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...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2016
        
        			An Unknown Face & Hands
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was almost killed. I never thought I would utter those words let alone write them on a public website like this. I’ve written here before but that was a while ago, about a rape that happened almost 3 years ago. It’s happened countless times in my life already, I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 30th, 2016
        
        			Hollywood’s Lost Angels
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a starving actress in Los Angeles, trying to break into the world of movies and television. Like many other girls I was lured into the glamour and mystery of the Hollywood mansion parties. I was befriended by a famous in the 90s kid celebrity named “Gorey Peldman” who...	
 
	
		
        			October 25th, 2014
        
        			I Dated My Rapists
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped three times in my life. After seeing the documentary Brave Miss World and hearing Joan Collins, from the film, who married her rapist, it resonated a lot with me. I was first raped when I was 16 years old by my boyfriend. I was a virgin waiting...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2017
        
        			Holding My Feelings In
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 22nd, 2018
        
        			PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“To be, or not to be: that is the question: /Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer /The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, /Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, /And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; /No more; and, by a sleep to...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			We Live Part of Hell on Earth
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up believing that the world is a very dangerous place and i thought that after my first trauma, i would never have to deal with a similar event. When i was 6 years old, my grandfather molested me several times. it may have lasted for about a year...	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2016
        
        			His Charming Ways
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This all took place in the space of a week and this ls how it began I knew of this guy through a mutual friend he was my of girls ex boyfriends I never actually met him in real life but I know who he was via Twitter. He entered...	
 
	
		
        			August 21st, 2016
        
        			I Can Barely Remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a bit of a nightmare teenager. I used to go out, get dressed up have a few drinks and mess around with my friends. I was always doing things before my peers in school. I was 17, there was nothing I hadn’t done or tried. Everything apart from...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2014
        
        			Domestic Rape is Real
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For many a couple of decades I have denied to myself that a husband can rape his wife but I’ve always known that is exactly what happened. He was angry that I’d been a “bitch” and that was all the excuse that he needed. I am not sure I will...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			Abused By a Relative
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve spoken to some about my abuse, just those who are very close to me. My husband knows and close friends know. I don’t see myself as a victim and have never sought out a pity party. Recently my husband and I attended marriage counseling for various reasons, from there...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 2nd, 2016
        
        			You Didn’t Break Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just watched the movie brave miss world and I was impressed by all those girls speaking out about what happened even on record. So I thought I can do it as well. But I’m already crying again. I was raped three years ago on a music festival. I was...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2015
        
        			Raped By 6 Policemen
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Thirty years ago this March, my entire world was completely shattered after being befriended by a Snr Constable of the N.S.W Police Force & he invited me to his unit to watch a VHS Video of the 1984 Movie “Police Academy”. He knew I was an absolute movie nutter. He...	
 
	
		
        			December 3rd, 2017
        
        			His opportunity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My boyfriend went to California for the weekend, and as soon as I arrived home from the airport, one of his coworkers arrived at the door. He pushed his way inside, and almost picked me up to carry to the bedroom. He forced me to engage in various sexual activities...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2016
        
        			I Didn’t See It In Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m just some normal person. That’s what I always think of myself. I have a guy who loves me, and has never hurt me. My best friend, on the other hand, didn’t get the best experience with her boyfriend. Everything went pretty ok with them at first, but I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			First Frat Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All I ever wanted to do was be in a sorority, I wanted those sisters. I grew up with an older and younger brother in West Virgina so when I came to college I knew I wanted to rush. When I got my “BIG SIS” we were immediatly best friends....	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2015
        
        			My Modeling Experience
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am an Irish woman. A single mother to 3 amazing boys. I was 17 when I was raped. I had just started my modeling career in an agency here in Ireland. An aunt of mine was also in the agency at the time. I won a big competition here...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2018
        
        			Childhood of assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“Do you want to do it?” My 8 year old stepbrother asked my 8 year old self. “Do what?” I asked. He instructed me to lay down and he took out his penis and started rubbing it on my stomach. I had no idea what was happening. I had just...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			June 6th, 2016
        
        			It’s Been Eight Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was raped I was around seven years old. It was by my older cousin. After I kept saying no, he said he would do it to my sister. So I protected her. I was fourteen when he stopped. I’m fifteen now, and had around three months...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2021
        
        			I just wanted to give him a...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On christmas, I went to my ex’s house to give him a surprise gift for christmas. I was having problems with our relationship, I’m on the ace-spec, and currently, we were only having sex, and not really doing anything else, at all. I went there with the intention to just...	
 
	
		
        			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.	
 
	
	
		I have been raped multiple times. For the longest time I just acted like it wasn’t a big deal. I didn’t think about it and tried to forget about it all together. However, in reality, I was terrified. The time that scared me the most was when I was at...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2015
        
        			Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I saw Brave Miss World today on Netflix, I watched it with my partner. She’s asleep now and I’m looking at the website alone trying to process what I saw privately so she doesn’t have to know the effect it had. When I was 17 somebody spiked my drink and...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2017
        
        			was raped and I don’t remember it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I hung out with some people one knew and two that were strangers just to get liqour for me and my boyfriend can drink it when he got back from a month of us apart. I had a couple sips of it and before I knew it I had blacked...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2017
        
        			Party Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was fifteen I went to my first college party. My friend Katie who was a senior and eighteen at the time had been invited by an older boy and I insisted that we go. She was hesitant but I pushed and she relented. So we got all dolled...	
 
