It was my first year of college and I was struggling with depression. I didn’t like my college and I felt out of place. I wasn’t ok. But it was suddenly so much worse. I was a freshman, he was a senior. We were both sociology majors and had a...	
 
	
	
		I was a 15 year old virgin. Went with my brother to my 27 year old cousin’s house. I knew my cousin very well because I lived with them until I was 5 or 6 even calling his parents mom and dad. I decided to try alcohol for the first...	
 
	
		
        			June 7th, 2016
        
        			Gang Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 15 by 6 men. I went to a party with my “friend and she left to go hang with a guy alone. I was left downstairs with multiple men. They gave me drinks and I began to realize that I was feeling dizzy and...	
 
	
	
		I met a boy off of the dating website Tinder. We met up and went on a motorcycle ride as our first date. I felt on top of the world and we hit off real well. We started hanging out anytime we could. One night, he came over drunk. He...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2015
        
        			6 to 20
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when I was molested by a neighbor who’s daughter I played with. After a year I told my older brothers and they told my parents. After I talked with my parents and they told the man to get counseling. At six I had no idea...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			Being Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		With the help of God, I can finally write this down. I watched Brave Miss World the same year I confronted on of the men who raped me. This site has allowed me to find strength and solidarity among the words, the deeply respected and haunting stories of others who...	
 
	
		
        			July 7th, 2014
        
        			I Too Was Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raised in a very strict and religious household. In high school I would come to my mother and we would pray over the girls in my school that would have sex. I have always believed that sex is for marriage and marriage only. outside of marriage it is...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2016
        
        			I’m Not Sure
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been broken up with my ex boyfriend for about a month, so I’ve been reflecting on our relationship a lot and I notice how a lot of the sex we had made me uncomfortable. During the relationship I feel as if I was in a daze and never actually...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2016
        
        			Do NOT Trust Strangers
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 at the time. Moved to a state across the country for a job. Met a few people there I hung out with daily. Went to one of the bars with them one night. We had met up with some people they knew. We had ordered a drink...	
 
	
		
        			June 10th, 2014
        
        			Abuse and Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abuse by a young man (close to 18) from the time I was 5 until I was 9. Then when I was 16 a man who I considered my big brother raped me. He took me home from a wedding. I had gotten drunk at the wedding....	
 
	
		
        			July 7th, 2016
        
        			Birthday Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 12 one man was raped me after my birthday party. I kicked him but he was too strong. I was crying like hell. But no one can listen because I was in the garage. He was my father’s friend & he was drunk. I got 8 scars....	
 
	
	
		It was the day before my 23rd birthday. I had moved to a new city to be closer to my boyfriend but we ended up breaking up a few months after I moved. Throughout the time we dated, I became friends with his best friend. Even after my boyfriend and...	
 
	
	
		I was very young when my step dad abused me. I was about 5 or 6 years old. He said if I didn’t do as he said he would kill my mother. He was very abusive to my mother so I was scared and I did as he told me....	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2016
        
        			I Remember How It Felt
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I remember how it felt. The way he violently caressed my hips as he vividly pressured my body firmly onto his. I was innocently walking back to the parking lot to get to my car because the movie I was watching had just finished. The normal parking lots near the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			November 26th, 2014
        
        			Innocence Taken
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a 17 year old girl who was drugged, raped and impregnated by my own boyfriend, I would like to speak out and stand tall. My life was taken from me and I was forced to endure a full-term pregnancy only to be abandoned by my own parents and sent...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 14th, 2016
        
        			Party Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went to a party about a year ago, and I saw a boy that used to fancy and gave him a hug, but I didn’t fancy him anymore. It was probably the first time he had seen me wearing makeup as i had moved schools and hadn’t seen him,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 29th, 2015
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For Halloween my friends and I went to a party. Everyone there was around 15-16 years old. At first I hung out with them, but then they started hanging out with others so I started hanging out with this guy. I knew him from school and we were actually very...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Oh goodness this is hard. I was 13 years old at the time, my “best-friend” was spending the night at my house. She convinced me that we should sneak out of the house to meet her boyfriend at his house (right up the street- he was considerably older than us)....	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2016
        
        			My Story of Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was raped when i was 17, six years ago. i was going through an extremely dark time in my life and was so desperate for love and affection and to feel like i was worth something that i snuck out of the house and walked six miles through a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2015
        
        			The Same Effect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On several occasions, from when I was 7 up to last year (nothing yet this year) I have had to get out of situations that would have ended in rape, all different circumstances. The ones I experienced when I was around seven, were by young girls that I feel equally...	
 
	
		
        			December 4th, 2017
        
        			Rape by Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I never really told anyone the full extent of mine. I was in my first year of college and had severe body issues. I hated myself and was amazed when a couple of guys asked me out. I clicked with one guy and we started hanging out all the time....	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2015
        
        			Raped By My Therapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a survivor of childhood abuse including sexual abuse by my father. In 1995, when I was 40 yrs of age, I started talking about the abuse to a social worker in my doctor’s office. He told me that he was the ex partner and father of the children...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2014
        
        			Kept From Us
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom’s side of the family is my family through and through. There’s about 60 of us that get together every major holiday since before I was born. We call each other of the phone and talk on Facebook. We are all really close. We all love each other and...	
 
