was 23 years old, a virgin, and a Muslim man from Ghana who played soccer on campus. One night, he entered my apartment, pinned me to the ground, and raped me. I saw white light and...	
 
	
		
        			July 13th, 2018
        
        			I was assaulted twice at the same...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just returned from a year of studying abroad, so my 3 best friends decided to throw a small party for me. I had just turned 17. It was a small party for close friends, and the cousin and a couple of his friends of my best friend. Through...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2014
        
        			Raped At 16, 29, 31
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a child, an intelligent one. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia. When my aikido assistant instructor invited me to study at his home before my holiday tuition commenced at Melbourne uni that morning, I did not know that he had other things in mind. I was raped in...	
 
	
	
		I don’t even know how to start this, but I guess I need another opinion… so here it goes. A few weeks ago, I was at my friend’s frat. He’s a really great guy, and I am friends with both him and his girlfriend, so I have always felt comfortable...	
 
	
		
        			June 1st, 2016
        
        			10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 9, and my mother did a party at home. So when I was about to go to sleep, I heard the noise of the door opening. It was one of my mom’s friends. He was so drunk, I still remember the way he used to look at me...	
 
	
	
		“When I was 11 my older brother started raping me, clearly my barely pubescent vagina was not sophisticated enough to know this was a legitimate rape, seeing as after a few months of abuse I became pregnant. This was in the late 80′s and the system of bullshit that I...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			Looking for a lawyer & advocate
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Schlomit. I was Raped at 3.5 yrs by an 18 year old who was on some kind of drugs. He tied me up and blindfolded me and after all the pain of what he put me through I was lucky to convince him to let me go...	
 
	
		
        			June 10th, 2016
        
        			Night Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I still don’t know if it is rape. My therapist says it was, and so do the police and my parents, but I don’t want to believe it. I met a group of guys and they all seemed so nice, they let me smoke with them and invited me home....	
 
	
		
        			November 12th, 2017
        
        			#MeToo, too
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I promised my friends I would share, but I’m not ready to come full out, and I hope everyone understands. I have been raped repeatedly since the age of 11 by a family member. He has been gentle, but I feel wrong. He got me pregnant on 2 occasions and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2015
        
        			I Barely Knew Them
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			August 25th, 2017
        
        			He Was A Police Officer
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a survivor of rape. My assault happened by someone I thought was a person I could trust. We had been childhood friends and he was the pastor’s son at the church I grew up in. He was a police officer in the town I was attending college at...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I just finished watching Brave Miss World and it inspired me to share for the first time my experiences. Between the age of 6 and 8, the older son (he was 16) of a family friend sexually abused me. He always said not to tell. I felt so ashamed that...	
 
	
		
        			November 16th, 2016
        
        			I Lost My Teenage Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 when I was first involved in a relationship with a family friend 10 years my senior. It began innocently enough, and quickly, a very deep friendship developed between my abuser and myself. When I was 18, this person suddenly left my life- she blamed me for all...	
 
	
		
        			June 9th, 2016
        
        			Just Another Night
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On September 31st I was raped. Very few people know this about me. I’m too scared to tell anyone. How do I even tell someone? How do I handle the way my parents would look at me knowing? My friends? How could I go to the police? Tell my story...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2014
        
        			I Will Never Forget
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three and a half years ago, at 3 o’clock in the morning, I sat at a worn table in a domestic violence shelter. I was preparing for the most important battle of my life: custody of my daughters. My daughters slept, upstairs in one of the shelter’s tiny bedrooms as...	
 
	
		
        			July 4th, 2014
        
        			A Survivor, Not a Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother was 17 when she met my father, he was 24. A year and a half later, I was born. My father played the father role only when it was convenient for him, as a result, I saw him every other month for the first 2 and a half...	
 
	
		
        			July 1st, 2014
        
        			Trusted Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 13, attending high school. I had developed a crush on an older boy whom was 16 at the time. We flirted here and there and I was really hoping he would notice me too. He did. We had made plans to hang out one night, a month and...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2018
        
        			Only I get to make choices for...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m the one who got myself that last beer that made me black out. I should’ve known my limits. If I really didn’t want it, why would I have let him into my dorm upstairs from the party? Maybe he was black out drunk too. Sometimes when I drink too...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 23rd, 2018
        
        			How Many Times?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been raped, I don’t know anymore whether I admit, or declare it. My first time, also my first time, was on a date with my boyfriend. We were making out, and he went up my shirt, and I stopped him with a no. He kept trying until he...	
 
	
		
        			January 12th, 2018
        
        			The Night That Changed My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		How nice to know that within the next 7-10 years you will never have touched me. How devastating to know that 5 of you drugged then raped me after mixing something into my drink while I was using the bathroom. How horrible is it that my best friend, someone I...	
 
	
		
        			January 19th, 2017
        
        			Afraid of Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First of all hi, I always felt the need to share my story. when i was 17 i was dating this really nice guy (at least i thought he was nice at the time.) A few months before my 18th birthday we were in my car having a nice conversation...	
 
	
	
		I met my boyfriend online 3 years ago, I was 17 at that time. I week after I went into college. One day his friend invited us to his home we were just few, my boyfriend, his friends, some other guys like 5 of them and girls like 6 of...	
 