	
		
        			April 12th, 2015
        
        			Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Where do I begin. This is not my story anymore. It’s hers. Or not. It’s mine. Twenty years ago I was 13 years old. 13 years but looked like 10 years. I was already in a difficult situation when I met him. My mother had cancer and I was terrified...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 2nd, 2017
        
        			Infatuation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped at 18 by an ex boyfriend. I was a virgin. I had always thought that I would be physically strong enough to fight anything if I was in a position where I was in danger. I wasn’t. He was so strong and so determined, I couldn’t move....	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2014
        
        			Hundreds of Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember exactly when it started. I know it started when I was very small, still in diapers. The beginning memories are all light, color, sound, smell-no words, no names or descriptions attached. Then they get more visual, more defined, more acute and sharp and poignantly terrifying. Then they...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2016
        
        			Life Was Ruined
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I should’ve saw the warning signs, I should’ve told someone when he was doing everything that was leading up to rape (grabbing me inappropriately & whispering how I should “give him some”) I didn’t want to tell him on him because he was my uncle and I would’ve been known...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 24th, 2014
        
        			I Am Not Brave
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s ruined my life and now I have multiple physical and mental conditions which have restricted my movement, motivation, and will to live. I now weigh almost 400 pounds and almost don’t care. I would end my life if I knew for sure I would not go to hell for...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2015
        
        			My First Memory
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 years old. I am now 19. My mom was a single mom with two kids my brother and I. I had never met my dad but little did I know I was going to meet him soon and it was going to be horrifying. My mom told...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 2nd, 2015
        
        			My Army Fiance
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18. He was 21. He had been back from a deployment over in the middle east for 2 and a half. We started dating after spending time on the phone and in person. We were great, no problems at all. Except I refused to have sex. I am...	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2016
        
        			“No” is Universal
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last night I went out to a bar near campus with a few good friends of mine. After a few drinks we ran into some foreign exchange students who bought us shots. An hour or so later I left the bar with one of the french exchange students that I...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2018
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Every Saturday most kids spend their time playing outside with friends, watching TV, or just playing with games and toys. However, every Saturday my step father would sexually abuse me. This happened every week and sometimes more than once during the week. My mom would leave for work at about...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2015
        
        			No One Believes Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 4 or 5 years old. It has affected me terribly all these years but because I kept it a secret no one believes me. I love my husband very much but I hate sex because of my past. I’ve told him my story but...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2018
        
        			A Silent Fighter
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I will not be a victim, I will be a voice. Although my voice may shake I am not weak. I am not just a survivor, I am a fighter! A girls night out took a turn for the worst, innocent flirting and being a tease with no intentions, became...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2014
        
        			You Must Acknowledge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For some reason I still can’t come out and say that what happened to me was rape even if everything in me says it was. I often refer to it as a “passive sexual assault” even though friends I’ve told about it have all said that it was rape. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			First Frat Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All I ever wanted to do was be in a sorority, I wanted those sisters. I grew up with an older and younger brother in West Virgina so when I came to college I knew I wanted to rush. When I got my “BIG SIS” we were immediatly best friends....	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			First Frat Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All I ever wanted to do was be in a sorority, I wanted those sisters. I grew up with an older and younger brother in West Virgina so when I came to college I knew I wanted to rush. When I got my “BIG SIS” we were immediatly best friends....	
 
	
		
        			April 26th, 2017
        
        			My Snowball Effect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My life has been a serious of many many struggles. But, I am grateful that they happened because I wouldn’t be the person that I am today. It started with my parents relationship. It was ever really good. But at the age of nine, I caught my Father cheating on...	
 
	
		
        			March 20th, 2017
        
        			Nobody Knew
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts on Canada Day 2014, I was 16 years old. The day went perfectly. I had my boyfriend with me, whom I thought was perfect in every way. He was older that me, so I thought I had a lot to compete with when it came to other...	
 
	
		
        			April 18th, 2015
        
        			Never Going To Happen To Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After a year of constant abuse and rapes I couldn’t get out of bed no matter how much I wanted to leave. I had no job, no car, 6 pets, no money, no food and no home. Leaving seemed to be a luxury, not an option at the time. It...	
 
	
		
        			May 6th, 2017
        
        			He Was My Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Well, I am sitting in an empty cafe supposed to be studying for finals, but I can’t. I’ve been staring out the window while a single spider-web strand blows from the wall and quiet jazz music plays. It’s been 5 months since the first time it happened, and a couple...	
 
	
	
		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 4th, 2017
        
        			Thank you
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Brave Miss World Community, For the last two years I have had the privilege of reading and responding to many of your posts. It is an honor to hold space and watch healing unfold as survivors share their experiences, many for the first time. I wanted to take a...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2017
        
        			I am More than a Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped the summer before my sophomore year. I was at a party. I was dancing and talking to everyone that I came into contact with, I wasn’t drinking just having a good time. The friends I was with left to go get a drink and to go to...	
 