	
	
		Hi, I’m Hailey and this is my story on how I was setup, and basically pimped out. I was set up by someone who pretended they loved me, pretended they cared when they really didn’t. This story is sort of long but each detail is relevant and important so bear...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2017
        
        			I blamed myself for so long
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Rape. That’s something that I always heard of, but never really thought that it would happen to me. Everyone assumes rape is forced and you’re being held captive, it’s not all that. When I was 14, I started dating this guy. He had asked me multiple times before if I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 8th, 2018
        
        			When will it be enough?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Why is it not enough? Why is my reluctance not enough to make you stop? Why is my “no” not enough? Why is my “no no no” not enough? Why are my clawing, shoving, desperately-trying-to-pull-my-pants-up hands not enough? Why is my cry of “oh god make it stop, please make...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 12th, 2016
        
        			Years in Denial
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts out as someone who moved almost 3,000 miles away from home to start their lives in Miami. I was very young and moved with my very best gay male friends. We found a great place right on the water. We were living the dream at 23. I...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2015
        
        			Childhood Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to say this. But I’ve just started to have memory’s come back to me bits and pieces. I am 14 years old and a girl. My step sister would come over to visit,she is a year older than me. She would always wanna play games like...	
 
	
		
        			February 1st, 2017
        
        			Be Careful Who You Trust
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was raped was my sophomore year of high school. After a football game at an after party. I was having fun with a group of friends when I got a migraine so I went to find ibuprofen. My friend said he had some in his room...	
 
	
		
        			October 16th, 2018
        
        			Was i raped?!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So last week I was with my friend and one of her guy friends. We were staying at his place. We all went out for drinks. I got very very drunk and have no recollection of coming home. My next memory is only two seconds long of him naked on...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2017
        
        			HS Reunion
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This year, I attended my 10 year Reunion, the first time I saw anyone from HS since Graduation Day. Most of all, I had a long talk with Jerry R. Jerry R. and I dated for a long time, and over my objections, he kind of forced me into having...	
 
	
		
        			June 1st, 2016
        
        			Ripped Me Apart
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 14 at that time and it was around my birthday, my mom and I lived with her sister. the village that i lived in was a dangerous area. the day for my 14th birthday my neighbor asked how old I was and i replied 14, after that...	
 
	
	
		From the time I was very little my own father was a sexual predator in my life and my sister. I am sure my mother and my step mother knew how he was and just buried their heads in the sand. I wonder how many mothers just keep silent when...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 11th, 2016
        
        			Scared to close my eyes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Everything was normal up until October 21st 2015. I was attending a school near my mother’s house and not to mention this was a alternative school so there was older people in my classes, I was the youngest I am only 17 years old. On this very day I was...	
 
	
		
        			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 22nd, 2016
        
        			Molested By My Cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So…there is only one person in my life that knows this story and it is my best friend. I have told NO one else. I thought I would share because I know you all will listen and hopefully support me. I was molested by my 13 year old cousin when...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2013
        
        			יש חיים אחרי אונס
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		שלום לכולן, אני בחורה חוזרת בתשובה מזה ארבע שנים .. בגיל 15 בערך עברתי אונס ע”י מציל .. שהיה באמצע שנות העשרים שלו.. לא הצלחתי לדבר שלוש עשרה שנים .. לא הצלחתי להגדיר לעצמי .. עברת עכשיו אונס .. אז שתקתי.. אבל הפצע לא מוכן להישאר בנפש ובגוף .. הוא...	
 
	
		
        			January 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...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2018
        
        			Too scared to tell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was probably 8 or 9 years old and used to love to go and spend the day at my dad business. He had a car shop it was very spacious and it was very easy to ride my bike there. I only have a 2 slight memories and I’m...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Child on Child Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Our son was sexually abused by an older male cousin at the age of 5. We only knew there had been inappropriate behavior on Christmas Day in 1995, when our son (age 8) at the time, told us of an incident when this same older male cousin pinned him up...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2018
        
        			Breakin Burgler
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been sitting listening to my headset, and I needed to go to the bathroom. In the hall, I heard some noise, and figured it was my sister sneaking in from a night out. Heading down the hall, I heard it was grunting, and the like. I got to...	
 
	
		
        			February 26th, 2018
        
        			Military Sexual Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in the Air Force, 18 years old, stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. I worked in the Foreign Technology Division, for the Commander. My car was in the mechanic, and I needed a ride back to the barracks. The Commander asked a 65 year old...	
 