	
		
        			May 2nd, 2018
        
        			Finally Sharing
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is old nearly two decades and yet it as if my rape was yesterday. I have done a lot of healing absolutely but this type of trauma never leaves you – it shapes you. I feel sad about the circumstances around my rape and as others have experienced...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2014
        
        			Don’t Want to Admit It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I meet him online. I built a friendship with him. Kind of a match thing except for younger people. The connection was great. I said let’s meet at a coffee shop. He picked the place. He was late to give me the address and I waited for him. Meet him...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2016
        
        			Kidnapped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped about a year before I was kidnapped. The kidnapping is more traumatic for me because nearly 20 years later I recognized a story on a profiling on America’s Most wanted that I knew it was the same people who kidnapped me. I escaped by some incredible strokes...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			August 13th, 2014
        
        			My 21st Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve never told anyone this story before, mostly because I know too much time has passed between what happened and now and know one will believe me. One of my best friends is still good friends with my rapist. Furthermore, I know that they will not believe me because many...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2011
        
        			Nothing important…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		.. My first answer, when people asked what happened. I was raped at my 25th birthday in Hungary from one of the teachers who helped me with my diploma thesis and his friends, which I never met before. That was his birthday-present for me, beside the cake. I remember him...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Endless Shame
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was leaving in Roma, Italy. I had a daughter, she was 2 years old. Her father, my husband and I were separated. He left often for the US and left us. I thought I could have ended it. I was a working model, 27 years old with a child....	
 
	
	
		Hello, excuse me for my english but I’m Spanish, so I hope you can understand me. When I was 15 years old I was walking to the beach with a couple of friends, and it was so hot I was tired …when somebody said we can take a shortcut, I...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		אוף ! ממש קשה לי לספר את זה כי לא מדברים על זה נכון? אבל כל כך רציתי להוציא את זה ממני שחיפשתי לא מעט עד שמצאתי את האתר שלך ששיתפת אותו בסרט. בעידודה של הבחורה שכתה את המדריך לנאנסת…-לא אהבתי את השם אבל זה רעיון נחמד. נשמע מוזר אבל...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2017
        
        			My 19 year old cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 6 years old, I would always go over to my aunts. She would love to have me and other cousins over. This one time , I went to stay with her , but it was just me. My aunt has a pool, and I remember I wanted...	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2017
        
        			Childhood Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 5 to 7 years old some one I don’t know who touched me hit me and just plain abused me I know it was a guy and now I’m scared of guys and don’t know what to do. — Janae, age 12	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2015
        
        			Raped and Numbed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For a long time I felt ashamed about what happened to me. I thought it was all my own fault. I never had a high self-esteem of myself. Other girls were better than me, I was an outsider. I did not finish my school and went partying a lot and...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2018
        
        			Forgiving myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts off with one of the best trips of my life. For a friend’s 21st birthday we went on a cruise to Mexico. Over the course of a long weekend, we had the times of our lives. I was in the best shape rocking my bikini poolside. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2018
        
        			It was not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		While I sit here trying to find the words to my story it is still difficult to talk and think about it. I am now 23 years old, and everything happened when I was 15, actually around the same time of the year as I am writing this. It took...	
 
	
		
        			February 13th, 2014
        
        			Impact of Screening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last night, I along with a couple of friends, went to the screening Brave Miss World. I had actually seen it in Ventura but totally shut down because I was in the middle of the criminal investigation for my rape. My story, briefly, is I am a psychotherapist and as...	
 
	
	
		Mi hermano mayor abusaba de mi,me violaba,desde pequeño,yo tenía 7, 8, 9 años de edad,le decía a mis padres y no me hacían caso,decían que era para llamar la atención, pero en mis recuerdos esto no era así, lo tengo muy presente todo el tiempo,cuando tu e edad para confrontarlo,...	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2016
        
        			Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a survivor of childhood trauma, and while working toward recovery from this trauma, I was raped a couple months ago. Ironically, the assault happened while I was traveling and interviewing to work toward my exciting career goals. I gave clear messages to the man who raped me that...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2016
        
        			Ended in Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was involved with a married man. I know I was wrong for being with him but the chemistry was strong. I cannot describe the shame I feel from being with him. He was really into s and m stuff and we used code words or if he was too...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2018
        
        			11 Years to Justice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Thank you for letting me share because I hope I can bring some hope and encouragement for those still waiting for Justice. First I want to say how brave and strong everyone here is. Never forget that. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t be here. In 1999 after a 8 year...	
 
	
		
        			February 14th, 2018
        
        			Grandpa
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I cant say how old i was when it started for sure. Ive been having nightmares alot lately about it. I have spoken to anyone professionally about it but I am considering it more and more these days. I can remember being really young and him licking my privates. Or...	
 
	
	
		(I’ve felt) Man in Florida ruined my innocence I’ve felt sorrow I’ve felt vengeance I felt what it was like to lose God Tears run down my face allot no one understood I felt the guilt and the blame I felt what it was like to be ashamed being in...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2016
        
        			What Happened?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		There was a boy who I had went to elementary school with. I always had a crush on him. He was cute and popular and so many girls liked him. I would see him from time to time but it wasn’t until right before my junior of high school did...	
 
	
		
        			January 25th, 2018
        
        			Never Heals
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a young girl, only fifteen years old. It was over seven months ago, when I went through a very traumatic time. I was at a house party, somewhere I regret ever going. I was interested in a boy who was holding the party, and that was the only...	
 
	
		
        			April 13th, 2018
        
        			A young mother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came to college a year early, I was seventeen and so naive. I had taken summer school 2 years so I could get out of that small town Kentucky high school. I was so ready to have a fresh start. My first semester was awesome. I joined a sorority...	
 
	
		
        			April 17th, 2015
        
        			Christmas Horror
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On Christmas Eve 2005, my daughter’s father and I walked to a store to finish our last minute Christmas shopping then going to get our 1year old(our only child at the time) something to eat. While he was at the counter about to pay for the items, store was New...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2018
        
        			Childhood rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello, I’m a male. I was raped when I was age 9 by my brother, my mom was on drugs at the time and my brother was with are dad in another state, my mom got so bad on drugs she couldn’t take care of me they way should have,...	
 
	
	
		if anyone is unable offer me support or assistance please pray for me?thank you, i come to you tired and heart sick as i am in a bad place, its been a year or so since my abusive husband attacked me physically but i live in fear he could hurt...	
 
	
		
        			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 2nd, 2017
        
        			Everyone loves him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ll make this short because he’s still here and I’m not going to escape. Writing this as I’m visiting with a friend because she has access to the internet and usually, I just don’t. The first time I met him I was fifteen, and it was facilitated by my mother....	
 