	
		
        			August 11th, 2015
        
        			Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last summer, when I was 16, I was really into partying. I went to a party with a bunch of friends and a guy that I’ve known since I was 7 was there. His sister is my best friend. The whole night he kept giving me drinks, and later on...	
 
	
		
        			January 5th, 2015
        
        			Stolen Innocence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother and father got divorced when I was two years old. My mother was a single mom with two kids so she was always working trying to make ends meet and making sure we had food in our tummies. I admire my mother for this. My father remarried, had...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2015
        
        			Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		59 years to life. All the girls sitting in the jury box waiting to hear what the judge would sentence the criminal who harmed us all in one way or another as we held hands and cried forced to look at the man who changed our lives forever. It has...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			My best friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Senior year of college, I was extremely drunk at a house party. My best friend, who I had hooked up with a few times was there with me, at a certain point I blacked out. I woke up in the morning in his bed with no clothes on, and I...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2014
        
        			Light In The Dark
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up hearing all the right information when it came to date rape, sexual assault and healthy relationships. My mother, my school and other sources were good at teaching me the facts about these realities. Even being equipped with the tools to be able to recognize these risks and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			December 6th, 2015
        
        			Two times. One year.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just gotten out of a relationship with someone I was crazy about when a guy I graduated with the year before texted me wanting to go swimming. I had a crush on him through out school so, why not? We went swimming with some of his friends down...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2018
        
        			Do I even belong here?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am not sure if my story belongs here or not. but this was the first place I found to share it. I volunteer at a site that pairs it’s volunteers with people in need for anonymous private conversations. as a rule it is a great site. but I found...	
 
	
	
		A few weeks back I was raped. It was by someone who I love dearly and want to trust completely- my boyfriend. We were becoming more intimate and affectionate with each other, but I made it clear to him that I wasn’t ready to go all the way numerous times....	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			August 22nd, 2014
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 23 and it was our 3rd “date.” We went to his house to watch movies and have pizza. I was okay with that because he lived with his mom and she was home. We ate and then went to his room. On the way up the stairs he...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			October 2nd, 2017
        
        			He ruined my life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mum and dad separated when I was 12. After that she began to hate me and my sister (who was 7 at the time) because we were her ex-boyfriend’s daughters. A few months later she brought in one of her old school friends to live with us. Although we...	
 
	
		
        			December 4th, 2015
        
        			Family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For years my uncle called me names that were sexual. He’d make sexual jokes towards me and I didn’t think much of them. May 8th he took something that was special to me and its something that I’ve never been able to get over. I was scared and didn’t want...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2017
        
        			Repeat Offender
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had my Tuesday night shift, and it was a cold, wet and still a misty rain, and I just got off the #113 bus as it turned at Fernwood Cemetery, and it goes left to the terminal, and I go right to my apartment and walk home. I was...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2017
        
        			I’m Not Easy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened on April 10, 2017. I hadn’t been with anybody since a hard breakup a year before. I was finally moving on and I started talking to this boy. We flirted often and texted constantly. Finally, we were hanging out. He even introduced himself to my mom and I...	
 
	
		
        			July 17th, 2017
        
        			Ketamine Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the first semester of my first year of college. I was desperate… desperate for approval, desperate for love, desperate to fit in. Tony seemed like a nice guy, though I had only met him once before. He asked if I would be his girlfriend, and I agreed. Over...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2017
        
        			Forgiving The Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My wife was date raped 10 years ago. We have been together for 7 years, so it was 3 years before I met her. She was at a bar with some friends, she met a guy. She had just gone through a bad breakup and was in a bad spot....	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2018
        
        			Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am always screaming inside. What is Normal. I forgot who I was before I was raped. What is it like to be Happy. I never really sleep. I am always mad. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about my Rapist(s). Why I never told anyone. I...	
 
	
		
        			July 3rd, 2015
        
        			Finding My Voice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just finished watching the film on Netflix and felt compelled to share my story. I have shared pieces of my story with close supporters but never in a public forum. I a a trauma therapist. I have been helping others overcome their trauma for many years yet for me...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2014
        
        			Halting The Pain
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s taken me 30 years to be able to face what happened to me, let alone be open about it. I have spoken about it since about a year or so only with a few people, and the hardest thing to do, and the only reason I do not go...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2014
        
        			I Told Him No
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17. I had recently broke up with my boyfriend and my ex’s best friend asked me to come to his house. I willingly let him kiss me and carry me to his room. I willingly laid in his bed and we kissed. It turned awkward and felt wrong....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			Read This Please
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		AS For those who’ve had a HORRID PAST Please I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ: DO NOT EVER THINK OF KILLING YOURSELF EVERRRR PLS DON’T DO IT! It does suck because the world today is messed up, Ignorant and seems we have no one left to trust That’s true but that...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2017
        
        			Sexual harrassment
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15. I earned a letter in a sport at high school, wasn’t able to attend because I had blown out my knee in practice the day before. The next day, my teacher/coach said to me that if I came to his car after school, I could have my...	
 
