August 12th, 2014
        
        			The Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 years old at the time it happened. It was summer the end of august. The year was 2006. I liked football and hang around with hooligans because i thought there were cool people and just wanted to belong something. With my closest girlfriends at that time we...	
 
	
		
        			June 3rd, 2015
        
        			My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		4 years ago, when I was 15, I was raped by a boy a knew. He was my friend’s ex-boyfriend. I was walking home one night from a friends house, and for some reason, took the long way home that happened to take me past his house. I saw him...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2014
        
        			Erased From Memory
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was many years ago. I was 21. Was new in new country. In Poland they just start marshal law in1981 so I couldn’t go back home. I was looking for any work and place to stay. Some people told me about Polish Club Party. I went there and it...	
 
	
		
        			May 30th, 2016
        
        			Masked Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went over to my boyfriend’s house because it was his birthday. I thought there would be other people there but it was just the two of us. It started with him just huffing me, then he picked me up and brought me to his room. I thought he was...	
 
	
		
        			September 25th, 2015
        
        			Rape Is Everywhere
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My experience with rape started with the rape of my mother when I was about 12 years old. 2 strangers (men) dragged her out of our yard to a close abandoned lot and beat and raped her. Shortly after my best friend was out biking, and her chain slipped. She...	
 
	
	
		I was a freshman in high school so it was the world to be dating a senior. Until you get passed the fact that he’s just 4 years older and that he is mentally and verbally abusive. Not to mention the boy cheated on me. But he had me so...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2015
        
        			Me & My Girlfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am opening up about my assault and my girlfriend was raped. We have been together for 3 years, and she is not just my everything, she is my soul saver. I was assaulted last year, and she was raped three times. Well, what happened to me was the summertime,...	
 
	
		
        			September 18th, 2016
        
        			Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I think growing up, I was sexually assaulted by my my cousin as well as my uncle, but sometimes I often ask myself if it was really sexual abuse OR not. When I was younger, about 7-8 I lived in a house with my mom, aunt, uncle, and cousins. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 12th, 2016
        
        			Victim of Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was five when it first happened. It happened time and time again after that until I was around twelve. I don’t know what made it stop but I am forever thankful it did. He was my brother, the one person who was meant to protect me from the exact...	
 
	
		
        			February 26th, 2016
        
        			Stupid Coward
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It began when my mother re-married and I suddenly got an older step brother. At first, I was delighted to have a new family member since I’ve always been a single child. We got along pretty well and we were pretty close, he would take me to shopping or to...	
 
	
		
        			May 16th, 2018
        
        			I am not a rape victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am glad, however, that this is here. For those who have been raped, I am so sorry for what has happened to you. I pray that you are able to recover against the terrible acts done to you, and that those who raped you are judged in both a...	
 
	
		
        			January 30th, 2016
        
        			My Two Days of Hell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		16 years ago I had just finished college and had a 1 year old son. I met a young man through friends and we had started dating. He seemed so great. He was tall and muscular, good job and was so good to my son and so good to me…...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			End of Innocence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 18. I knew everything or thought I did and my father’s temper was as bad as mine. We got into a fight and he told me to leave and to spite him I did. I went to my best friends house with the intent to stay...	
 
	
		
        			June 2nd, 2016
        
        			Left Me In Pieces
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel safe here to share my story. I do apologize that it is long. So far, writing has been the only form of release for me. Spring Semester 2016, senior year of college I know we both had been drinking, but I felt safe with you. We were pretty...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2015
        
        			Pregnancy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15. I weighed 78 lbs, severely malnourished, severely ignorant. A 29 year old stranger walked up to my mother’s car, pointed at me in the back seat and said “I want the …”. My mother told him to get into the car. I was terrified, but I didn’t...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2016
        
        			Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 40 years old when it happened to me. I was a virgin because of my faith and beliefs about not having sex outside of marriage and I have never been married. I’m also physically disabled–I was using a walker at the time and waiting for my insurance to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2017
        
        			Surpris à la Maison
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A week after my marriage, I had moved into Pantin, outside Paris, with his mother and son. I had my premier day at new occupation. I remove my stockings, and wanted food. My stepson grappled me to my knees. After a fight, I felt him enter inside me. He only...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2016
        
        			Victim No More
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child i grew up in an abusive household. My mother and father were both heavy substance users and I was exposed to a lot of violence ever since birth. Quite frankly, my rape was inevitable. I was only just 12 at the time, first year of high school....	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2015
        
        			I Thought He Loved Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sixteen and in a relationship with my ex boyfriend. We were only dating for a couple months at the time but I loved him already. We had many mutual friends and we lived in the same city. He treated me like a princess. He would buy me nice...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2018
        
        			My ex’s best friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My ex had gotten a girl pregnant and as upset as I was I was really worried about him because we had broken up a year before after a five year on and off again relationship. So I asked if his best friend would come talk to me to let...	
 
	
		
        			December 11th, 2017
        
        			Why me?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You hear about it all the time: the girl that was raped at a frat party at her college, the one who met the guy she thought was nice. My story is a little different because I said yes…at first. I was drunk and had met this guy at the...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			January 10th, 2018
        
        			I thought it was my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was my senior year of highschool and we were finally headed to mrytle beach for senior trip. I was 17. We had “trusted” friends we were heading down with most being the popular boys of our school and only 4 girls including myself. I thought I could trust my...	
 
	
		
        			October 14th, 2017
        
        			Raped as a child and teen
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am very passionate about victim’s rights and that they should be able to speak out without worrying about others. But I am a hypocrite. Let me start by saying that I now have a family who adopted me and would never let anything like this happen to me. When...	
 