	
	
		I just watched your documentary yesterday and I am glad to see some one CAN speak out and hear people stories. I am a 46 year old French woman who was walking in the streets of upper west side of Manhattan on May 16th when a man dining outside a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2017
        
        			Rape and Crisis
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been raped twice and attempted rape which I was coerced into I stopped but it was still very much sexual assault. This is over the past few months I’m jumpy can’t focus very anxious all the time sleep is when I can I try to sleep and have nightmares...	
 
	
		
        			March 26th, 2014
        
        			Sexual Assault at 11
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually assaulted when I was eleven years old. It was the summer and my friend had wanted me to go over to her place. While walking to her house there were three boys from school outside and her. She wanted me to go with her to their place...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			Never Got Over It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am in my 40’s now, but I feel like a huge part of me is still stuck in the past! Every time something starts to go well in my life, I have a way of messing it up. I feel socially awkward, so I spend a lot of time...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2018
        
        			Set Up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is crazy because this is the first time I’ve ever publicly talked about it. Not even many of my friends know. I always say “something transpired in college.” It’s my way of not dealing with it. Well, by the subject I’m sure you’re wondering what I mean by set...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 24th, 2018
        
        			Child rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Some people think that when two little kids around the same age engage in sexual activities, neither of them know any better. Maybe with some cases, but this is not one of those cases. I was around 6 years old, a very innocent child, and didn’t even know what sex...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2017
        
        			Was led by the quarterback
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I can’t believe I’m sharing this. I can’t believe I’ve come up with the strength to do it. I apologize in advance for writing so much.. Until this day the only person who knew was my husband. It happened to me when I was 17. He was 17 too. He...	
 
	
		
        			April 8th, 2015
        
        			The Woods Don’t Speak
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So this happened to me a week ago.This boy I liked seem real nice everything I wanted so my friend got us to gather. I’m 15. He is 16. So he would tell me everyday how pretty I am and how pretty my eyes are and at first I was...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			I Don’t Even Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I started counseling December 3, 2014. I’ve know since the 6th grade that I was sexually assaulted as a young girl. But It was fuzzy. I couldn’t remember much of anything. I told my guidance counselor, who then brought in my mother. She cried. A lot. Then she called my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2016
        
        			I Own My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is my story. I own it. And I remind myself every day that nobody has a right to tell me that I didn’t live my story or that it didn’t matter. It has been 40 years since the day it happened. I was in 7th grade-that awkward place between...	
 
	
		
        			September 21st, 2015
        
        			The Course of Seven Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was younger I was told that I would have to rely on my brain to get me places because I wasn’t going to meet someone who found me attractive physically. I went through most of my life with an extremely low self esteem and found it odd when...	
 
	
		
        			October 12th, 2017
        
        			My year abroad
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sometimes I wonder if it was my fault…Did I say yes? I must of, right? I was studying in Rome for the academic year, what was meant to be the best year of my life. I had been at a party and obviously was drinking, a friend and I decided...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2015
        
        			Stepfather
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From the age of 1, he had been in my life. Of course I cannot remember back that far, but he never let anyone forget it, “I’ve been here from the beginning!!!!”, like it really mattered. Growing up, he was the only fatherly figure I ever had. He took me...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2018
        
        			Memory or a dream?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Like many people that wrote here I too had kept this for years. I’m not sure if this is a memory or a dream but it always haunts me. I had never shared this to anyone.. And I mean not a single one. I hope this would make me feel...	
 
	
		
        			May 19th, 2015
        
        			Shelter My Soul
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only 13 years old and I had run away from my home. Where my mother would beat me and drag me around the floor because I refused to understand her. I ran away and hitchhiked on the highway right before marathon, 7 mile bridge. A man stopped and asked me...	
 
	
		
        			March 15th, 2016
        
        			Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 19 years old, I got my first job working in a fast food restaurant. I was so happy to have gotten the job. I was so proud to surprise my father with this news as he’d helped me in the past with work and this time I’d...	
 
	
		
        			September 15th, 2016
        
        			My Abusers
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In my lifetime, I’ve dealt with nasty things. From getting bad grades, to getting therapy. One of my worst secrets are my assaults. The first one was in preschool. I have no memory of what my teacher did to me, but I remember somethings. I remember the little daycare I...	
 
	
		
        			February 26th, 2018
        
        			Leaving the party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was taken to only the second formal party I was ever, the first being the Prom. It was a charity affair for education. I didn’t even have an appropriate dress, and rented one, and borrowed shoes, and a clutch. I looked great, but felt bought. My good friend Jim...	
 
	
		
        			September 30th, 2018
        
        			Date rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just turned 18 on the day I moved into a dorm at Rutgers New Brunswick I was invited by a senior to his dorm room to drink wine and hang out Who still lives in a dorm as a senior? Without being a officially a dorm rep I was...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2017
        
        			My Ex-husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married once before to a bartender with a drug problem. Many nights he would encourage me to come down to the bar and drink with him and his coworkers after closing up. Many nights I would stumble my way out of the bar after 2 drinks, make it...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			I Slept Next to Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		During the summer of ’16 I went out downtown like I always did. I went out with two friends and I had been talking to this guy who kind of had an appearance of a “thug” but he was a genuine person. He talked to me for hours, we talked...	
 
	
		
        			December 9th, 2015
        
        			No Longer Silent
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 when it happened. I am now 17. It’s been nearly 3 years, that’s hard to believe. I wasn’t abused more than once like a lot of people sharing their stories here, but I still think it is important that I share to help me and potentially others...	
 
	
		
        			April 7th, 2016
        
        			Knowledge is Power
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Summer of 2015 my cousin brought his best friend to our family’s 4th of July celebration. His friend had always been flirty with me, but I had a boyfriend before this summer and he had a girlfriend. After he found out I was single on 4th of July, he started...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 20th, 2016
        
        			My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I fell in love with him in Greece ( Crete . I was about 14 years of age and i was so in love. I met him in the street for the first time on his motorbike. He had those brown eyes and hair. My mum knew him because she...	
 