	
		
        			September 10th, 2016
        
        			It Happens All Too Often
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After my first sexual assault, I wanted to talk about it. I wasn’t afraid to tell people. Maybe its because I had such a supportive family and they told me over and over again that I didn’t do anything wrong. They encouraged me to tell people exactly what happened so...	
 
	
	
		The first that I remember being hurt was when I was 4. I stayed home from kindergarten and my daddy came into my room and started rubbing my upper thigh, which turned into him rubbing inside of my panties. He put his fingers inside of me, and I remember screaming....	
 
	
		
        			March 16th, 2016
        
        			Started As a Child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was molested by my mother from the time I can remember (around age 5) until age 12. My father passed away when I was 3 and I never met him, so it was always just my mom and I. We lived with my grandparents in a separate wing of...	
 
	
	
		She was my babysitter, and I don’t know if I can recall every instance. It happened over a span of two years. I was a toddler and for awhile I knew it had happened but pretended it didn’t. It helped that my mind had forced most of the memories away...	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			My best friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Senior year of college, I was extremely drunk at a house party. My best friend, who I had hooked up with a few times was there with me, at a certain point I blacked out. I woke up in the morning in his bed with no clothes on, and I...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			Drugged and Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the night of thanksgiving and my close girl friends had said we were all going out that night but we were going to pregame before at this guys apartment with a bunch of his friends. I knew of the guy who’s apartment we were going to and was...	
 
	
	
		I was about 16 the first time it happened. I didn’t know the guy, but my mom was dating him so I thought I could trust him. The first time we met, he wanted to see my backside in the swimsuit I was wearing to go to the pool at...	
 
	
		
        			February 6th, 2017
        
        			I Said No
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		They made me do a module on sexual assault and harassment. I listened. I did it. I read 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted. I told myself it would never be me. I would never put myself in that situation. And then the storm came. I liked you...	
 
	
		
        			January 22nd, 2018
        
        			I said YES
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Daniel and I were dating for a couple of months, and there was some good chemistry. On that night, I was interested, no basically decided, what I wanted for the end, or overnight. We had a nice dinner, and a really adrenaline packed movie, and I was worked up. When...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			Disappointed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not entirely sure what guys want. If I text my boyfriend good morning and appreciate him when he does something kind, I can put a smile on his face. If I study hard and be respectful and loving, I can make my dad light up. If I work out...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2014
        
        			Weathering The Storm
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story begins when I was 10 and my parents separated for a few months. During that time I was raped, repeatedly by a female family member who served as my caretaker and by a male teenager in our neighborhood. I never told a soul, but my life was forever...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2014
        
        			First College Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was not much of a party girl my freshman year of college. My friends heard of a party off campus and said they would not take no for an answer. We got dressed and even bought our own alcohol as m best friend was worried that the drinks may...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2022
        
        			Creepy Grand Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One time when I was 10, I had the weirdest scary experience of my life. It was a Chinese new year party we had every beginning of the year and all my relatives were there such as grandmas, grand aunties and uncles, uncles, aunties, cousins, you name it! All the...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2015
        
        			Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First of all, I would want to tell Linor that she is such an amazing woman. I watched Brave Miss World on Netflix last night and again today as it touched my heart and soul on so many levels. It saddens me that there are so many of us all...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 9th, 2018
        
        			I got away
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Recently I went on a date with someone I met online. He was charming, cute, funny and I thought he was kind. He invited me over for some drinks and dinner. We were having a good time and he decided to kiss me. I was excited and enjoyed our kiss...	
 
	
		
        			December 16th, 2014
        
        			Molestation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped, and molested at the age of 7. It is a very long story, but I played with my neighbors and their uncle is the one who did this to me. It was brought to the attention of a police women and our parents whom brushed it under...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		The first time I was raped I was about 7 years old, my uncle raped me in my grandmother’s house, he had previously assaulted my mother when he was younger and my mother was a kid. I was sleeping in my room with my cousin by my side, and I...	
 
	
		
        			February 6th, 2017
        
        			NYC Vacation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 27 years old, yet when i think about all of this I feel like a kid. Last year I tried talking with a therapist about it but I quit after one session. I found another therapist and had a few sessions with her but I never did truly...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2016
        
        			Rape Shaming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 Years ago I attended Boarding School in the UK. I was a good student. Sociable. I was having the time of my life. After breaking up with my boyfriend, who had moved to a different continent, at the beginning of my last semester I fell into depression. It was...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Denial
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On October 29 2016 I was raped after a Halloween party. I had gone back a dorm with my friend and the guy she had been seeing, I was very intoxicated at the time. I stupidly had a threesome with my friend and the guy. After a little while my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			13 and Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had already been molested by my older brothers friend, whom I liked but I was 10 or 11 yrs old and he was 17,I knew nothing of sex. He kissed me and fondled me. I was scared but I also liked his attention and it kind of reminded me...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2019
        