	
	
		The night He sexually assaulted me It was a normal date at first. At the end of the movie, we kissed. It was nice. Then he started kissing me a lot, maybe too much for a first date. But I brushed it off as over eagerness or nerves, nothing to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2015
        
        			Enough Is Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 22, at 18 I had my first real boyfriend, who completely mentally and emotionally abused me, but of course in that moment I was in complete denial of the whole situation. After about a year of going out, things were getting worse. One night while having sex...	
 
	
		
        			September 6th, 2018
        
        			Never thought I could be a victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Victim. As I live through this new vocabulary, which I had somehow managed to never befriend in all these years of pain, trouble, disappointment, heartbreak, disenchantment, depression even… I struggle to accept, this truth, this world view, this reality which has smacked me right across my face, my soul, my...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2015
        
        			Dating & Relatives
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am not gonna say my age. When I was 7, I was taking a nap from playing with my toys. Ya know like with the Barbies & Bratz dolls. My cousin was there with me watching me and it was just me and him. In the house. Alone. I...	
 
	
		
        			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 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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2015
        
        			Raped After Work
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t feeling well and left work about 2am. I worked in a hospital at that time. I was running a fever, nauseous and it was so very cold. I was bundled up in my coat and was hurrying across the street to parking garage. I wasn’t paying attention to...	
 
	
		
        			December 11th, 2017
        
        			A Different MeToo
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is the first time relating how I was sexually abused. That is not the story. As a late teen, I ran afoul of a bully. In addition to the cliché treats to beat me, and take my cash, he gave me the high value for letting me give him...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 3rd, 2018
        
        			My First Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was absolutely smitten with my first boyfriend. He was cute, handsome, and very smart. I had never been in love before. I thought I loved him more than I could love anybody else. I was clear; I wanted to wait until I was married. I wanted to share that...	
 
	
		
        			October 10th, 2014
        
        			Chiropractor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve met several disaster dates through a popular online dating service known as “match” dot com but the worst was a successful, charismatic, attractive chiropractor who turned out to be a heartless sexual predator. 12 years ago in October, 2002, I went out with a seemingly attractive man who was...	
 
	
		
        			November 15th, 2015
        
        			Holiday Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So I went on holiday with my best friend. I’d just come out of a long term relationship and she thought a girls holiday would cheer me up. I was 20 at the time, I’m now 21. On the second night we got ready to go out, and a group...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 16th, 2011
        
        			The summer between 6th and 7th grade
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When you are twelve and you are running away from rape, and you are dazzling drunk from drinking out of a red SOLO cup, the world spins and the floor comes up to greet you, gritting it’s sandpaper teeth against your ruddied cheek. You remember the way the fence feels...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2017
        
        			Surpris à la Maison
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A week after my marriage, I had moved into Pantin, outside Paris, with his mother and son. I had my premier day at new occupation. I remove my stockings, and wanted food. My stepson grappled me to my knees. After a fight, I felt him enter inside me. He only...	
 
	
		
        			March 5th, 2015
        
        			The Touches I Felt
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being that I’m much older now I realize all the things that I went through in the past we’re wrong. When I was a child between ages of 5-7 (maybe even before) I was being molested by my older brother who was 4 years older than me. I remember when...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2014
        
        			Molested at 3
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 55 years old, I was molested at age 3, I can still remember that day as if it happened today. I grew up very shy, and scared of men even to the point I hated men Doctor’s….. The boy was 16, and a Family friend. He was left...	
 
	
		
        			May 21st, 2015
        
        			My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 19, I had the world in the palm of my hand. I had just graduated high school and community college, both with advanced honors. In the fall, I transferred to university and was looking forward to all that college life had to offer; I was excited for...	
 
	
		
        			February 12th, 2016
        
        			“Trust me, take a chance”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So where do I start…. 3 years ago I was raped. Saying this as always still feels like a lie to me as my brain has worked so hard to block it out that I feel it never actually happened to me. I’m guessing this is because I’ve never dealt...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Lost Dignity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fifteen when the 23 year old son of my parent’s best friends came to stay with us. He had just moved from Toronto and was starting a new life in Winnipeg. He acted like my big brother and I liked talking to him. My family had recently also...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2016
        
        			I Felt So Helpless
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was on a beautiful sunny day I woke up feeling happy. I remember I thought of what could probably make me happy at that time in the morning, then I remembered I had to go to this guy’s place. The guy we have been talking for a while but...	
 
	
		
        			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 31st, 2017
        
        			Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a pretty happy go lucky kind of person and somewhat naive when I was younger. At the age ofor 19 I started a relationship with a guy who I call psycho Mike now. The relationship was physically & emotionally abusive, I honestly believe I was in shock all...	
 
	
		
        			July 17th, 2016
        
        			I Want to Live
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 5 years old I slept over my cousins house. She wanted to play doctor. I never played before. Her mom walked in and sent me and my sister home. We never saw her again until we were older. Her mom blamed us but it was her idea....	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2015
        
        			Spring Break
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story takes place almost 20 years ago when I was just about 17. Although in some ways it feels like a life time ago my story is still a part of me. After it happened I did not tell anyone. Not my friends who were at the party that...	
 
	
		
        			April 9th, 2018
        
        			Two Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been raped 2 times in total, both in the same place, both by strangers. The first time was hang rape, they chased after me pinned me down and took turns with me. They told me it was my fault for wearing a skirt that showed some of my...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Hello, my name is Zhyasia Johnson. I was recently molested by my mother’s boyfriend. Ot started in 2015. He would always ask me to come and do stuff for him. Then one day, I guess he got enough courage and was touching my boobs. Then he started to feel me…I...	
 