	
		
        			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
        
        			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 22nd, 2018
        
        			I was raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I decided to take a stroll in my neighborhood,I was taking selfies when suddenly a man came out of nowhere holding a knife in his hand…my heart skipped a beat, I stood there staring at him wondering what to do next, he asked me to give him the phone I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 13th, 2015
        
        			Deja Vu
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When it happened, I didn’t want to believe it. I tried to convince myself it just had to be a nightmare. It couldn’t possibly be happening. Not again. Not by him. He was my best friend. When I was raped the first time around, roughly four years ago, he was...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2015
        
        			He Was My Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s been six years since it happened. I only recently started to deal with it, before I just felt like it was all a big mistake. Because I denied it, I never went to the hospital or police and I regret never reporting it. One reason why I don’t want...	
 
	
	
		I feel like now is the right time to share my story. I was 18 at the time and just started a new life for myself across the country from my family at a college that I thought was perfect for me. One night I went out with my friends...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2018
        
        			We met at the bar
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He bought me a drink and we played shuffle board. All the while laughing and flirting. He was very charming. We took an Uber back to his place. We go inside and start making out. The drinks are all hitting me and feeling good. As we start to have sex...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 9th, 2018
        
        			Being Done
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My young childhood was mostly good. My mom, who did 80% of the parenting, died unexpectedly when I was 10. My dad attacked me from ages 12-15. My younger brother and I were in and out of the foster care system (we got sent back to him). Mercifully, we were...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I had met this guy through my brother in law. Since I had met him he sexually assaulted me before but I ended up liking him & went on a date with him. We were at a party & I had a few glasses of wine. The same night I...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			Happily Married, Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am one of the lucky ones, I was blessed with an amazing man, who loves and supports me. I do not know if it has to do with the fact that he himself is also a survivor rape victim. I cannot remember at what age I began to be...	
 
	
		
        			November 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2016
        
        			I finally said NO
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story began at age 4. I was living overseas in the Middle East. My father worked all the time and was rarely home. My mother was a distant women with a hard life herself. I started out small a touch here or there, then whisking me off when I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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,...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			Help!! What Can I Do?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 19 years old now. This takes place when i was 11 years old. In my school, there was a boy whom I thought was pure in heart, mind and soul. He was intelligent and good in sports. He helped me in studies. When I was sad he consoled...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Afraid of Being Judged
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 18 years old I was like a lot of young women-dating, trying out relationships, making mistakes. My biggest mistake was to trust a “friend.”. We had a passionate relationship at the start. We were both college freshman, I had a long-distance boyfriend that wasn’t working out-and we...	
 
	
		
        			May 11th, 2015
        
        			My Classmate
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 12, I was the pretty smart girl with the big boobs had a rich family and all that , my parents were on vacation and I decided to stay home with my siblings they went out shopping and I told them I wanted to stay home finish...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 13th, 2018
        
        			Why me?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 13 when I met my first boyfriend, he was 2 nearly 3 years older than me so at the time he was 15 soon to be turning 16. After about a month of being together he started to try and pressure me into doing sexual things with him....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 7th, 2015
        
        			Gang Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 when I was raped. I went out with my friends to a party where i met these guys there were 3 or 4 of them. They looked at me and complimented on my beauty. Saying “You are a really pretty girl” and “what’s your secret?” I said...	
 
	
		
        			September 29th, 2014
        
        			Camilla’s Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story begins with me very young living with my Aunt and Uncle and their two sons. I had been removed from my mother’s custody at the age of 18 months old because of her drug use. Around the time I was 5 or 6 was the first time I...	
 
	
		
        			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.	
 
	
		
        			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 7th, 2015
        
        			3 Generations
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother grew up in a house hold with 10 older siblings. One of them is a half sister who was raped by her father and became pregnant with my mother’s brother/nephew. Everyone knew it was happening but instead kept quite. My grandmother was jealous of her own daughter one...	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2015
        
        			Still Can’t Believe It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know that I have been raped, but still can’t believe it. In all cases I knew my rapist. I was a rebellious teenager and walked away from home when I was 16. The cousin of a friend where I was staying raped me like 3 times and also gave...	
 
	
		
        			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 9th, 2018
        
        			10 YEARS OF SILENCE
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I can’t remember if I was 7 or 9 or if it happened more times that I can remember. He is two years older than me and he’s my cousin, even though I don’t consider him family. He’s always been the weird kid of the family and I think I...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2015
        
        			My First Two Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		strong>The first time My school had an exchange student in our class who has travelled from Austria. I immediately fell in love. He had a girlfriend back home but as we became friends and got closer and closer he told me ha had broken up with this girlfriend to be...	
 
	
		
        			June 28th, 2018
        
        			I don’t know what happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at my friends graduation party. I was drinking quite a bit and before I realized it was was way too drunk. Every one ended up getting kicked out. My best friend told me I could stay at her house which was just a walk away. Her older brother...	
 