        			UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Molestation 4-13, dissociation syndrome started, afraid 24/7, PTSD 10, black outs began & were triggered by the smell of certain foods or a male authorities voice. Attempted Rape 15, Physical Abuse 16-31, all my ex-boyfriends. Rape 18, also attempted suicide & started dancing because I needed extra money & no...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2014
        
        			Raped by Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was about 12/13 years old when I was raped by my brother. In my memory it happened often during approx. 1 year. He warned me not to talk about it with my mom. When we went on a family holiday, my eldest brother did not come. Usually they would...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2017
        
        			Broken Car Broke Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My ex-husband and I had been divorced for two years and I had not seriously dated anyone since. I had my fair share of wanted hook-ups, but nothing serious. Because of my divorce I decided to file bankruptcy, and in the process of I gave up my car. I saved...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2015
        
        			The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		1.9.07 It is the same every year. Every year the leaves turn, and there is that slight twinge in my leg, a hesitant reminder of times past. Every year as the winds change, there is that slight catch when you take a deep breath. A catch not from the cold...	
 
	
		
        			November 3rd, 2015
        
        			Foreign City
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in London and travelling Europe with my best friend. One night in Soho these guys were buying us round after round to the point where I knew I was at my limit and tried to decline, with no success. As the night progressed, he’d take my hand and...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2018
        
        			Just little girls
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a toddler; my sister 3 years older. While my parents were drinking with the wife, the husband “Ray” messed with us in the back room, and out in a garage. He got in there. For me, since I was only 3, I did not understand what was happening....	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
	
		I am 13 now, and I was 8 when it happened it was a normal day at school. I was in the library a boy came up to me told me the teacher needed me and to follow him we went out the back door that leed to the teachers...	
 
	
		
        			January 12th, 2015
        
        			Who Is To Blame?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Seven months ago he was there when I was drunk. I don’t know his name and I never will. I know that I returned to my friends home with no underwear but a dress on. My dress was my only protection. I don’t know if I barely remember that night...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2017
        
        			Was it Really Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I still hear the little voice in my head questioning it. He was a good guy and just as drunk as I was. He probably didn’t notice that I blacked out. I was angry. He apologized. It’s ok. I’m just as much to blame. We were in college. We dated....	
 
	
		
        			April 2nd, 2018
        
        			There once was love
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It seems every time I close my eyes I can see him on top of me, or if I’m to still I can feel him. I was 16 when my boyfriend decided to take something from me I could never take back. My mother had passed away who lived in...	
 
	
		
        			October 2nd, 2017
        
        			He ruined my life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mum and dad separated when I was 12. After that she began to hate me and my sister (who was 7 at the time) because we were her ex-boyfriend’s daughters. A few months later she brought in one of her old school friends to live with us. Although we...	
 
	
		
        			August 20th, 2017
        
        			My husband was home
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was throwing a Halloween party in 2016. I invited a few coworkers and some friends of my husband and I. We are a very young married couple, at the time 19 and 20. I was very excited that a friend on mine was coming. He was 46 and one...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 12th, 2014
        
        			A Week Before 18th Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 45 and I am a Rape survive. After 28 years, at the end of this month on July 31st to be exact, in the middle of the night that my rapist broke into my house and into my room. He forced himself on me. Many years later, I have...	
 
	
		
        			February 10th, 2016
        
        			Family Ties
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 17, I was on holiday with my dad, step mum and step brother. Everything was going great until one night when my dad and his wife went to bed early leaving me and Stephen alone. At first everything was normal, I was on one side of the...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2014
        
        			Football Player
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		he guy who raped me was a 17 year football player & I was a 15 year virgin. I newly had been dating another boy but had kissed this football player a few times in the previous months at parties. On this night, he led me to his truck during...	
 
	
		
        			June 27th, 2014
        
        			The Monster With The Pretty Smile
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in grade nine when I lost something that can never be returned. I just want to make it clear that I do not want anyone’s pity, or empathy. I don’t want people to say “that poor girl how could someone do something like that to her?” What’s done...	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2018
        
        			More Witness than I Care to Live...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Katherine, and my sex ed started when I went to a playground after a softball game. I was 9, and a man joined me. He intimidated me into masturbating him. I only had my mother and 2 sisters with my father out of the house, so I...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2017
        
        			Ashly’s story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I found this website, and it has been just so helpful reading other stories I don’t feel so alone. All these survivors so strong. When I was first rapped I didn’t know it was rape I thought it was my fault and I told myself, well you put yourself in...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			I Am a Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On day at my grandmother’s home, my step cousin and I were going to take a shower together, as most cousins our age did…only he was about 12 and I was 4. In the bathroom he told me to take off my clothes and after I had done so, he...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2015
        
        			The Setup
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Growing up I was always a good church girl. Never cursed,n ever had sex, never did a lot of things. Until I turned 16, and began experimenting with opiates. I became an addict. To this day, my mouth still waters when thinking about a day in bed with a nice...	
 