	
		
        			October 15th, 2016
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married a long time and am now divorced, so therefore I’m not very experienced with dating. Recently I went on a date with a guy I knew about ten years and who was getting a divorce. We had a fantastic time. We talked often for another week and...	
 
	
		
        			October 12th, 2017
        
        			My sisters boyfriend abused me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was just 15, shy, skinny and a late developer. He abused me systematically, first with teasing, then physical attacks, short and disguised as tom foolery. wresting me to the ground and pulling my pants down, trying to break into bathroom when i was i there, touching my breasts when...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2017
        
        			Just a Kid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was 14 years old, I was walking home from school in the middle of summer, my dress went past my knees and was like a sack, there was nothing provocative about me. I stopped in at a bathroom at the local park. All I needed was to pee. I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			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’...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2017
        
        			Keep it to myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One afternoon I walked home from the bus, to find my brother and 2 of his friends watching a porn. They made rude comments about I’d look good like that. I tried to go to my room, but they tackled me. They all raped me, but technically, my own brother...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2017
        
        			I didn’t enderstand what was happening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 5 I was sexually abused by a son of a friend of the family. He was around 15. I barely remember the details of what happened and of what I remember no evidence to convict the young man with. It was around 6 and the sun had...	
 
	
		
        			January 24th, 2018
        
        			Child rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Some people think that when two little kids around the same age engage in sexual activities, neither of them know any better. Maybe with some cases, but this is not one of those cases. I was around 6 years old, a very innocent child, and didn’t even know what sex...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2017
        
        			Happy Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just turned 21 and i had my cousins car and my best friend was my D.D. we had lunch and i had my first legal drink and i also got a free drink from starbucks what a great start right. Im in college away from home so i kinda...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2018
        
        			Grandpa Molested me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My Dads Dad molested my sister and I when we were very small. I guess I told my mom one day and she stopped letting him babysit us and eventually I comepletely forgot about it. At my cousins wedding I sat down next to him to ask him if he...	
 
	
		
        			April 5th, 2017
        
        			School Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 and I was heading to the girls bathroom. I walked into the biggest stall because I always go for the most spacious. I walked in and locked the door. Three males older than me, (about two or three grades), crawled into my stall from the one next...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2018
        
        			God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in the Appalachian mountains with incest and violence, I’m an Appalachian inbred Hillbilly, ain’t nothing wrong with that. People who write similar stories or movies most times are not an inbred Hillbilly which makes my story unique. At nine years old I was beaten and raped at...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Thank you for being LOUD!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know it is hard to share this burden, to deal with it again and again, to listen to stories that are triggering of the PTSD and to try to help the whole world and feel overwhelmed. I hope you will give yourself a chance to take a break when...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2014
        
        			First Friend at University
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went to university in Newcastle, UK. It was my fourth day of university and i was just getting used to meeting new people and getting to grips with being on my own and away from home. I had met some people during this time but the first person I...	
 
	
		
        			December 29th, 2014
        
        			One Day At a Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just started university and I am living away from home. I live in student accommodation and I am a nursing student. My apartment and the apartment next door is all nurses and we spend a lot of time with each other. I have never really been much of a...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			Think You Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had a boyfriend for already five months, who I loved and did anything for. Sure we’d make-out once or twice we were raging with hormones but there’s a time and a place for everything. It was my first time alone with just him on a date and we were...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2014
        
        			Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Es la primera vez que hablo de ésto, el único que llego a saberlo ya está en el cielo cuidando de mi, mi amado abuelito…. Sucedió cuando era una niña, al comienzo no entendía que había ocurrido pero con el paso del tiempo lo entendí y ahora creo que muchas...	
 
	
		
        			October 5th, 2014
        
        			An Orphanage
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped in a Romanian orphanage. I was born in Romania and I was in the orphanage until I was 8 years old. I am now 25. I was abused a lot. I got adopted by people from the UK. I now have an amazing family in Scotland. I...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2015
        
        			Trying To Be Better
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m literally watching “Brave Miss World” right now and I find it really inspiring. Here’s my story: I was molested when I was 5 years old by a 14 year old, friend of my brother. It took me a long time to realize that it was not my fault. He...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2016
        
        			Two Continents, Two Different Men!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I apologize for the length of this story, but I have never shared my entire story with anyone and there is a lot to it. I was so inspires when I watched Brave Miss World and I wanted to get the full story off my chest in a safe environment....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 8th, 2014
        
        			After I Was Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was little and I first heard about the concept of rape, I didn’t understand what was so horrible about it. I understood that clearly it was a bad thing to do – no one has the right to take control of someone else’s body like that. But I...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2018
        
        			Quarterly Review
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As my 1st job, I was working at a chain store while going to school, and supporting my Mother through her cancer treatments. We had some assistance, but not enough to cover bills and food, much less rent. I needed the job. The manager TJ knew I was hard up...	
 
	
		
        			June 21st, 2015
        
        			Domestic Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15. I was in an abusive relationship for a year and 2 months. He made me feel like he was perfect, like I would be nothing without him. At the start he was the only one that could make me smile when all I wanted to do...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I just watched your documentary yesterday and I am glad to see some one CAN speak out and hear people stories. I am a 46 year old French woman who was walking in the streets of upper west side of Manhattan on May 16th when a man dining outside a...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2017
        
        			Black and Blue
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2015
        
        			Tinder Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 19. I had been talking to a guy on tinder and he seemed to be normal and an ideal guy to date. He appeared to be attractive when we exchanged photos. What I did not notice was he never smiled with his teeth in...	
 
	
		
        			April 5th, 2016
        
        			My Coach My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in a fun, crazy, happy, and healthy household. With an two older brother, older sister, and two younger sister we are all pretty close Basketball is my life. I grew up in a small town in Missouri. So small we didn’t even have a football team. Basketball...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2016
        
        			I Was 9
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The rape… I was 9 years old and was raped by my stepfather. This didn’t happen over night. It started with inappropriate touching until he eventually raped me. I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was disgusted by what he did. I told him yuck you peed on me....	
 