	
		
        			November 27th, 2017
        
        			Party Accident
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in the second trimester of school and the pressure was beginning to psych myself out. My friends told me about a party, knowing I would more than likely, not go. I bombed my trig test and was disappointed and angry. That night, I snuck out of my house...	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2013
        
        			How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Brave Miss World was screened at my college’s annual film festival last year. I saw the film as a class requirement- I did not know much about it beforehand. The next 90 minutes or so changed my life. I was so deeply moved by Linor’s story. My heart was broken...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			April 4th, 2016
        
        			Not My Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was November 30, 2013. I was a freshman in Memphis, TN. I was was 15 years old and a virgin. I had just finished spending the day with my cousin. They came down to visit from Chicago for Thanksgiving. I was going over to my friends house later that...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2017
        
        			Bad Morning
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I woke up next to this guy. I don’t know what we did. I didn’t stay to find his name. I am in pain. I am not a virgin. I left him a post-it with my contact info. I need a call to discuss this. I want to back up...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2014
        
        			A Day My Life Changed Forever
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was Thanksgiving Day, 2009. I was going to meet a long time friend. We had known each other for 7 yrs and had been each others support when his sister, my lover had passed away 2 yrs before. I trusted him, he was a green barret soldier, I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2018
        
        			I am 1 in 4
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was over my boyfriend’s one day, he and his brother decided to rape me. Aside from to have sex, I don’t know why they decided to. I told him we were through while I got dressed. He said I didn’t mean it. I meant it! I never told...	
 
	
		
        			January 31st, 2017
        
        			What Was It?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not sure what happened to me. I was young, i didn’t know what he was doing. I’ve never told anybody. I recently started thinking about it a lot I think it because I’m 16 now. I just wanna know what it was. I was five and didn’t have any...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2016
        
        			My Relationship With Dad
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is hard to write about, because its still going on. My dad is still using me, and have been for almost a year now. I don’t remember everything about the first time he raped me. I was 16 and my mom was away on a business trip. She works...	
 
	
	
		(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...	
 
	
	
		Growing up, I had a wonderful mother who was always around, and I had a father, who was never around but still visited twice a month. This father I had, he loved my little sister, he loved our whole family… except me. I don’t know what I did but, he...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2009
        
        			היי לינור
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי אני מקווה שאכן תקראי אותי. גם אני עברתי חוויות דומות, כאלה ואחרות בחיי מ 8 אנשים מהמשפחה. זה הבלוג שלי אם תרצי לעיין http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/userblog.asp?foldername=bubaa&passok=yes אשמח אם תצרי איתי קשר במייל את חזקה! כל הכבוד לך *חיבוק*	
 
	
		
        			April 21st, 2017
        
        			A Year After
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My journal entry on April 18, 2017 -About a year after submitting my “first story” on this site I just made a beautiful, clean cut, with a blade I took from my Mom’s drawer, right below the most prominent, bulging stretch mark on my right hip. I did it to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 17th, 2016
        
        			3 Strikes and No More
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Instead of writing several small posts, I decided to write one really long post. I had a rough time with guys all my life. I used to get bullied a lot by guys. But I never imagined my problems with men would get worse. In fact, I was raped 3...	
 
	
		
        			April 6th, 2017
        
        			A Private College; A Private Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was in October of my freshman year at college. I majored in Psychology/Sociology and wanted a law degree. I was in Criminology class when I met this guy. He was a “bad boy”; didn’t show up to class that often but wrestled. He grew up in Chicago and had...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2018
        
        			Married to my Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married to who I thought was a good man. We were together for 8 years, and I knew that he had once had a drinking problem but had conquered it. He began drinking again shortly into our marriage and, unbeknownst to me also started a cocaine habit that...	
 
	
		
        			July 18th, 2017
        
        			Not all friends are true
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up such a trusting and open person. I cared about everyone who crossed my path and I would give the shirt off my back to anyone who needed it. So when I got a call at 11:30 from a guy friend saying he needed a place to crash...	
 
	
		
        			November 19th, 2015
        
        			Breaking The Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My father had abandoned my family when I was 8 years old . It’s been over 12 years and I have not seen him once from that day he left. From then on until now, I thought I needed the love of a man to fill the emptiness he left...	
 
	
		
        			July 25th, 2018
        
        			I was sexually assaulted
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Two years ago when I moved to LA, I never thought that my life would change forever in one second. One night i got home to find my roommate with a couple of friends drinking and partying. Just wanting to finally connect with my roommate I drank, I honestly don’t...	
 
	
		
        			January 30th, 2017
        
        			Newly Living Neighbour
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was living at a small unit for about 4 months, without any neighbours, until a man became my next door number, he knocked on my door introducing himself as my neighbour. At the time I didn’t think anything of it, as he was just being neighbourly, until one day...	
 
	
		
        			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 8th, 2017
        
        			I called him my friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was a dated function. This guy was my friend. I showed up, and was given lots of vodka. Thats all I remember. I woke up. 4am. I’m in his bed, with his clothes on. I turned over and saw him there, staring at me. He climbed on top of...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2016
        
        			Still Haunted By It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		About 6 years ago I met up with an acquaintance that I knew as a kid. He manipulated me big time(I don’t want to go into too much detail). He disgusted me. It started by him touching me everywhere. I would tell him to stop and he would twist it...	
 