	
		
        			November 4th, 2015
        
        			Afraid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Lately I have been really depressed and thinking back to when this abuse happened to me. From about 11 years old to 13 years old, I was being molested by a family friend. At the time, I didn’t know that I could tell an adult because I didn’t know if...	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2018
        
        			The Wolf and His Rabbit
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I recently wrote this story as a means of coping with my assault. So I figured why not share it here. Two drastically different creatures, the wolf and the rabbit… they vary in size, diet, speed, spot in the food chain, etc. Such a duo could never exist in harmony....	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2009
        
        			Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 23 y/o of Multiracial Ethnicities, Filipino-Spanish-American. Struggling w/the issue of being multiracial and identifying my sexual identity. I am a survivor of 10 years of child incest/rape by my father from 6-17 years old. I was date raped again by a friend in college, he brought alcohol over,...	
 
	
	
		For my 23 birthday I wanted to do something special for myself, and let go of what holds me back. In the last year so many things have happened and changed me as I am. I’m done hiding something that doesn’t define me, that wasn’t my fault. At the young...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2017
        
        			Trapped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know what to call it. Its been a rough year, my cousins lost his sister to suicide, & I know it shouldn’t be an excuse for why I let him do what he does to me. I thought the first time he took advantage of me was going...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2021
        
        			I was a child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 19 now. Everything stopped right before I turned 17 (when I left home to join the Armed Forces) While I was a child, I lived with my biological mother. I had 2 other siblings (a younger sister & an older brother) who were treated as if though they were...	
 
	
		
        			June 3rd, 2014
        
        			My Boyfriend Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story I think is quite long, this is the first time I am writing it. I was raped, many times I do not know the number exactly, by my boyfriend of two years. I only realized it was rape after months in therapy trying to come to terms with...	
 
	
		
        			December 2nd, 2016
        
        			Unwanted Flashbacks
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just read a really mediocre article on my phone on attitudes towards rape. And suddenly it was all back, the feeling that I am not in control of my body and somehow feeling broken inside – unable to pinpoint and define the feeling. 3.5 years ago I was raped....	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2017
        
        			Politeness Serves No One
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just started college; this was about ten years ago. I was leaving a frat party on my own. A male friend of a friend texted me to ask what I was doing and if I needed someone to walk me back to the dorms. I had only met...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2016
        
        			An Unknown Face & Hands
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was almost killed. I never thought I would utter those words let alone write them on a public website like this. I’ve written here before but that was a while ago, about a rape that happened almost 3 years ago. It’s happened countless times in my life already, I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In 2011, I was fresh out basic training and attending technical school. Every weekend my friends and I would go out and have so much fun. After classes, the weekend was always something fun to look forward to. We never drank, we were under age so we were always completely...	
 
	
	
		The first time I was raped. I was 18, I never thought of it as rape until recently, but I guess it was. I’d been drinking and there just wasn’t a clear line of consent. I was too out of it to say yes or no. And the guy had...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2013
        
        			I was raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was standing at a bus stop when suddenly I was grabbed from behind. I was dragged into an alley and choked until I blacked out. when I came to , I was in a room , naked and some man was on top of me . He grabbed me...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2017
        
        			He over stepped the mark
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You have left me empty, My feelings never the same again, Trust is a thing of the past, When you over stepped that mark, Right and wrong so confused to me, Blurred feelings between love and hurt, How can I find out if and when you loved me as your...	
 
	
		
        			July 7th, 2016
        
        			A Ride Home
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 21 years old and had just broken up with a boyfriend. I drove to a bar to meet up with some friends who convinced me coming out for a couple drinks would make me feel better. While I was at the bar, I saw my best friend’s acquaintance,...	
 
	
		
        			March 10th, 2016
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 years old when I was sexually abused by a friends uncle. I was hanging out with my friend as we often did one night, we were only 15, but we had gotten a hold of a couple beers that night and were just having some innocent fun....	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2014
        
        			I Was Raped By My Dad
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		WHEN I WAS 7 YEARS OLD MY FATHER COME TO VISIT ME AND PSYCHICALLY HARASSED ME IN FRONT OF ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND MY MOTHER HE TOOK HIS 2 FINGERS AND PUT THEM INTO MY UNDERPANTS. I WAS STANDING WITH MY BECK TO HIM AND DIDNT UNDERSTAND what was happening...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2016
        
        			Brave Miss(es) Indeed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All my life, women have felt they could intimidate me and hurt me. Why? To make themselves feel better? Because I deserve pain and humiliation? Every instance of significant harassment and assault was at the hands of a woman. When I was 13, the girlfriends I had cherished turned on...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2017
        
        			Not friends
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was drinking pretty hard for a couple weeks straight, and drugs on and off, this is before I started treatment for bipolar disorder. I was very hypersexual. I came on to a longtime friend of mine, who habitually used me for money, etc anyway. Later I told him, we...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 27th, 2016
        
        			Darkness With Friends
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One day I was just chillin in my room texting a friend from school. Then I get these weird texts all of a sudden. My friend and I then text on another format of texting. We try to figure who’s texting me then we find out. From that day on...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			Let Down
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From the ages of 11-13 I was raped by my mother’s boyfriend. She knew it was happening. It began with me waking up to him standing in the doorway of my room. Then it progressed to stroking. It wasn’t necessarily sexual touching but it felt wrong. Then I woke 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...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2014
        
        			Raped by Abusive Husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 52 years old and was raped the first time at 15 and then again at 27 this time by my extremely abusive husband…..there is so much more to this story. I suffered many years of abuse both physically, mentally and sexual. I have only one good thing...	
 