	
		
        			April 19th, 2017
        
        			I said no
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 and “in love”. I thought I knew the “love of my life”. He was so sweet to me how could someone like that hurt me? I was over his house and we were watching tv and cuddling. Then he started touching me and trying to take off...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			Catfished
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 16 and again when I was 17 but now I am in my 20s. When I was 16 I started looking for companion ship online. I was always a socially anxious person so it was a way, for me, to meet new people. I...	
 
	
		
        			May 3rd, 2016
        
        			Military Brother in Arms
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In the military you learn to trust your brother and sisters in arms with your life and you do not expect to be raped by one of your brothers in arms. I remember a blue van it was one of those that would seat 4, I want to say like...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2015
        
        			Rape at Bogota, Colombia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sueño / Recuerdo I was running running running Past the halls, the screams, the stairs My hand was busy on something -Probably the piece of glass I used to cut him. And then she ripped her necklace off Just as they ripped out clothes off Shattered glass -Another way of...	
 
	
		
        			April 7th, 2016
        
        			Knowledge is Power
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Summer of 2015 my cousin brought his best friend to our family’s 4th of July celebration. His friend had always been flirty with me, but I had a boyfriend before this summer and he had a girlfriend. After he found out I was single on 4th of July, he started...	
 
	
		
        			May 15th, 2014
        
        			The Night That Changed My World
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped at college just after turning 21. Off campus at FSU. It was New Year’s Eve, 1979. He got in & blindfolded me. I was raped repeatedly for hours. There were no roommates or neighbors, no cell phones, nothing but a pair of scissors I was fixated on...	
 
	
		
        			April 27th, 2016
        
        			Awareness Among Teenage Boys
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I recently watched the Brave Miss World movie with my teenage sons who are 13, 14 and 16 as I thought they needed to see it. Their reactions ranged from anger to horror to outright indignation about what happens regarding rape and sexual assault. I am very open with my...	
 
	
		
        			August 5th, 2015
        
        			They Laughed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the first time I’d ever used a fake ID, the first time anyone had ever bought me a drink, the first time I’d ever worn too little clothes on a freezing December night because hours of dancing didn’t need a winter coat. I was celebrating the end of...	
 
	
		
        			April 4th, 2016
        
        			A Life of Pain
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My twin brother Levi and I were adopted when we were two months old by a woman who wanted children so bad and a husband who didn’t. We had a happy childhood though. When we were four our parents got a divorce and we spent every other weekend driving from...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2017
        
        			I Repressed Everything… Until Now
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fourteen and had already lost my virginity to a guy I barely knew, liked, or cared about. I was never one of those girls who saw themselves saving it until marriage. Knowing what I know now, I believe my first sexual assault happened much earlier in my life...	
 
	
		
        			December 28th, 2016
        
        			Ignored
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was three months before my ffifth birthday when “scooby” came into my life. Everyone called him that because he looked like Shaggy from Scooby Doo; I don’t remember his actual name though. What I do remember is how he would hug me a little too long or kiss me...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2018
        
        			It is not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first incident I can really vividly remember was my freshman year of high school. I went to a school that required us to wear uniforms and I had to take the metro to school every day. I was sitting down by myself and a guy got on the train...	
 
	
		
        			April 23rd, 2015
        
        			My Boyfriend Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This all began when I met a guy at the age of 15. I met him through friends and all was great. He was so nice, attractive, wealthy, he really put on a good show for the first month. I was a virgin when we got together (obviously.) We had...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2018
        
        			Molested by my cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old girl at the time and I remember everything clearly. the only person that new for a long time was my older sister who was “touched” by him too once. however what made want to talk about it is the fact that I have told my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 13th, 2018
        
        			I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I walk the halls of the hospital as a bubbly HM3 and greet everyone, they can never see the demons I am fighting on the inside. I walk with my head held high and with a beaming smile to hide the stress and pain but I always carry myself...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2018
        
        			Drunken rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I decided to get drunk for the first time ( my first semester in college), I tried to be wise and have friends watch over me. A male friend from my dorm offered to be my “guardian angel” for the night and make sure I didn’t get into too...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2015
        
        			Innocence Taken
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 at the time. I had gone to the capital for an organization’s conference. I went with a group of my friends all from school. While we were there, the activities were during the day and after everyone had done what they needed to for the day, the...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2017
        
        			Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a member of the private MeToo group. I have seen some of the members get their stories on your site. I would like to share my story as I think it’s important. My rapist, who even admitted on a recorded line, raping me and other children, will face...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			En Enero de 2010
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		No se como contar algo que todavia duele, que todavia me mata un poco cada día. En enero de 2010 fui violada por un hombre que no consigo acordarme de su rostro, pero si de su voz y ese recuerdo me acopaña hasta ahora. Mis padres nunca supieron de nada,...	
 
	
		
        			April 9th, 2016
        
        			Memories Are Back
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It has not been a year since my father raped me, and everything changed since that day I did not return to be the same person I was before, I thought that maybe could get over act as if nothing had ever happened but I could, my mother took me...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2017
        
        			An older, popular boy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14, an eighth graders and he was 16 turning 17, a junior in hs. He was very popular in my town and was liked by all the girls. He messaged me on Facebook and we hit it off. He lived a few houses down from me so we...	
 
	
		
        			April 6th, 2014
        
        			I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		WHEN I WAS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD MY FATHER RAPED ME IN THE NIGHT. HE WAS A BASTARD. THEN WHEN I GROW OLDER DAY BY DAY HE RAPED ME TWICE … THRICE AND SEVERAL TIMES IN THOSE YEARS TILL NOW. I HATE HIM. I AM VERY GOOD LOOKING SO MANY...	
 