	
		
        			December 21st, 2015
        
        			Raped By My Neighbour
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 14, I was raped and beaten by the guy I had feelings for. He had always acted too sexually full on for me, but being so young, I was naive and believed that he liked me too. He was 16. I went to my first ever party...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 2nd, 2015
        
        			Stranger
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 10, and my parents had just gotten a divorce. One day, a strange man come over with his son. He took my mother into her room. I heard pleasure groans coming from her room. The son was 16, and he turned to me. Suddenly he grabbed me and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Four years ago, my ex partner had raped me. I remember everything like it was yesterday. He lives on an island, and to get there you would have to take a boat, and his dad worked on the boat. My nightmares would always either be me stuck on the island...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2017
        
        			It’s my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a small town girl living on her own for the first time in a really big city going to college. I’ve been dating my boyfriend (who lives 5 hours away) for almost 5 years and one night I went out with some friends and ended up getting really wasted...	
 
	
		
        			June 4th, 2018
        
        			I’m 17 and I’m over it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts at the age of twelve. I had a “boyfriend” at that time, he was my first one. I really did like him since I’ve known him for about 6 years. Every 2nd weekend I stayed over at his place since he was living 3 hours away from...	
 
	
		
        			April 15th, 2014
        
        			A Journal of a Wayward Child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have a long history of abuse and rape in my family and myself (44 years for me) and would like to have the opportunity to share my story with women around the world. Forgiveness has been the first step in healing and am now in a woman’s shelter beginning...	
 
	
	
		When I was 14 years old a complete stranger sexually assaulted me by touching me inappropriately I was devasted. I am afraid of every man I hate myself I am paranoid that this is going to happen to someone I know. I am anxious all the time. When I was...	
 
	
		
        			August 10th, 2015
        
        			First Crush
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was rapped only when I was 15. I was a very shy and extremely beautiful girl and many people wished that when I’ll grow up then they will marry their son with me. I was living a happy and luxurious life and when my father had to go to...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2018
        
        			My Brave Daughter
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last year my 13yo daughter told me that her friend confessed that her stepfather was indecently touching her. Her friend was afraid to tell her mother because she thinks that the authorities will take her away from her own family. After persuading her to seek help and the school helping...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2015
        
        			Life of Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 5 I was adopted with my brother and sister. That’s when the abuse started. There are a lot of memories that I have blacked out but I can’t get rid of everything. The abuse started with me since I was the oldest. At that time I just...	
 
	
		
        			August 8th, 2016
        
        			Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 23 years old and still living with the childhood trauma of being manipulated into performing sexual acts on my brother. He would manipulate me by saying “I will do to you whatever you do to me.” I was 6-7 years old. I have 4 very vivid memories of...	
 
	
	
		I was date raped anally by someone that I thought I knew. It was horrible forceful and I couldn’t escape. I reported it to the police but I dropped the charges after phone intimidation and also the lack of support from my family and police. It turned out that he...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			March 27th, 2014
        
        			Thank You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On New Year’s Day 2005 I was sodomized and assaulted by a friend of a friend whom I had met that evening. He held me down, forced me to give him oral sex, and then anally sodomized me. I was so drunk that night that I felt it would be...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2016
        
        			My Brothers Two Best Friends
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On July 23rd 2016, I went bowling with my brother, his girlfriend Destiny and my brother’s two best friends, Chase and Francisco (Paco). We bowled and had a few drinks at the bowling alley. We even had a funny bet that the loser would have to run down Howard Street...	
 
	
		
        			April 12th, 2016
        
        			I Was Only 14
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Beth. I was 14 years old when I was token advantage of by a guy I thought loved me. He was very sweet at first but he wanted more. I was willing the first time. I felt I was too young. One day he really wanted it...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2014
        
        			Happy Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 14 years old and was raped over a year ago. It happened about 4-5 times my rapist was my step cousin. When everyone was asleep he would sneak into my room. Seven months is how long I had kept it inside for with out telling anyone until one...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Me too.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was seventeen. I remember this night like it happened a few hours ago except its a blur. I had just graduated from high school and it was the summer going into my freshman year of college. I went to a party with my three best friends. I remember there...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2017
        
        			Liar, Liar
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		8 year old is not the time to have this. I was sent to the store, and on the way home, a guy jumped me, lifted my skirt and raped me. I didn’t have words for it then. He stole the change, and I had words for that too. My...	
 
	
	
		Cuando tenía 23 años de edad empecé a trabajar con el ejército de mi país por 6 meses. Allí conocí a un teniente que al principio nos llevábamos bien, conversábamos, etc. Teníamos las habitaciones continuas. Un día, él me llamó y él estaba dentro de su habitación, yo no pensé...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2015
        
        			The Party I Will Never Forget
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was young. I was stupid. But I didn’t deserve what I got. I was tricked out of a party I was at. I was tricked to head to the shops with this person I had just met. There were no shops. There was just a dark park. He just...	
 