	
	
		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 18th, 2017
        
        			True View
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		it was started when i was small child 5 years old. it was my uncle..he used to call me near him as i would go to him bcz i didn’t know what his intention was. then would make sit on his lap and started to touch me were i felt...	
 
	
		
        			October 12th, 2015
        
        			4 Days Before 16th Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Similar to you Linor, I am a Sabbath keeper. I was looking for something spiritual to watch tonight and I came across your story on Netflix (they have a religious section.) My rape happened 36 years ago. I am a young 52. I have acquired a doctorate in Education, but...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2016
        
        			Naive College Freshman
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 18. I wanted to save myself for marriage, and had managed to make it through a year long high school romance without having sex. When I got to college, I started drinking a lot because I could and it was fun. I attended my first frat party...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2018
        
        			Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not sure where to start. Years ago I met a much younger man who would not leave my side. He is not in the U.S. legally. Now it’s clear that back then, he was looking for protection, and security, and he found that in me. He was subtle in...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2016
        
        			Roommates
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was my roommate. Someone I barely knew, an acquaintance. I had moved back to campus after living about a year 20 minutes out from school. I was desperate to be around people my own age again and get out of my current living situation. I took on random roommates...	
 
	
		
        			February 12th, 2015
        
        			The Man in Uniform
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom once told me is that the good thing about youth is that you are unafraid to try things. And in this story I was definitely unafraid to try something, or rather someone, new. I was doing my usual work outs at the military gym; a man had suddenly...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 30th, 2014
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola. Tengo 25. La primera vez que fue abusada sexualmente fue por mi abuelo, yo tenía 7 u 8 años, cuando él me llamó a su habitación y me preguntó que si yo sabía besar, y yo le dije que no. Desde ahí empezaron una serie de actos desagradables. Cada...	
 
	
		
        			September 18th, 2016
        
        			Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I think growing up, I was sexually assaulted by my my cousin as well as my uncle, but sometimes I often ask myself if it was really sexual abuse OR not. When I was younger, about 7-8 I lived in a house with my mom, aunt, uncle, and cousins. I...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			ללינור היקרה
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור, קוראים לי אוריאן אני בת 16 מתל אביב. אני כותבת לך מכתב זה כי אני מעריכה אותך ורואה בך מודל לחיקוי. האומץ שבך,האסרטיביות,הכוח רצון,החוזק שיש בך נותנים לי כוח ורצון להמשיך הלאה. את אישה מדהימה ליונר, את לקחת את הכוח שיש לך לדברים טובים,לעזרה לזולת,ואני מתכוונת לכך שכשזכית...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			Afraid of the Truth
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i’m 28 years old and have been in trauma therapy for close to three years since its happen, and i still have a very hard time speaking about it. it happened while i was in israel for a 2 week vacation during college. i had had a few drinks and...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2014
        
        			Domestic rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Great for Linor and her support system. Yeehah. I’m really happy someone actually believed her and did something about it. Most women of domestic violence/rape are shunned, embarrassed, ignored, ridiculed, blamed, etc. Even in the good ol’ middle class US of A… mostly by family members and friends. This is...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 18th, 2016
        
        			It Kills Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I need to share this on here so someone just anyone can tell me what to do. Yes, I was raped. I was at the park. I was laying down by a lake looking at the sky and it was about time to go home. I had closed my eyes...	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2015
        
        			Grooming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had no idea what was going on at the time. All of a sudden when I turned 14 my best friends uncle started paying so much attention to me. He lived at her house and I was there all of the time. My own family life was not good,...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2015
        
        			Shattered Childhood
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have come to realize the extent of the damage, to me, to my soul, to my brain, because of childhood sexual abuse. Repeated sexual assaults. On me, on my child that I was, then. I can recall an assault when I was 2 yrs old. A repressed memory that...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2015
        
        			April 2015
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just turned 13,and I was a virgin.I planned to go my boyfriends house with my best friend to drink and a few of his friends were there too and before I got inside one of the guys there texted my friend saying that her boyfriend is “trynna fuck” but...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 10th, 2016
        
        			Night Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I still don’t know if it is rape. My therapist says it was, and so do the police and my parents, but I don’t want to believe it. I met a group of guys and they all seemed so nice, they let me smoke with them and invited me home....	
 
	
		
        			September 14th, 2016
        
        			So Many Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was always told how kind I was. Since a young age everyone told me that I had a kind heart. I feel like that’s the reason I have been taken advantage of so many times in my life. My kind heart made me vulnerable and naive to people who...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2018
        
        			Set Up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is crazy because this is the first time I’ve ever publicly talked about it. Not even many of my friends know. I always say “something transpired in college.” It’s my way of not dealing with it. Well, by the subject I’m sure you’re wondering what I mean by set...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			August 4th, 2016
        
        			I Prayed for Death
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The scariest thing about rape is not the pain. Not even the violation of bodily autonomy how many put it. It’s about the inherent problem of trust. The problem has nothing to do with the idea that the person you have trusted turned out to be hurting you. Neither it...	
 
	
		
        			March 10th, 2017
        
        			Okay, Not Okay
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last January was the first anniversary for me since I was sexually assaulted for the first time in my life. I am straight, and I was assaulted by my female friend. Though I want to/feel that I need to share what had happened to me last year, I barely remember...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2017
        
        			Molestation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was in first or second grade I was molested by a girl in my neighborhood. I wasn’t the only one though. This also happened to my cousin when she’d occasionally visit. I’m going to call the girl who did this A because that’s what her name started with....	
 
