December 10th, 2018
        
        			Alone and depressed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I found this website a few days after everything happened. That was exactly one year ago as of today. I don’t like to admit the words out loud. It makes me feel dirty and makes my chest collapse until I can’t breathe. Over the last year I’ve gotten really good...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Thank you for being LOUD!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know it is hard to share this burden, to deal with it again and again, to listen to stories that are triggering of the PTSD and to try to help the whole world and feel overwhelmed. I hope you will give yourself a chance to take a break when...	
 
	
		
        			December 6th, 2017
        
        			Unknown Abuse by Biological Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 3, and the abuse went on for a few months. I’m 16 now and the only details I know are from papers that were used in court. My mom protected me, and got a restraining order. He was mine and my brother’s biological father, not my sister’s. He...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 25th, 2018
        
        			The Boys Club Continues
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I decided to share my story after reading another woman’s story on this site…she was brutally gang raped by police and contemplating suicide. Please “don’t let them win” by Suicide. I know it’s your choice to take your life or survive…. I know the helplessness against the Blue Wall. I...	
 
	
		
        			September 18th, 2014
        
        			You Were Suppose To Protect Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was…young. Five or six when my brother raped me. I didn’t know what was going on. He had just pulled me into this small hallway that connected the bedroom hallway and kitchen. He had pulled out his penis and told me to touch it. Told me to pump 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2016
        
        			Piano Teacher
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all happened 7 months ago. My piano coach came over one day to help me with my recital. An my mom and dad were out of town so it was just me and my piano teacher. At first everything was cool then we decided to take a little break....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 21st, 2017
        
        			You Can’t Trust Anyone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At the time he was my boyfriend of about 6 months. my first boyfriend in high school had cheated on me with my best friend, that relationship doesn’t hold much meaning to me because first loves to me can be first mistakes I was very young and should have seen...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 17th, 2014
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by my boyfriend at the time, and 5 of his friends, when I was 18. It happened in a hotel in London where I live, and although it was 22 years ago I’ve never been able to go near the hotel -it’s really well known. But, now...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 15th, 2017
        
        			Online dating
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been raped three times in my life. Once was with a boyfriend in high school when I was 17. His sexual preferences changed as ours all do, but mine stayed the same and we didn’t like the same things anymore. But that didn’t stop him from getting what...	
 
	
		
        			November 30th, 2016
        
        			My Side
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only three weeks ago, I had my first kiss. About 3 minutes later, I had my first sexual experience, against my will. It was the Friday before Halloween, and I was spending it with kids from my school, all of whom I felt comfortable around and felt safe with. All...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2018
        
        			Case Closed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My situation could have been far worse than it was and because it wasn’t, it is sometimes viewed as not being “that bad.” However, for me, what made it “that bad” was that, one, I wasn’t believed and two, the case was closed before it was even open because of...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 1st, 2016
        
        			Not Over It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As I read these stories I see a lot of people are for the most part moved on. Not healed but focus on other things. I just can’t. I can’t tell my mom, I can’t tell my dad. Only a few people know. It was this past September. I’m 16,...	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2016
        
        			Alone and Afraid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 5 when it all started. My own brother he molested me for 9 years. I am now 13 and spoke up a few months ago. They don’t believe me though. They say there’s no evidence to prove this and my mom refuses to let me see a gynecologist...	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2017
        
        			Years later… meeting my rapist again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was abducted when I was nineteen by an acquaintance who stalked me. I tried to report it to the campus police, but they just humiliated me. Also, It was an ordeal that I don’t really remember because he drugged me. But many years later, I moved to a new...	
 
	
		
        			April 21st, 2017
        
        			Heart broken
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 years old at the time and the boyfriend that I was with for a year had just told me he lost feelings. My best friend, her boyfriend and his friends always had “bros nights”. I was invited by my best friends boyfriend so he picked me up...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I’m 15 years old and I was raped about 4 months ago. He was 17 years old and I was still 15. I met him while I was in 9th grade now I’m in 10th. I remember getting a snapchat from him saying he had nothing to do on Monday...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2019
        
        			At 17yr old was raped by my...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I became pregnant at age 16, forced to marry months later at 17, I went through domestic violence, physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse by him, my husband and my family did nothing to help me out of the nightmare! After 2 yrs I got out with the help of...	
 