	
		
        			September 16th, 2015
        
        			Multiple Hurt
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started when I was two and a half. The man who did it to me is 45 now and lives in Vietnam. He was my father’s friend and still is to this day. My mum and dad needed to work at the time so they sent me and my...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2016
        
        			My Daughter and I Both
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story: When I was six years old, I was raped by a nine-year-old boy who lived down the street. His mother walked in on the act and yelled at us to stop. She told me to put on my clothes and that I could never come back over to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2017
        
        			Aftermath
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not gonna tell the story of what he did here, just the aftermath. In october I was raped by a boy I’ve been friends with for a couple years, and he forced my boyfriend and friends to watch. Yesterday I posted his name and the full story on my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2018
        
        			Raped by My Ex
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I loss my first virginity back in April 22, 2018 from my ex boyfriend. When I first loss my virginity I felt mad, sad, depressed, stupid, and confused. The next day when I woke up around 7 o’clock in a morning he raped me again I still felt confused, tired,...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2016
        
        			I Hate You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You left me at a crack house where he was waiting to corner me and take me to his bedroom. You were gone for maybe five minutes and he already had me. What’s worse! I tried to tell you when you got in the door, oh sweet ex of mine,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2016
        
        			Freshman on Campus
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was my freshman year on campus. I was always shy and quiet but I always attracted guys. The wrong guys. I wanted that fairytale love. After my first big rivalry game on campus I said goodnight to my friends and started my walk back to my dorm. I met...	
 
	
		
        			July 14th, 2017
        
        			I’m getting Married tomorrow
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened the afternoon before my Wedding. I met a client at a Bar and Grill. Afterward, my car battery was Dead. I ran into an Ex-Boyfriend, who offered me a Ride home. He said he wanted to give me something for my Wedding. We pulled in around the back...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			May 16th, 2018
        
        			Personal Statement – Written January 2017
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Twilight hours of February 25, 2016 are buried in oblivion, bygone, sunk out of my head, perhaps for self-protection. This eclipse of my heart in dead of night. Fraternity boy coolness turns to shadiness at nightfall. His country boy accent is of the coal pitch blackness of the mines, sinking...	
 
	
		
        			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 29th, 2017
        
        			Ignoring only gets so far
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had thought that if I ignored it, it would go away. Here and there throughout the past eight years, this proved true. Like all things, some days were betters than others. Like all things, this would have to come to an end. This past week, that end was now....	
 
	
	
		I was very young when my step dad abused me. I was about 5 or 6 years old. He said if I didn’t do as he said he would kill my mother. He was very abusive to my mother so I was scared and I did as he told me....	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2016
        
        			Incontrovertible
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m trying hard to understand what you did to me. I know what you have told me, I know what others have told me, what I don’t understand is why. why? Why did you take something so precious from me, something that was mine to give away, not for you...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			Being Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		With the help of God, I can finally write this down. I watched Brave Miss World the same year I confronted on of the men who raped me. This site has allowed me to find strength and solidarity among the words, the deeply respected and haunting stories of others who...	
 
	
		
        			July 23rd, 2015
        
        			Getting Better
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, my name is Ashley and 5 years ago I was raped. It wasn’t brutal or horrific and I actually knew the guy but I am still having trouble getting over it and I have only told a few people. My mom met a new guy right at the end...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2018
        
        			I dont know what to call it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was about 8 my cousin was in his 20″s i only remember waking up by his weight on me and feeling his penis on me i don’t know how i got to my bed or what had happened i am 27 years old today he is in jail for...	
 
	
		
        			July 22nd, 2016
        
        			Kidnapped and Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 12, walking home from school. It was a sunny day, everything was fine, and my house wasn’t too far away. A man drove up to me, asking for directions. Being the kind girl I was, I pointed him in the direction he needed to go. I didn’t notice...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2015
        
        			Still Can’t Believe It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know that I have been raped, but still can’t believe it. In all cases I knew my rapist. I was a rebellious teenager and walked away from home when I was 16. The cousin of a friend where I was staying raped me like 3 times and also gave...	
 
	
	
		It was a week after my 19th birthday when I was raped by a fellow Airman. I had been in the Air Force for 6 months and was doing well. I loved my job and my station. It was the night before Thanksgiving that year and my quad mates invited...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2018
        
        			I like to think I won’t feel...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At some point during childhood most of us find ourselves afraid of monsters. We fear the horned creatures snarling in our closets, the rows of teeth hiding under our beds, but the scariest thing of all is that, in reality, monsters don’t look like “monsters”. They don’t have fangs and...	
 
	
		
        			December 20th, 2017
        
        			I’m a functioning alcoholic
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story started with sexual abuse from a girlfriend when I was 5 (I am also female). I assume that she was sexually abused from her brothers or her father at a young age considering she knew what “going down on someone” was at the age of 5. What proceeded...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		You might not remember…I barely do. I was insecure then. I drank a lot…maybe more than I should have. But I didn’t think it would happen to me. I remember being at a party. The next thing I know I was in your bed. You were on top of me....	
 