	
		
        			April 16th, 2018
        
        			He doesn’t even know he raped me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was very drunk one night at a party and as I swiped through my tinder I matched with this boy. He messaged me really quickly and told me he was a senior and that he thought I was pretty and that we should hang out. I was really drunk...	
 
	
		
        			April 23rd, 2016
        
        			Was It Rape?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Guys never payed attention to me so when i got my first boyfriend online i thought he was perfect. I was 14 at the time and we met at the movies. Everything in me told me to run but i thought he was the only person who would ever love...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2014
        
        			Breaking the Trust
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped for the first time when I was 18 by an undercover cop. I had dissed him at a college party, I was followed by cop, ambushed from behind and was raped in a back alley and left me handcuffed to a pole naked for friends to find...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 14th, 2016
        
        			I Thought I was Safe
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in class and I thought I was safe. It was my freshman year of high school and it was the week of finals. We didn’t have a final in that class so all of us got to play games. I sat next to him bc my friend was...	
 
	
		
        			December 30th, 2014
        
        			Confused
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A quick background on me: I’m an asian-american, grew up in a religious home, and grew up in a community that consisted of mostly caucasians and latinos. My story happened in 2011, I was 17, a senior in high school, and it was the day UCLA sent out their acceptance/rejection...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			I Thought He Loved Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to start this… Well, I had a horrible teenage life getting bullied…and all I ever wanted was love and to be wanted. I would try to fit in, but I would attract the people that would see me as an easy target. I got raped by...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Cuando tenía 23 años de edad empecé a trabajar con el ejército de mi país por 6 meses. Allí conocí a un teniente que al principio nos llevábamos bien, conversábamos, etc. Teníamos las habitaciones continuas. Un día, él me llamó y él estaba dentro de su habitación, yo no pensé...	
 
	
		
        			November 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...	
 
	
		
        			May 18th, 2015
        
        			Rape or Not?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just saw Brave Miss World, and it made me think of my past. It was year 2011 when this happened. I was going to have sex with a boy that I didn’t know so well. We were at the party. At first, I wanted it myself too. Then I...	
 
	
		
        			October 2nd, 2014
        
        			In-Between Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 13 I was out with two girls who were 15 at the time. We were walking to catch a bus when a car pulled over with two young men in their late 20’s inside of it. They started to talk to me and one of my friends....	
 
	
		
        			June 9th, 2015
        
        			It’s A Long Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was raped I was 7, it was my next door neighbor. I trusted him naively. I trusted him like I trusted everyone I met. I didn’t know what some people were capable of, I didn’t understand. I went next door, I wanted to see his sister,...	
 
	
		
        			October 23rd, 2011
        
        			my story-and where i “took it”…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story begins when I was 5 or 6…. my parents best friends had a son a few years older than me…. at some point he started molesting me… every time his parents came over or we went over to their house… it started out “easy”.. like he would only...	
 
	
		
        			May 26th, 2018
        
        			BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Where are my rights? How is it that the accused enjoy so many privileges under our Bill of Rights, yet victims are hung to dry. A non-intimate person that I know broke into the room I was sleeping and tried to rape me 3 times. He was forcibly removed from...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2014
        
        			Stand Strong
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My heart goes out to all the survivors sharing. I was drugged and raped over 25 years ago as a girl. My friend, her father was a very sick abusive man who was drugging her and others and photographing abuse. It was truly horrific. There were two against me and...	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2014
        
        			The Aftermath
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is the first time I’ve ever written down what happened to me. I watched Brave Miss World and Linor’s strength has inspired me to share my story. I was 18 years old when I was sexually assaulted. I knew the man who hurt me for just under a year....	
 
	
		
        			October 21st, 2017
        
        			23 year old virgin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In 1996, I was attending graduate school and lived in my own apartment. I was 23 years old, a virgin, and a Muslim man from Ghana who played soccer on campus. One night, he entered my apartment, pinned me to the ground, and raped me. I saw white light and...	
 
	
		
        			September 9th, 2017
        
        			Wedding Horror Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A little over a month ago, I got married. Please do not Congratulate me until you Read. In itself, it was a Year of Stress,Stress,Stress! I was amazed that it went flawlessly, and that should have told me disaster was coming! After all, I had secured a very religious and...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Raped at 16
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sixteen taken to a party by a girlfriend that I trusted. When we showed up there were on 2 men there that I never met. We drank and got drunk, I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of the night and one of the guys were...	
 
	
		
        			October 12th, 2014
        
        			My “Teammate” Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 27 years old and was raped by a man on my summer, co-ed, seemingly innocent, beer-league kickball team this summer. I had just come home from my family vacation earlier that evening- I was relaxed, tanned, fresh hair cut, feeling great. I knew I was headed out to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2018
        
        			Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Cuando tenia 5-6 años, no recuerdo la edad exacta, un primo mio de unos 17 años solia sentarme en sus piernas y frotarse sus partes conmigo. Nunca intentó tener relaciones conmigo pero fue algo que me afectó por años. No sabía si debía contarlo o no porque no sabía ni...	
 