	
		
        			October 28th, 2015
        
        			Justice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just need to express my anger about something that happened many years ago. I am a secondary survivor I would say. I was not physically raped by this man but my niece was at the tender age of 9 until she was 11. She is 47 now. I found out...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2018
        
        			Finally facing it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 32 years old and married now. When I was 15 years old I was dating a 16 year old. I was a virgin with no intentions of having sex anytime soon. I was very naive about sex and also insecure about my body. I went to the homecoming dance...	
 
	
	
		Before reading: English is not my first language. Be aware before you Judge me. Thank you. I can’t explain how it felt. The hardest part of my story is, that not only did he take away my trust, he took away a part of my memory, a crucial part, that...	
 
	
		
        			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!...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			I Accepted My Past
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember excatly when or how it was happened. I was 5-6 years old, I lived a little village and with others childrens I guess we played in the neighborhood. I remember there was in a fields a hut ( like we do when we are young ). I...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2017
        
        			What sent me over the edge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 19. I went to a frat party, I was drinking too much because I was stupid and just wanted to fit in. I started dancing and making out with a stranger. He quickly became violent. When I tried to leave, he followed me upstairs and dragged...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I’m scared to write this here, but I need to open up. When I was 6 years old, I lived with my mum in really quiet and nice neighborhood. It was summer, I went to my friends place and he lived like 10 minutes away from home. It was around...	
 
	
		
        			December 29th, 2015
        
        			I Trusted Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15. I was friends with a guy. Let’s call him J. I was into the drug game pretty hard, he was my dealer, and became a close friend. I would get drunk with him a lot, and he wouldn’t get drunk with me. And I soon found out...	
 
	
		
        			December 20th, 2016
        
        			Struggling to Survive
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 months ago I went on a night out with my friend. ‘=I remember dancing, having fun and then my memory goes very patchy. Next thing I know I’m naked and being raped. I tried to get him off but it’s like I was a doll that could see her...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2015
        
        			Raped and Numbed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For a long time I felt ashamed about what happened to me. I thought it was all my own fault. I never had a high self-esteem of myself. Other girls were better than me, I was an outsider. I did not finish my school and went partying a lot and...	
 
	
		
        			August 20th, 2009
        
        			my story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		אני בת 28, נשואה ואם לילד. עברתי פגיעה מינית מתמשכת, מגיל 9, ועד גיל 13.5, מאדם בגיל של הורי אני לא אוהבת לקרוא לעצמי “שורדת” כי בחיים יש הרבה יותר מזה כיום, בעיצומו של תהליך החלמה ושיקום, אני פעילה בארגוני נשים שונים, ביניהם מרכז הסיוע לנפגעות תקיפה מינית בישראל תודה...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2017
        
        			My rape story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So my story is really weird and awkward, because it really goes back to when I was dating this guy in 9th grade 2 years ago who made it seem I always had to please him and make him happy and I mean we broke up eventually when he did...	
 
	
		
        			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 7th, 2017
        
        			My Husband Set Me Up!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		George set up a night out. We left in the evening for a nice date night out at the movies. On the way there, he picked up Pete, for a ride he needed. While we drove, Pete put a gun to my head, and we pulled over. I had no...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2017
        
        			Molested by my biological father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was almost 10 years old my father started molesting me. He would come into my room and pretend he was there to help me fall asleep but all he was doing was touching me. I’m crying right now just remembering how scared, dirty, defenseless I felt every night....	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2016
        
        			A Voice to be Heard
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just want my voice to be heard for once, I want the truth to be heard and to stop having my words twisted. I’m done being silenced. If you have ever been blamed for your rape due to date rape this story is for you.
My name is Erin McKinney,...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			I Was Manipulated
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		3 weeks before I left my first year of college, (I had just turned 19) I met a boy through a school event and a few mutual friends. I talked to him first, and he felt that my initiation meant that “I wanted it”. I had recently been through a...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2017
        
        			Surviving, Kinda
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Help. God help me write this, but I think its time I let it out. This is my story about how a man who completely destroyed me within a matter of minuets, three times. At first I didn’t know it was rape. After years of abuse I just thought it...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2015
        
        			Second Night of College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raised in a Christian family to believe that I should never have sex before marriage, and I always planned to have sex only with my husband. When I was about 6 or 7, I was molested by my older cousin for about 2 years. I was very confused...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			No Longer Keeping the Peace
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember when my abuser began touching me; I guess I was too young. When I was 6-years-old my mother asked me if anyone touched me, and I finally admitted it was my teenage cousin. He would bring me into his room, turn off the lights, and turn on...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was sixteen at a party. The party was hosted by my best friends boyfriend at his aunts home. Everyone was drinking heavily. After some hours of drinking I attempted to take myself to a safe place to rest. I was very drunk but my brain...	
 
	
		
        			January 23rd, 2015
        
        			Your First
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was two weeks before my 15th birthday. I was on a vacation with my father and I was out with kids my age and 3-4years older. I had meet a few of them before. We were all drinking and it was my first time with alcohol. After awhile, we...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2018
        
        			Raped by best friend’s boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 17, I was hanging out with my best friend and her boyfriend at her house. We often spent time together and also hung out with some of his colleagues. We listened to music, we joked, and we had a few drinks. I regret that. Eventually, they went...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 23rd, 2016
        
        			I Remember Being Happy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I remember being happy to bump into you and smiling as I spoke to you. I remember feeling good that u invited me in and were not mad at me for staying away. Then I remember thinking that I must have given you the wrong vibe when u wanted to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		t’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’m sure neither of you have noticed the lack of access you have to my social media as I have blocked you. I am a part of your past now, a simple memory that occasionally pops up on your Facebook memories or in your...	
 
	
		
        			November 9th, 2013
        
        			Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Have no fear, justice is near, the verdict is clear. Don’t sentence the six men to death An act of freedom in a world gone mad. Sentence the six men to life And daily torture and pain Until they go insane. Castrate them Starve them and make them eat their...	
 