	
		
        			November 2nd, 2016
        
        			Scared Like Crazy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have never been raped but, I’ve been scared of being raped since I was 14. That’s 7 years of living in fear. My college’s campus is pretty safe but whenever I hangout with my guy friends outside of baseball practice (I’m the team’s #1 fan and photographer) or the...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2015
        
        			Suffered and Survived
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. I believe life is precious. You can only live one life, unfortunately. Death, can sweep you away in an instant. Some people just let it happen,...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2017
        
        			I don’t know what to think
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This isn’t rape. I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what to think or feel or even how to act around him. I guess it started when my mom went on vacation and left me and my step dad at the house. He would sleep with me and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 29th, 2018
        
        			Males can be victims too
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a male in the north east of England. It’s difficult to talk about but I was raped. I’ve waited over 3 years to finally admit that to myself. Since I am a male, many people dismissed me. The first person I told was my sister who helped me get...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2015
        
        			More Than Half of My Life Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 or 16 years old and troubled. I didn’t live with my parents and the group that I was hanging out with was troubled as well. We were drinking and doing drugs and hanging out with much older guys. There was a guy who lived at this house...	
 
	
		
        			November 12th, 2014
        
        			Is It Really Rape?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One week ago at a Halloween party, I blacked out and woke up with a woman from the party. I was with her for eight hours, but remember less than 10 seconds. The last thing I remember is feeling somewhat drunk, but still alert and having fun with a big...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2022
        
        			Raped in my own bed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Locked forever in Liberty Plaza, Frozen in time, always saying no, But no one hears me, no one listens and no one comes. But why would they? If I don’t scream for help. Locked forever, in my tiny uni room. Your clothes, stained with vomit, in my bathroom. Photos of...	
 
	
		
        			April 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...	
 
	
		
        			July 24th, 2014
        
        			Repressed Memory
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel like an impostor, like I might not even deserve this space, but I don’t know. I don’t remember anything but tiny bits from my childhood. Part of that is because the divorce from age 9-11 was so central to my life, partly because I think I have repressed...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			December 31st, 2015
        
        			Childhood End
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was a child, my mother was always gone to meetings. She would come home after I went to bed and my step father was at the bars and was away till late. I would go home from school and watch TV and do my home work. I was...	
 
	
		
        			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 9th, 2017
        
        			Gang rape and further sexual assaults
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		May 05 2001 is a date that will always be tattooed on my brain as that was the day I was raped. I was coming home from work and to save a few pounds I decided to take the bus. After a few minutes I realised I was being followed....	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2015
        
        			My Rape Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was eight my older brother began touching me inappropriately. At first I thought it was ok, normal, so I thought I wanted him to. Sometimes I would ask him to but I was 8 so I didn’t know what it’s was we where doing. He should have said...	
 
	
		
        			July 9th, 2014
        
        			Something I’ve Never Shared
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story isn’t something I’ve ever talked about, so this feels very strange to me, but I just watched Brave Miss World and I was completely moved. I was 16 when I was raped. I shudder to even say that’s what happened to me. For a very long time I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			July 22nd, 2016
        
        			Convincing Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I recently had a job interview, it went really well and fingers crossed I will get the job. I was confident with answering all of the questions, except one: ‘How would you feel about someone who has been convicted of a sexual assault working in the office?’. This might seem...	
 
	
		
        			June 10th, 2018
        
        			Not safe in my own skin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been with my ex for 5 years, I loved him so much. He was not always so cruel, or well maybe he was. From the beginning he cheated on me with like 8 girls. He would deliberately embarrass me out in public. Then became controlling. And paranoid The first time he...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 12th, 2017
        
        			To serve and protect, but who will...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 38 yrs old, a wife and mother of two. One of which is heading off to join the Air Force in about 7 months. On the outside I am happy and excited for my daughter, but on the inside I am petrified! Let me explain to you...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2017
        
        			Broken Girl
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all started when I was nine years old and I was sent to foster care. My foster mom had two older sons and they would each take turns touching on me and making me touch them. My foster mom would make me sleep in the same bed with them...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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 26th, 2014
        
        			Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was supposed to be the best time of my life! It happened on December 23,2000 I had just became a Mom of a beautiful baby boy so I was happy and in love. But that day everything change. I decided to go out that night but came home early...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2015
        
        			Not Living the Life I Once Lived
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was rape almost 2 years ago. Not in a brutal way that caused much physical damage. Most of the damage was emotional and I still live with it today. I used to go into huge depression where I could not even get out of bed. I was in college...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 31st, 2018
        
        			Attempted Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom survived an attempted rape while babysitting! Never got a college degree but badass! She’s the reason I’m a feminist! Thank you Linor for sharing yours!	
 
	
	
		You might not remember…I barely do. I was insecure then. I drank a lot…maybe more than I should have. But I didn’t think it would happen to me. I remember being at a party. The next thing I know I was in your bed. You were on top of me....	
 