	
		
        			October 28th, 2015
        
        			I Don’t Trust My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As long as I can remember I have been raped by my biological father. I was at least 2 or 3 when it started and also started with my sister too. She never likes to talk about it.. I first came out with it when I was 10-11 to my...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2015
        
        			Raped By My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First time I felt the pain of being raped, I was 8 years old. That day haunted me every night. For some reason I managed to find a way to deal with it. I didn’t forget but I made sure it didn’t destroy me. Then I turned 20, how life...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 23rd, 2016
        
        			Cafeteria Food
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 16 years old I was a nerdy person. I kept to myself and didn’t go out to parties or other. So when I got my first boyfriend I was ecstatic. He was a practical god to me. Things had been going well, until one day when we...	
 
	
		
        			November 10th, 2017
        
        			Proof, but no Witnesses
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Drinking at a party is a Bad Idea! I had won a drinking game! Won is a relative term. After throwing most of it to the porcelain altar, I passed out in a chair downstairs. Usually, that would be all, but I skipped one, and then 2 periods, and went...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			Think You Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had a boyfriend for already five months, who I loved and did anything for. Sure we’d make-out once or twice we were raging with hormones but there’s a time and a place for everything. It was my first time alone with just him on a date and we were...	
 
	
		
        			January 31st, 2016
        
        			What Was I Thinking?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 when I was raped. I lied to my parents about sleeping over at a friend’s house and instead my (now ex) boyfriend picked me up. We had fun and drank and had a party. After about 10p.m. he got high, I went to a room and locked...	
 
	
	
		It happened almost 1.5 year ago when I was 16 years old. I was invited for a party of someone I didn’t know very well. I was doubting if I should go to the party. My best friend was going, so I thought it would be fun. I bought myself...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 27th, 2016
        
        			Was Once a Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It actually wasn’t too long ago that this had all happened although I do see myself as less naive and a stronger person since it has all happened. I would give anything to take back my own choices that day and maybe take a more light approach. So, me and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 27th, 2018
        
        			25 years of fear
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For over 35 years I have been an electrical engineer. I became engineer when it was not easy for a female to get a job. The only jobs I could get to support my family required I travel to jobs at plants across the US for few months at each...	
 
	
		
        			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.	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2017
        
        			A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was eleven when I lost my virginity. It happened under an old pine tree in an overgrown backyard of an old lady’s house a block away from my childhood home. The boys were older. They were rough and cruel. They laughed the whole time like it was some hysterical...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2022
        
        			Forever Silent
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up at my uncle’s house. He was a heroine addict and dealer. Many of his “friends” would come over for heroine on a regular basis. When I was 7 years old, three of his friends took an interest in me and would take turns visiting me in my...	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2014
        
        			Six Years of Denial
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After six years, I am finally allowing myself to acknowledge that I was raped. The rapist was someone who I had recently became close friends with. It happened after a dinner party at his apartment, after everyone left. I was so shocked and confused I didn’t even realize what was...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was drugged and raped by my neighbor on my way to church at age 14. He was 34 at the time. He almost killed me. He gave me a soda with drugs in it without me knowing. I woke up naked barricaded in his room paralyzed and unable to...	
 
	
		
        			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 18th, 2014
        
        			The Elevator Man
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He knew me. I was a passenger in his elevator frequently, as my best friend lived in the building that was just a few blocks away from mine on the upper west side of New York City. That day, en route to my best friend’s apartment, he closed the elevator...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was 20 just before my 21st birthday. I was in college, out at a party with some friends. We’d been drinking and having a good time. A friend came over to me and said that this guy she’d been interested in had invited her to come over to his...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2014
        
        			הטרידו אותי
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור קודם כל אני חייבת להגיד שראיתי את הסרט שלך אולי מאות פעמים וכל פעם אני מתרגשת מחדש. אני בת 13 ולפני כמה ימים הטרידו אותי וזה לא יוצא לי מהראש זה הלך ככה הלכתי עם חברה שלי לקניון ואז איש מבוגר פנה אלי ואמר לי שיש לי יופי...	
 
	
		
        			September 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2017
        
        			16 times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been sexually assaulted 16 times. 11 of those are rapes. It started when I was two. The last time I was 23. 3 of those times were by immediate family members, people I loved and relied on to love, protect and take care of me: My father, when...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2017
        
        			Black and Blue
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...	
 
	
	
		Hi guys, I’m currently 16 years old, and I am a victim of 2 sexual assaults, and one rape. Sexual assault #1: I was in grade 8, going to school in a small town, which meant I knew everyone. I was dedicated to my agricultural subjects and I tried to...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2014
        
        			When I Was 8 Years Old
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It is a miracle I am alive. I come from a family in which my step mother and father molested, raped and raised me behind closed doors with the secret of rape… Among the dinner parties with friends and family around.. my brother and I suffered in silence. We had...	
 
	
		
        			February 25th, 2015
        
        			Drugged and Gang Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The guy I met, I thought was a nice guy. Very undercover, nice, seemed genuine. I met him, he was walking a baby Pitbull. I have a passion for these dogs, rescued some, and have one myself. I invited him to come to visit me, as I had not been...	
 
	
		
        			December 22nd, 2014
        
        			Such Shame
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As I lay here writing this, tears are are rolling down my cheeks, this is the first time I have disclosed this information. It all happened over 33 years ago I’m now aged 43. I almost feel untrue to myself even writing this down. I promised to take this to...	
 