	
		
        			January 12th, 2017
        
        			Once? Twice? Five Times?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m currently 16 years old as a junior in high school. I have had my best friend of over two years now, but he is very protective of me. He claims that I have been raped five times based on situations I have told him about, but I feel like...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			I thought he was a friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This year I started my first year of uni and there was this guy in one of my classes he was an exchange student, and we became study partners, and I was helping him understand Aussie culture. After the mid-tri break second day back he asked to come over to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		My best friend invited me to Las Vegas with her for her cousins 21st birthday. They had rented a house out there and because both of us were underage, we decided to just stay at the house and drink. Both of us got really drunk and I can’t remember some...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2016
        
        			Stranger Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 19 years old, I was abducted at gun point by a stranger – forced into a car and raped. It was many many years ago and raped as I felt the gun against my temple. The car was impounded and dusted for fingerprints. Finally, I was able...	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2018
        
        			More Witness than I Care to Live...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Katherine, and my sex ed started when I went to a playground after a softball game. I was 9, and a man joined me. He intimidated me into masturbating him. I only had my mother and 2 sisters with my father out of the house, so I...	
 
	
		
        			November 11th, 2018
        
        			Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It had been my goal for three years to join the yachting industry, but I had to finish college and then graduate school first. Finally, in May, I was free to pursue my passion of living life on the sea. I took the expensive required courses, and the day after...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 6th, 2016
        
        			Off My Shoulders
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child I was happy and nothing could be more perfect. Or at least that is what everyone thought. My mom probably could be stopped this, but i was never the one to tell and plus he said if iI did he would toy with my little sister. I...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2015
        
        			First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I always thought I would lost my virginity to someone I trusted whom I was in a committed relationship with. At 23, I was far from friends and family. I had become a little depressed so when a guy I had previously messed around with asked me to hang out...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2017
        
        			#MeToo I am 1
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Entertainment has no monopoly on the casting couch. I was at an upper class party, selling a new company division, rather than just 1 product. I had a dress I couldn’t afford, and borrowed jewelry. A new agency engaged to sit my daughter, and I stopped to pray at my...	
 
	
		
        			February 15th, 2016
        
        			My Brother, My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 3 years old when my brother raped me, he had 14 years old. Many times I asking myself why I had to remember all the details: my feels, my pain, his smell, the sounds.. all. Could be more easy if I just grow up without this memories, unfortunately...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			March 16th, 2018
        
        			I lost myself before I even knew...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was six years old the first time I ever felt as if my body was no longer mine. Six years old, I lost the pure innocence you often see in young children playing in playgrounds. At six years old, you don’t understand what this means or what he’s doing....	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2014
        
        			He Was My Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sometimes I have a hard time saying that what happened to me was rape. I feel like it takes away from legitimate experiences of it and that I’m just being stupid. But what better place to talk about it than here, right? I was 20 years old and he was...	
 
	
		
        			July 14th, 2014
        
        			I Was Only 14
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was having fun at a friend’s sweet 16 party. It was held in a little “club” that was very popular. It was very hot inside and I had never danced that much in my life. I went outside to get a breathe of fresh air. A strange man was...	
 
	
		
        			June 8th, 2016
        
        			Supposed to be the Best Day of...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The day I graduated high school was supposed to be one of the best days of my life, a beginning of a new chapter of my life. And it started with a rape. It was two years ago and I am just telling people now because I cannot hold 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...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2017
        
        			My First Memories….
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was just at the young age of 4, I was sexually abused by my brother. He was 13, I was 4. I do not remember how these things started, but what happened between the beginning and the end is what will haunt me for the rest of my...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2017
        
        			Raped because of who I loved
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m lesbian. I have been since I was 17, ever since I felt that guys couldn’t do the same job as girls. When I was 18 I was still in college, and had opened up about my sexuality to eveyrone. And one of the guys, who I knew had a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2017
        
        			Party Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was fifteen I went to my first college party. My friend Katie who was a senior and eighteen at the time had been invited by an older boy and I insisted that we go. She was hesitant but I pushed and she relented. So we got all dolled...	
 
	
		
        			July 20th, 2016
        
        			BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		If it were to ever happen to anyone. I wish it would happen to me again as I don’t wish this on my darkest enemy. It was Friday and I was blessed with a sunny day off. I had went into the dispatch office in the morning asking if there...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2018
        
        			Night of Psychedelic Horror
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was just 12 and my family had just moved into a new house in Beverly Hills. I didn’t like it there at first because I didn’t know anyone and my friends were from our old neighborhood, so I rarely saw them anymore. I made a new group of friends...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2018
        
        			I Don’t Even Know His Name
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It has now been almost a year since it happened. As the year mark creeps closer, the memories of that night and the following day flood my mind. I don’t even know what happened. Some would say it’s my own fault to have gotten myself in such a position. I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			June 11th, 2016
        
        			My Brother’s Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being raped by my brother’s best friend was the most confusing thing to ever happen to me. It’s been six years since that night and it still affects me. I want to tell my story because only through reading other survivor’s stories was I able to finally accept what happened,...	
 