	
	
		I was only 5 years old when these malicious things had happened to me. Things no child should ever have to experience. I am now 18 years old, an older sister, a mother, a daughter, an aunt, a wife, and yet still a human being. I say “human being” because,...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2014
        
        			Forgiving My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped two years ago at a high school party when I was 16. A lot of factors made the experience traumatic for me, but I think the most disturbing and upsetting of those was the fact that I was unconscious for most of it. I had passed out,...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2016
        
        			Incest & Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a young girl, from age 5-11, my stepfather repeatedly molested me when my Mom wasn’t around. I didn’t tell my Mom until I was 15, and she had divorced him. She still denies it ever happened. At 17, on the night I graduated from high school, I went to...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2011
        
        			He’s Dead
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		About a month ago I got a phone call from my brother. He told me that my ex-step dad, the man who molested me during my childhood, was dead, that he had died over a year ago, in October 2009. This day was one of the happiest days of my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2015
        
        			Molestation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This happened to me 20 years ago. My older brother by 3 years started touching me and gradually raping me. I don’t know how long it was going on, I think a few months to a year. I don’t have a lot of memories of the abuse,only pieces of it,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2015
        
        			Was It Rape?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 16 years old I finished my part time job and decided to hang out around the town with two of my friends. We met some boys whilst we were there that were in our year and the year above and managed the older ones to buy us...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			If I Were Stronger Then
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		If I were stronger then, I would have left him after he sexually assaulted me in our mutual friend’s downstairs bathroom. I would have known that it was sexual assault. I would have told somebody. I wouldn’t have excused him by telling myself, “Hey, he could have inserted, but he...	
 
	
		
        			November 9th, 2017
        
        			Tulane Law
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a Junior. I lived in school housing and went to a party at a house 2 blocks from my room. I arrived and one of the guys who lived there asked me to come check out his CD collection. He got aggressive, pushed me against a wall, and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 30th, 2016
        
        			My Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by my emotionally and physically abusive husband while living abroad. I had finally decided to leave and lied telling him it was a trial separation, either way I was going home. And that despite the fact he always had sex when I said no other times over...	
 
	
		
        			May 12th, 2017
        
        			I still don’t know what happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		We were at this reunion after work at a friends house, we were drinking, playing games and eating, the last thing I remember after my black out was playing monopoly with my friends, totally normal. Then I woke up completely naked at his bed thinking ‘what the hell happened?’ I...	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2014
        
        			A Picture
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		January, 2002- August, 2009, I tended bar at night. The establishment was a 3 minute drive, to-and-fro. In late August of 2009, I became a first-time homebuyer and moved to an adorable subdivision approximately 45 minutes away and returned to college, life was really great. July, 2011, I received a...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a young teenager. I’ve never been ultra skinny, so I started to develop curves on a young age, hips, boobies, ass. Apparently for my uncle that was a reason to go and touch my boobs. He would come in my room when I was studying or chatting with...	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2017
        
        			Because of You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Because of you, I lost who I was. I lost everything that made me feel who I am as a person. You made me feel ashamed, scared, and disgusted all at the same time. You made me feel ashamed and disgusted because you have made me blame myself for what...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2016
        
        			Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 14, my parents got a divorce because my mom had an affair. her boyfriend moved in with us and I just wanted to be away from home. always. i had older sisters but they had moved out to college. i was alone. my mother was too busy...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 15th, 2018
        
        			Speak up for yourself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it” – Helen Keller. Nearly after 12-13+ years, I’m finally stepping out of the shadow and speaking up about what happened to me as a child. I hope this spreads awareness to ALL victims that...	
 
	
		
        			August 14th, 2018
        
        			Raped by jail guard
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was arrested for intoxication in public and apparently led to assault on an officer. I think I may have been drugged at the bar. I have fragmented memories of being raped at the jail by a male deputy and and female deputy restraining my hands. I passed out once...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2018
        
        			Rape by family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Growing up in the country with my mom and her boyfriend with my brother. My mom always let her boyfriend do anything he wanted to me when I was younger. She wound take me to my grandfather’s house and it would be the same way as it was at home...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2018
        
        			I should have never meet my biological...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came from a bad home. I new i was not my stepdads biological duaghter. He made that clear. Eldest of eight kids at the time all were his own blood. My mother was addicted to drugs and in and out of the home. We were isolated from the extended...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2017
        
        			Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Readers, I am anonymous for a reason that me revealing this story is a danger to my life. The reason for this is because the rapist is somebody with high power. They are the son of this (something). I don’t know. I just know that for a fact that...	
 
	
		
        			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 22nd, 2018
        
        			PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“I’ve never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart. I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously,...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2016
        
        			Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a rape survivor. I was in a relationship with this guy for about a year and 3 months in total. I thought we would be together for a long time. I thought he would never hurt me. I thought he would never do what he did. But yet,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2017
        
        			Do you believe me?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I dated this guy for 2 years. One night we went to a party. Before the party we messed around. He told me that I owed him. We went to the party then afterwards I knew I had to give him head or have sex. I hated giving head. I...