	
		
        			February 18th, 2015
        
        			Raped at Camp
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 9 years old at a campground my whole family went to every year, literally since I was a baby. The two teenage boys that raped me were neighbors from the adjacent campsite. They were sons of a minister. It happened when I was walking enjoying the woods. The...	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2017
        
        			Hostage
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For almost four years we were held hostage by two perpetrators, with my kids in Nevada. We learned first hand the meaning of torture, mental abuse, verbal abuse and sexual physical abuse. When you escape you think it’s over. The then DA didn’t show up for his job. So in...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2014
        
        			My Friend’s House
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 43 years old and I know that the effects if my rape have cut deep. I have never said it before, “my rape” until I am typing it now. It’s been 25 years…I saw your documentary last night so now it’s time. I was 18. It was the...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2025
        
        			Why I’m sorry
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Things I’m sorry for: I’m sorry because I drank that night. I’m sorry because I played strip poker with the rest of the group. I’m sorry that when he put his arm around me I assumed it was meant in friendship and when asked if it was alright that he...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2015
        
        			All Just Too Much
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know I’m young, I’m only 25. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t experienced more in my few years on this earth than most will in their life. 17 years ago, when I was 8, my friend’s older brother raped me. I didn’t tell anyone, and over the years, I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2016
        
        			Spousal Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Deep inside of me, there is a demon. My demon is panic and anxiety. It was planted there by a person I once had loved. I no longer loved that person as I once had; my love had changed. His love had grown hateful and resentful. One night, while lying...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			March 11th, 2015
        
        			This Is My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was born my mom said when she first held me she didn’t want me that there was something about me she didn’t like. She named me after her and gave me to my dad to do what he wanted with me. I was raped by him from birth...	
 
	
		
        			April 22nd, 2016
        
        			Smoke Together
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just entered high school and i felt comfortable with more freedom and extreme stuff. I had some friends and in my country weed is really in-fashion… I found a person that was only 2 years older than me, he was handsome,fun and he started selling me the strongest...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Overcome It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was a toddler a neighbor and friend of the family hurt me. I was left with the family next door along with my newborn baby brother on the day my mother’s father died. When my mother changed my diaper, she found blood and there were scratches on me....	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2015
        
        			All Just Too Much
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know I’m young, I’m only 25. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t experienced more in my few years on this earth than most will in their life. 17 years ago, when I was 8, my friend’s older brother raped me. I didn’t tell anyone, and over the years, I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2014
        
        			I Am Still Standing
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being taken advantage of isn’t particularly new to me. From the ages of four to eighteen I was neglected and abused by both of my parents in many ways. When I left for college in August of 2010 I fully planned to leave my old life behind and fight to...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2016
        
        			First “Real” Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a late bloomer, sexually. I didn’t explore my sexuality with anyone until I was sixteen years old, with my first serious boyfriend in high school. I had never done anything with anyone until him. I started to feel comfortable and safe when we would fool around. A week...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2017
        
        			Black and Blue
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...	
 
	
		
        			October 19th, 2015
        
        			College Campus Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in college. I was attending a college and living at home, but a friend of mine went to a school out of town and lived on campus. I decided to visit with her for one night. She took me to a party where I met a...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
	
		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 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...	
 
	
	
		I couldn’t sleep tonight, and all I could think about was making a difference in the world. Somehow I stumbled across this forum in my quest to find away to make the world a better place. I read a few of the stories and sobbed the whole time. I had...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2015
        
        			No Longer Keeping the Peace
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember when my abuser began touching me; I guess I was too young. When I was 6-years-old my mother asked me if anyone touched me, and I finally admitted it was my teenage cousin. He would bring me into his room, turn off the lights, and turn on...	
 
	
		
        			September 1st, 2014
        
        			My Two Rapes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s taken me about 15 years to call my 1st time having sex what it really was-rape. As a mental health therapist who’s trained to know what abuse, sexual assault, rape is I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me this long. Maybe it’s because of my culture’s confusion about...	
 
	
		
        			February 17th, 2017
        
        			I Need to Tell Someone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not sure how to begin to be honest, I have never gone into depth about it. I was molested and raped by my father and his brother. My father raped and molested me from age 4 until I was 13 his brother molested and raped me from ages 10...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 16th, 2015
        
        			How Could It Have Happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am currently with someone. However, the last person to have sex with me is not him. Because I was raped. I was in bed and pretty much falling asleep. I had a rough day because of a sad falling out with a friend. I wasn’t in the mood for...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2016
        
        			Two Friends and Two Boys
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m the friend that everyone talks about. The one that always needs someone to listen to her problems and never really listens back. The one that expects you to be there the moment I need you, but when you need me I may or may not be there. I never...	
 
	
	
		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....	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2014
        
        			My Friend’s House
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 43 years old and I know that the effects if my rape have cut deep. I have never said it before, “my rape” until I am typing it now. It’s been 25 years…I saw your documentary last night so now it’s time. I was 18. It was the...	
 
	
		
        			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 28th, 2015
        
        			Help…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I live in an area where there aren’t a lot of people to talk to. There’s no support groups and there aren’t many counsellors that aren’t men. (‘m afraid of men, since what happened to me, and there’s one girl-counsellor but she doesn’t understand at all. It’s a very small...	
 
	
		
        			August 30th, 2016
        
        			Forgotten Memories Submerge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 21 years old, but my story begins from when I was 6 years old. My parents were not really involved in what was going on in my life, and simply, not interested. I was sexually abused spanning from age 6; 10; and 11. The incidents from when I was...	
 
	
		
        			March 11th, 2015
        
        			This Is My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was born my mom said when she first held me she didn’t want me that there was something about me she didn’t like. She named me after her and gave me to my dad to do what he wanted with me. I was raped by him from birth...	
 