	
		
        			February 4th, 2018
        
        			I was molested and raped at 6
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was taken away from my mother and father at 6 years old. I lived in three different family members’ homes. The last home I moved to, terrible things happened. I was abused physically, from slapping to being punched in the face. Emotionally, from being told my parents were pieces...	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2016
        
        			Raped in Milan
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 23 years old and I’m Italian. When I was 16, I was raped by a photographer, who was 36 at that time….I was feeling so bad and so in shame that I didn’t tell anybody for years. But after a strong depression last year, I found the strength to...	
 
	
		
        			August 25th, 2015
        
        			2 Years Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened two years ago. I went out in manhattan with some friends. I was already drunk by the time we got to the third bar. I remember taking a drink from someone and then absolute darkness. I have one faint memory of standing outside the bar alone and the...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2017
        
        			Nothing for Nothing
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother remarried. I never liked him. He installed new security systems, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, clocks, and thermostats, in every room, including the bathrooms and garage. I felt like he was watching 24/7. I started making some money, babysitting and cleaning, and sometimes I needed a ride to...	
 
	
	
		When I was 15, my boyfriend asked me if we could have sex or any sexual contact, I said no I wasn’t ready. We had been dating for 2 months. 2 nights after he asked me, he took me out to see a movie. We sat in the back and...	
 
	
		
        			January 25th, 2018
        
        			I thought we were friends
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met him in the summer of 2011 in college. We were close friends, he was my go-to for advice. He moved across the country in May of 2014 and I followed in April of 2016. after graduating college the previous December. We were roommates, close friends, then he said...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2016
        
        			When I Was 16
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I lived a life of luxury in Spain a young millionaires. When I got 16 my mum lost all our money not her fault though our step farther took everything and ran away with her secretary. Due to the loss of money we had to move. I was a virgin...	
 
	
		
        			April 5th, 2017
        
        			School Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 and I was heading to the girls bathroom. I walked into the biggest stall because I always go for the most spacious. I walked in and locked the door. Three males older than me, (about two or three grades), crawled into my stall from the one next...	
 
	
		
        			January 17th, 2015
        
        			Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 7 years old. It was within few days after losing my father. My long distance cousin would come to my house. One morning, I found him playing with my boobs. Second day, I found him playing with my private part. Third day, I woke up early so that...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Drugged and Raped at Age 14
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was something of a “wild child” in my teenage years. I grew up in the Los Angeles area and fell in love with live music at a very young age. My mom wouldn’t allow me to go out to any concerts, and we had a venue with lots of...	
 
	
	
		I climbed onto the tall charter bus, juggling my backpack and suitcase. I realized that I must have been running late; all the seats around my best friends were full. My eyes quickly darted around for an empty seat. He smiled at me from the middle of the bus –...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 21st, 2016
        
        			Last Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in college at a school only a short distance from my home staying on campus to get the “full college experience”. I was never big on going out to parties because I had no interest in getting in trouble, and I hate the taste of beer....	
 
	
		
        			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 22nd, 2018
        
        			PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain.” —Bob Dylan. Every story has a climax–the part in which the protagonist has to overcome an obstacle they face. To simply put things into perspective, my obstacle was my father. Reaching the middle of my twelfth year, life was great. It...	
 
	
		
        			October 10th, 2016
        
        			When I Was 11…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 11 my mom met this guy named Jordan. He called himself 3D. Almost immediately he moved in with us. The psychical abuse started after a couple of months. He convinced my mother to start beating us and have us kneel on rice for hours at time as...	
 
	
	
		When I was 15, my boyfriend asked me if we could have sex or any sexual contact, I said no I wasn’t ready. We had been dating for 2 months. 2 nights after he asked me, he took me out to see a movie. We sat in the back and...	
 
	
	
		So, I know, there was a recent article about an Italian woman who travelled alone and was raped and killed. I read the comments on the stories. So easy to blame the victims… Four years ago at 26, I thought I was invincible. I went wherever whenever, leading me to...	
 
	
		
        			February 25th, 2015
        
        			Respect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First of all, I’m sorry if my English isn’t fluent, I’m Dutch. I have never been raped or anything that comes close to that. I just watched Brave Miss World this afternoon and it really touched me and I just felt like I had to show my respect to all...	
 
	
	
		When I was 12 years old when my half brother from my mothers side raped me. Not once but twice. The second time I was 13 years old. The first time it happened, he told me He had forgotten something in an old apartment he was fixing. So I went...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			March 28th, 2018
        
        			Ex-boyfriend rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 17 when I met him. We talked nonstop. Over the phone, at school, after school. Always. We were unofficially dating over the summer. Then he randomly decided to drop me. Well, maybe it wasn’t random- he had a girlfriend of 2 months that I had no...	
 
	
		
        			November 10th, 2017
        
        			Was it my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was spring break of my freshman year. I was drinking and having fun until you attacked me. I was a virgin and planned to wait until I found my soulmate. You took that from me. You took me to your hotel room and held me down and had sex...	
 
	
		
        			August 31st, 2016
        
        			Raped in College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 20 when I moved into my first apartment in college, I was date raped by my down stairs neighbor. I went to better myself with big thoughts of changing the world. I was drugged and raped by my down stairs neighbor. I tried to tell my best friend...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2014
        
        			A School Trip
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the summer of 2003 and I was on a school trip studying art in Aix-en-Provence. I was 17 on my way to becoming a senior in high school and so happy to be in France for the first time, exploring the beauty with my classmates and professors. I...	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2016
        
        			My Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fourteen. I had spent the night with my Aunt and soon to be uncle. I was almost asleep on the couch downstairs when he came down and sat beside me. He began touching my butt and other areas. Eventually he stripped me down and started doing things to...	
 
	
		
        			December 11th, 2015
        
        			Spousal Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was forced to have sex with my husband of 30 years never realizing it was rape until the last time I let him touch me. I got brave then and left him. It was the best thing I ever did for myself. Now I am a full time student...	
 