	
		
        			October 16th, 2016
        
        			My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up very aware of the consequences of teenage girls, alcohol, and teenage boys. My parents adopted my older sisters Hayleigh and Vanessa from Spain. They were told they couldn’t have kids, but 14 years after they adopted the girls, they had me. When Vanessa was sixteen she was...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2015
        
        			The First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember being a virgin, that was stolen from me before I knew what it was or meant. My first experience with sexual violence was at the age of four, by the son of the Minister of our Church. When I appeared sobbing and screaming in front of my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 25th, 2015
        
        			Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 15 by a man who took me back to his house from a park. I didn’t mention it for 12 months; eventually I burst and shared. The following is my delineating of the story that I wrote 4 years later, and edited today. It...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2016
        
        			The Terrible 4
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the summer after my high school graduation and my parents went on vacation and told me I could have my close friends over for a small party. They knew everyone that was going to be there, except for one person, who I’ll call J, that I was dating...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2017
        
        			I wish she wouldve helped me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My sexual assault is the one time in my life where I had no power. Runaway, say No, hit him? But It’s not my fault, I didn’t want this. Why do I have to fight against someone who is an animal? I didn’t even know this would happen. I was...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2017
        
        			Freshman Year
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I go to a small college in the northeast, and my freshman year I was at a party at one of the sports team houses. It was only October, and I had a group of friends at school and all, but there was also a kid from my high school...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2018
        
        			Because of you
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i used to be an innocent child that now no longer exists because of you i use to be a happy kid always talking to everyone protect myself from everything and move freely and then you came an took everything from that kid I became afraid of everyone that reminded...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 12th, 2017
        
        			Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 years old when me, my mom, brother and sister went to visit my dad and his family in Arizona. My siblings and I wanted to stay the night with our cousins. My mom and dad left. When we were all asleep my uncle came into the room...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2018
        
        			The year that changed me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had my first kiss and lost my virginity at 19, I was also raped that same year. I wish I could say that my first time was with someone special, someone I genuinely trusted and cared about but that would be a lie. The truth is that I only...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2015
        
        			Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My older brother was 7 and I was 4. He said it was ok. It started with fondling, kissing then dry humping. Then sometimes he would ask me to grab his penis. It lasted a year. My mom and grandma didn’t care when I told them. The neighbor fondled me....	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			May 24th, 2018
        
        			Friends With Benefit Raped Me After I...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was friends with benefits on/off again with the guy I lost my virginity to. He raped me after I finally told him I wasn’t interested in that sort of relationship anymore, I had enough of his hot/cold behavior towards me. He would randomly break things off with me when...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2015
        
        			Dad Touching Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all started when I was 4\5 and me and my dad would be in bed. Me and my cousin were mainly knew in our family for our looks (we’re native American and we look like a native American model). I pretend to check my dad’s head for bugs and...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2015
        
        			My Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t raped or sexually assaulted, and I’m not sure if this belongs here, but I’m going to say something anyways. My friend was abused, physically and mentally, by his parents. They would lock him out of the house for long periods of time and do other things. He told...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2019
        
        			UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Molestation 4-13, dissociation syndrome started, afraid 24/7, PTSD 10, black outs began & were triggered by the smell of certain foods or a male authorities voice. Attempted Rape 15, Physical Abuse 16-31, all my ex-boyfriends. Rape 18, also attempted suicide & started dancing because I needed extra money & no...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2017
        
        			My Girlfriend of Two Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		‘m still not sure if this was rape but everyone – including my therapist – is naming it as such. I’ve also never told this story in detail and I know that this may make some people uncomfortable… But, here goes: We started dating when I was 13. A few...	
 
	
		
        			January 8th, 2016
        
        			Hidden But Not Forgotten
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I honestly don’t know how to start this. Before the rape ever happened I had a crush on my father’s wife nephew. The most I have ever done with him was kiss him and harmless groping. This brings me to my rape story it started on a normal day. I...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2016
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Here my story. I was in relationship my ex raped me so many times. I kept telling him to stop but he wouldn’t he abuse me etc he hit me call me names threatening to kill my family. I thought he loved me all he wanted was power over me...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			So Many Years to Remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It took me so many years to remember. I was at a party. I went with a girl friend. I was immediately offered drinks. I accepted. I don’t even think I finished it. Guys were overly sweet to me. It only took 20 minutes and I felt awesome! I thought,...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2014
        
        			Raped by Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was about 12/13 years old when I was raped by my brother. In my memory it happened often during approx. 1 year. He warned me not to talk about it with my mom. When we went on a family holiday, my eldest brother did not come. Usually they would...	
 
	
		
        			September 15th, 2015
        
        			7 Months
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met my boyfriend at a party where there were many people. We talked the whole evening, he was discreet and nice. He listened to me and was showing a great patience. We snuck away to kiss at the end of a large garden. We lay in the wet grass,...