	
		
        			February 12th, 2016
        
        			Victim of Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was five when it first happened. It happened time and time again after that until I was around twelve. I don’t know what made it stop but I am forever thankful it did. He was my brother, the one person who was meant to protect me from the exact...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2016
        
        			First “Real” Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a late bloomer, sexually. I didn’t explore my sexuality with anyone until I was sixteen years old, with my first serious boyfriend in high school. I had never done anything with anyone until him. I started to feel comfortable and safe when we would fool around. A week...	
 
	
		
        			January 5th, 2017
        
        			Out of Control
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a 19 y/o freshman in college, and this was the first New Years Eve that I haven’t spent with my parents. I went with two of my friends to a frat party at our state college. I told my parents I was staying at a girl friends dorm afterwards,...	
 
	
	
		I was out on a Friday night with my best friend at a nice hotel bar in the city. I was a little drunk, but not much. I met a nice man who laughed with me and showed me pictures of his dog. I decided to go back to his...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2015
        
        			Grooming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had no idea what was going on at the time. All of a sudden when I turned 14 my best friends uncle started paying so much attention to me. He lived at her house and I was there all of the time. My own family life was not good,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2017
        
        			Blaming Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember when it started. All I remember is being afraid whenever my mom left the house and it was just my stepdad and I. He would always come around to my sister and I’s room after our mom had tucked us in so he could “tickle us.” Unsurprisingly,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was 13 when my life changed. My dads best friend had always made me feel uneasy but I never thought anything of it at the time but now looking back the winks, the slapping my bum as he passed was not normal behavior. One night he went out with...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2014
        
        			Breaking the Trust
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped for the first time when I was 18 by an undercover cop. I had dissed him at a college party, I was followed by cop, ambushed from behind and was raped in a back alley and left me handcuffed to a pole naked for friends to find...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2018
        
        			Memory or a dream?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Like many people that wrote here I too had kept this for years. I’m not sure if this is a memory or a dream but it always haunts me. I had never shared this to anyone.. And I mean not a single one. I hope this would make me feel...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2014
        
        			My 18th Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been dating him for 6 or so months. We were in band together, and started dating on a band trip. Everything was innocent. I was very insecure about my feelings with boys because I was more comfortable in relationships with girls rather then boys. So even kissing and...	
 
	
	
		It has been with me since I’ve known. I’ve hidden it since it happened, or at least so I thought. The night it happened I will never forget. We went to a party, too young but yet responsible young girls. It was supposed to have fun fight. Something happened however....	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Rape & Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This has gone on for too many years, not only to women but men too. The shame and guilt and fear kept me quiet for over 40 years.I let myself down as well as others. How to heal and speak out is something i need in order too move on...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2018
        
        			Believe it or Not, It happened to...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was raped 29 years ago. I was Party Raped, Gang Raped, whatever you want to call it. 1989 I was 14, and raped by my ex boyfriend and 2 of his friends (who I had never spoke to). I will save all the details. I was Drunk, beyond drunk, and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was 8 years old when my uncle first started touching me. The first time we were in the woods, and my uncle told my younger brother to go do something and when he left my uncle told me to pull down my pants and I can’t remember my exact...	
 
	
		
        			August 26th, 2017
        
        			Multiple Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a survivor, multiple times over. The first time was 10 years ago. It took me until last year to be able to speak about it. I felt it was my fault. I was in an abusive on again, off again relationship. We were off at the time, and...	
 
	
		
        			June 8th, 2016
        
        			#IStandWithHer
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		May 7th, 2013. A day that will forever stick in my mind as the worst day of my life. I was a junior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I had completed my last final of junior year and was excited to see what senior year had to offer. These...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2016
        
        			My Sister and I were Abused
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 11 my mother began a relationship with my stepfather. I was a very self conscious kid, I was bullied a lot. He would often tell me I was pretty and I’m like an ugly duckling and one day I would blossom into a beautiful woman. My elder...	
 
	
		
        			December 20th, 2017
        
        			You are going to show me how...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Picture it, Missouri, 2013….wow, to finally announce a time it sounds like such a long time ago, but in my mind it feels like yesterday. I was 16 years old. He was “19” so I thought. I gave this man my virginity. Part of me spent such a long time...	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2017
        
        			A Co-Worker
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m not sure when it all started- The shame. The guilt. The nightmares. I just know that it hit me like a speeding truck. I thought I had put it to the darkest and farthest part of my memory, but that’s the funny thing about your mind. It plays tricks...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 25th, 2018
        
        			I was raped last summer
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last summer I meet this guy he was so nice to he asked me out and I said yes then things started to get bad the littlest things would make him mad and he would hit and punch me at this time i had not had sex yet. Everything started...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2017
        
        			A Nightmare
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just broken up with my boyfriend who I found was cheating on me so I went out to a local bar to meet up with someone I considered a close friend who was the bar promoter. Hoping a night of fun drinks,dancing,a cute dress on would be simple...	
 
	
		
        			March 20th, 2016
        
        			Started With My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I apologize for how long this is and how graphic if graphic descriptions are going to be hard for you consider this your warning to stop now. However, I wanted to be frank about what I’ve done and what’s happened to me. I don’t want to pretend things weren’t the...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			A Lifetime
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My unfortunate store started when i was 8 yrs old. My mother had just married a man she had only known a very short time (5 months). He started molesting me within days of the wedding and slowly progressed to rape. I was to scared to tell anyone until i...	
 