	
	
		I am a 23 y/o male. For the longest time, the memory of my rape remained untouched in the corners of my mind. I can’t quite remember the age that I was, but based on the context clues of my memory I would put myself around age 10. I had...	
 
	
		
        			December 9th, 2016
        
        			Middle School
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I am really honest with myself, I have been sexually assaulted multiple times by 4 different men. It took me a long time to finally accept that two of the four men actually did assault me. I am a 20 year old college student who just happens to have...	
 
	
		
        			April 22nd, 2018
        
        			Friend of mines set me up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was about 18 years old 2 years ago and me and this girl became really close. We didnt talk im school much but after we graduate she wanted to hang out more. One day she tells me she wants me to go to the beach with her and a...	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2014
        
        			Rape at 15
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped back in 2007 on Halloween. Since that day I’m scared of Halloween and I don’t wanna dress up or celebrate. It was my favorite holiday until I was 15. I was raped by 2 boys who were my age in an alley, which to this day makes...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2014
        
        			Raped At 16, 29, 31
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a child, an intelligent one. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia. When my aikido assistant instructor invited me to study at his home before my holiday tuition commenced at Melbourne uni that morning, I did not know that he had other things in mind. I was raped in...	
 
	
		
        			December 21st, 2016
        
        			Raped By Family Member
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		well my parents and everyone except me and my cousins went to a club …my mom left me and my cousins at my grandpas house …around 4 in the morning I woke up my cousins were gone but my grandpa was behind me holding me and forcing me to have...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 8th, 2018
        
        			I thought he liked me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		We had gone on dates, I thought he liked me, I liked him. I was 18, he had met my family and made me feel special. I said no and he did it anyway, I laid there looking away, I didn’t fight, I should have fought. I cried after it...	
 
	
		
        			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 2nd, 2016
        
        			I Was Stupid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at a small party one night, and got super drunk. I didn’t think I had drank that much, so it makes me wonder if someone put something in my drink because of how fucked up I got. Anyway, this guy was all over me all night. I can’t...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2017
        
        			God Saved Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The Lord saved me and my son from death. My boyfriend (his daddy) was a drunk and I was afraid to leave since he told me that he would hunt me down if I did so. The lord knew that I couldn’t take it anymore so he sent him home....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
	
		I was at a fraternity party with a date in February 1989 at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was a beach theme, so we were all wearing bathing suits. I distinctly remember choosing a one-piece because I thought that a bikini would cause problems. I was wearing denim shorts as...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2018
        
        			The cycle
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Not once but twice I was raped. The first time I was young, I was recovering from a medical procedure and used this truth as an excuse to not engage in sex with the man I was in a relationship with. He was much older than I, and I had...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 26th, 2018
        
        			High School Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“Mom, Dad, there’s this party tonight, everyone from school is going, I promise I’ll be safe…can I please go? Please?” I remember asking my parents to go to this party, I remember pleading with them, trying to make deals with them. But they wouldn’t have it. My father looked me...	
 
	
		
        			July 22nd, 2018
        
        			Raped by a work colleague
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This starts April 2017 i went for a team meal with work colleagues, a few of us stayed out for drinks. So this “man” decided he would stay out with me and a few girls from our team. As the night went on 1 by 1 girls started to leave...	
 
	
		
        			June 19th, 2016
        
        			Un-Silenced
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Writing this is very surreal for me, especially since this is a public setting, but I’m sick of being silent much more. I don’t want others to silence me anymore. I’ve experienced repeated sexual assault. The first time I remember was when I was little. I barely even remember what...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2014
        
        			In Denial of My Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was fifteen and sixteen, I was in an abusive relationship. He raped me four times, and had me convinced that it wasn’t rape because we were together. He would tell me things like, “I love you so much. I just couldn’t help it.” and “Don’t you love me?...	
 