	
		
        			November 9th, 2015
        
        			My Mother’s Albatross
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother was raped by a “friend” when she was nineteen, something she never told me until I was in my twenties. Once she did tell me, a lot of things began to make sense. I never understood why she always slept with the light or why she was so...	
 
	
		
        			July 25th, 2014
        
        			Aftermath
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel that I should be over the trauma, or the distress of being raped so many years ago. However, at times, 1987 seems like yesterday to me and reliving that day happens more often than I care to share. I lived in a very friendly, unpopulated and isolated part...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2014
        
        			When I Was 8 Years Old
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It is a miracle I am alive. I come from a family in which my step mother and father molested, raped and raised me behind closed doors with the secret of rape… Among the dinner parties with friends and family around.. my brother and I suffered in silence. We had...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 21st, 2016
        
        			Last Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in college at a school only a short distance from my home staying on campus to get the “full college experience”. I was never big on going out to parties because I had no interest in getting in trouble, and I hate the taste of beer....	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2016
        
        			Love of My Life?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17 years old. My senior year of high school was complete. My boyfriend at the time came down from Stanford to see me graduate. He was caring, supportive, kind, you know, a great boyfriend. He was a sophomore, grade A student, football player, and community activist. Two weeks...	
 
	
		
        			September 24th, 2015
        
        			10 Years!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Past: 1998: It all started in 1998, I was 16 years old. I was on a vacation at my uncle’s place. It was around 6pm & no one was home. Everyone stepped out due to some ceremony at a neighbors house. Two guys (strangers. Lets name them, YO & AM),...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2017
        
        			Believe Her
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		About a month ago, my live in girlfriend didn’t come home. As it got later, I called and texted her about every 15 minutes. I called everyone I knew to find her. By half way through the night, my friends were trying to be honest: If she didn’t come home,...	
 
	
		
        			January 9th, 2015
        
        			My Past
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello this is pretty difficult for me to share and it is the first time I’m about to physically write it down. Nobody knows what happened to me as a kid through my teenage years. I recently watched Brave Miss World and was moved. Like Linor, I turned to my...	
 
	
		
        			March 28th, 2016
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Rape is defined as the unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim. (Kentucky Revised Statutes 510) The state of Kentucky...	
 
	
		
        			January 19th, 2016
        
        			My teacher and my step-brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 12 years old and I had this step-brother who was 16 and always the kindest to me. One day, my parents where out on a night out and it was just me and my step-brother in the house. I was in my room playing a video game and...	
 
	
	
		Born A Girl When I was 10, I noticed men looking at me differently When I was 10 to 12 men and boys of all ages honked their horns, whistled and yelled profanities at me When I was 13 my friend and I were walking home in the daylight, when...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2014
        
        			What Happened?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was out with my friends. We went to a nightclub, I was 21 and it was April 2013. I started drinking and everyone was drinking. My parents always told me not to ever let my drink out of my sight. Well that night I guess I got a little...	
 
	
		
        			November 23rd, 2016
        
        			Motel 6 Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		April 8th, 2016 changed me in whatever way I let it for the rest of my life. I was with my friend and a bunch of her friends that I didn’t know in a motel room that night. I’m not the type of person to ever do something like this,...	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2018
        
        			Healing and releasing painful memories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a fashion designer in the Los Angeles area. I opened up my own business and hired a young man that we knew in the garment business as our shipping manager and coordinator. He was someone my ex-husband, now deceased, knew. We became friends with him and his wife....	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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.	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2016
        
        			A Night To Remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was prom night. I was a sophomore so normally I wouldn’t be going but an older guy who played basketball with my brother Colt asked me. It was so much fun. After we all went out to eat and went bowling. Jackson, my date, dropped me off at my...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2018
        
        			I’ve survived sexual abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a kid I was a molested from the time I was 5 until 15. I married to leave my house. Got pregnant and divorced soon after. Then I found myself in a very controlling relationship. Found myself pregnant again which are lost that child due to a DUI driver...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Never Be the Same Again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On 03/02/11 my world changed forever I knew this guy he was acquaintance we decided to hangout I made it very clear to him I didn’t want to do anything sexual and he agreed and he told me he wouldn’t do anything that I didn’t want to do. So I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 3rd, 2014
        
        			3 Days After Arriving at College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18 years old, I thought he was cute, he was big football player I was meeting people in the first week. He seemed nice he invited me to a party in his dorm. I went there were people there and drinking, we flirted, then he signaled to his...	
 
	
		
        			December 9th, 2015
        
        			I’m a Victor, not a Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in a dysfunctional and broken family. The youngest of four to a single mother struggling with addiction and her own demons, I didn’t have much of a chance in the pursuit of normalcy. When we were children, my mother sent us to church once a week with...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2015
        
        			Date Raped at 19
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At 19 years old I was still a virgin. I wanted to remain one until marriage, as I believed my virginity to be very important and I wanted to save it for someone I truly loved and would spend the rest of my life with. I went to a party...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 16th, 2017
        
        			Someone I Thought I Could Trust
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was summer 2016, I was 17 at the time almost 18. I was in karate for 7 years, I had quit when I was 13 or 14. By this time my mom was still going and I decided to go with her to watch. I saw a few people...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 11th, 2016
        
        			Literal Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last November I was In a back field that was surrounded by woodland.one minute I was tending to the horses and then suddenly I had a hand over my mouth and eyes. I was dragged round the corner, so that there was no way anyone could see. They tied something...	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2015
        
        			I Didn’t Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So, I had this strange memory, I thought it was of a dream, but in it my best friend’s older brother was doing strange things to me. My young brain couldn’t comprehend it at the time, so I just set it aside. Many years later when I was having a...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2015
        
        			I Thought He Loved Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sixteen and in a relationship with my ex boyfriend. We were only dating for a couple months at the time but I loved him already. We had many mutual friends and we lived in the same city. He treated me like a princess. He would buy me nice...