	
		
        			August 25th, 2015
        
        			2 Years Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened two years ago. I went out in manhattan with some friends. I was already drunk by the time we got to the third bar. I remember taking a drink from someone and then absolute darkness. I have one faint memory of standing outside the bar alone and the...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2014
        
        			After 14 Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t stabbed, beaten, or even hurt. There were no marks on my body. Two and a half years after it happened, the police officer, detective, and lawyer to whom I told my story all believed me and were respectful and empowering. In so many ways, I have been lucky....	
 
	
		
        			February 9th, 2017
        
        			Unbelievable
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Honestly kind of nervous to try this. I’ve never told anyone. I think I convinced myself it didn’t happen. That I was dating him so it couldn’t be rape. I was 17 in high school and dating a boy 4 years older than me. He was holding a party for...	
 
	
		
        			September 24th, 2015
        
        			10 Years!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Past: 1998: It all started in 1998, I was 16 years old. I was on a vacation at my uncle’s place. It was around 6pm & no one was home. Everyone stepped out due to some ceremony at a neighbors house. Two guys (strangers. Lets name them, YO & AM),...	
 
	
		
        			September 2nd, 2015
        
        			Still Think It Was My Fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t really know what to say. I am currently 17 years old and i would need 4 hands to count all the “men” i can somewhat recall sleeping with. Lets just say nothing really phases me. I feel as if bad things are happening all the time. Around me...	
 
	
		
        			September 20th, 2017
        
        			Was I Raped?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In January of this year, I was invited to a male friend’s house with a female friend. We were told another one of friends were there, as well. My female friend and I didn’t have plans, so we agreed to go over. We all sat in the tv room of...	
 
	
		
        			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
        
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2017
        
        			My Father’s Funeral
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After a long illness, my Father passed away, and I flew into his funeral. My bags were stolen out of the airport. I only had my bags, and the clothes I was traveling in. I had to go to the mall and get some appropriate outfit the morning before the...	
 
	
		
        			December 3rd, 2017
        
        			Closure
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been in love with this guy for almost a year at this time. I had never been in a relationship with him, but it was we were meeting atleast once a week, and being intimate. When we met I was a virgin at the time, and there were...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2016
        
        			Roommates
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was my roommate. Someone I barely knew, an acquaintance. I had moved back to campus after living about a year 20 minutes out from school. I was desperate to be around people my own age again and get out of my current living situation. I took on random roommates...	
 
	
		
        			July 9th, 2014
        
        			37 Years Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just got thru watching your documentary on Netflix I cried thru most of it as obviously I can relate to some of the stories of the victims. I was not raped I was sexually molested by my grandfather at ages 6-9. As I now am 43 years old I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2016
        
        			3 Times is Not Charming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First, I am very proud to say that while initially, I wasn’t brave enough-I have done very hard work on myself and I am now stronger and braver than ever. I applaud Linor in sharing and encouraging victims to speak out, report and take these steps to heal and help...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2018
        
        			The thief
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 5, people say you can’t remember it because you were so small but I do remember everything that happened, I was sexually harassed by my cousin who I loved like a brother, I don’t know but I was so scared to tell anyone so I told the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 25th, 2018
        
        			The Boys Club Continues
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I decided to share my story after reading another woman’s story on this site…she was brutally gang raped by police and contemplating suicide. Please “don’t let them win” by Suicide. I know it’s your choice to take your life or survive…. I know the helplessness against the Blue Wall. I...	
 
	
		
        			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 22nd, 2016
        
        			I am a Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by a male person every night until I was 22. He started raping me as a baby. No one ever helped me nor did they care. My body was position in ways to please his desire. I was forced to lay there and take it. My legs...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2015
        
        			75 Percent Humidity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You never want to be the person who admits to being raped twice, but I’m that woman. It was at college and I was a virgin. The assailant’s family had a lot of money and were well connected. He was never prosecuted. The second time, I blamed myself because who...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2015
        
        			Neglected
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi my name is Alison, I’m 23 and I’ve been raped twice. I saw this documentary and was touched by the stories of the women who spoke up about their rape, especially Linor’s. I was hesitant to tell my story because I am afraid I will be judged and looked...	
 
	
		
        			November 3rd, 2015
        
        			So Long Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 38yrs old. I am Canadian. I am married to my high school sweetheart, who is my best friend. We have 2 boys. One 19, has just followed his fathers footsteps and joined the military. The other is 13. I have a wonderful life…. But I have a...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2018
        
        			incest
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Sabrina Giglio. My family are descendants from Sicily, Palermo, Italy. When I was 13, I am now 45, I was raped by my cousin, my mothers sisters son. When it happened all in a three month period, I was taken in back of alleys, beaten, anal violated,...	
 
	
		
        			May 24th, 2018
        
        			My 21st Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I “celebrated” my 21st birthday with 3 of my cousins. At first it was fun. I was sober enough to know what I was doing. They told me they wanted to take me out that Friday night so we did. Btw, I was hanging with 2 of my girl cousins...	
 
	
		
        			October 3rd, 2015
        
        			Overcoming My Story of Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being raped was something I never ever imagined would happen to me, the hurt, the pain, sickness to my core, but I know I was never to blame for what happened. Here is my story told in part poetry form and anyhow I can express what happened. I have to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 29th, 2015
        
        			Still Hurting
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Tamika and I am a victim of childhood abuse that lasted from the ages of 3 to 16 by different types of people. My uncle molested me when I was 3 years old. I lost my virginity at age 6 by my teacher. It was the worst...	
 
	
	
		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,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			My Rape Stories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by my brother when I was 4 years old on more than one occasion. When I was 13 years old he approached me again in a sexual manner and asked if I would take off my shirt and bra and let him touch my chest, I was...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...