	
		
        			February 6th, 2017
        
        			I Said No
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		They made me do a module on sexual assault and harassment. I listened. I did it. I read 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted. I told myself it would never be me. I would never put myself in that situation. And then the storm came. I liked you...	
 
	
		
        			January 19th, 2016
        
        			The Power of Victimization
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My sister and I were 17 when my parents (in an effort to help my cousin turn his life around) offered for my cousin to live with us while he worked on bettering his life and making changes. At the time, he was on the most wanted list I believe...	
 
	
		
        			February 4th, 2017
        
        			Thank you
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Brave Miss World Community, For the last two years I have had the privilege of reading and responding to many of your posts. It is an honor to hold space and watch healing unfold as survivors share their experiences, many for the first time. I wanted to take a...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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 26th, 2016
        
        			Still Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m sharing my story because I have a daughter and I know with her beautiful little face and bubbly personality, she could become a victim in an instant. I want her to know her mother is a survivor and I will walk through hell and back to protect her from...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			עדיין מציק
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		וואו אני לא יודעת מאיפה להתחיל עברתי 3 מקרים וזה עדיין מציק אני בת 31 אמא ל2 ילדי מקסימים כשהייתי בת בערך 15 ליוויתי את חברה שלי הבייתה דרך איזו סימטה מוארת לפתע שמענו שמישהו הולך אחרינו הגברנו את קצב ההליכה וגם הוא הגביר ומכיוון שאני הייתי הכי קרובה אליו...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Thank you for being LOUD!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know it is hard to share this burden, to deal with it again and again, to listen to stories that are triggering of the PTSD and to try to help the whole world and feel overwhelmed. I hope you will give yourself a chance to take a break when...	
 
	
		
        			February 10th, 2016
        
        			Family Ties
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 17, I was on holiday with my dad, step mum and step brother. Everything was going great until one night when my dad and his wife went to bed early leaving me and Stephen alone. At first everything was normal, I was on one side of the...	
 
	
		
        			March 12th, 2014
        
        			A Long Healing Process
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wonder sometimes why we don’t hear more about “domestic rape”. Is it because we are ashamed to come forward and admit that we were repeatedly raped by a man that was suppose to “love” us? How do you tell a police officer, a friend or your mother that the...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2018
        
        			Only I get to make choices for...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m the one who got myself that last beer that made me black out. I should’ve known my limits. If I really didn’t want it, why would I have let him into my dorm upstairs from the party? Maybe he was black out drunk too. Sometimes when I drink too...	
 
	
		
        			June 28th, 2017
        
        			I am still running
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		…at around 12:30am, May 4, 2017, when I was already sleeping, a man accessed my villa. When I opened my eyes I saw the attacker’s face and a knife. Threatening me with the knife, the intruder forced himself on me and repeatedly raped me. I was trying to escape the...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			Teenage Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a 26 year old, female to male transgender, who was raped, I was raped twice when I was younger. Once by my ex boyfriend during my sophomore year of high school and once when I was about 14 years old by a stranger. When I was 14, I...	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
		
        			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 15th, 2009
        
        			First date: Raped after school at 15
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in high school. He was a senior boy. He asked me to go for a drive after school and would take me home. I was honored and felt special. A senior boy would ask me, a new freshman girl, to go for a ride and offer...	
 
	
		
        			April 15th, 2017
        
        			Exposing Rapists – A Poem
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		You will never be free Dark is your secret Whatever you do Whoever you become However you dress That secret will turn acidy Drown it with beer Bury it in anger Throw yourself into work Grow your beard Marry the best Protect your daughters Still it will eat your insides...	
 
	
	
		About two years ago I went to my senior year party it was about twenty girls and about 30-35 boys, It was kind of awkward for me because everyone was there with somebody and I was there with my cousin and best friend. My cousin (female 17) left with her...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2014
        
        			Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a young girl 8 my aunt’s husband started touching me then showed me his penis. I was scared to tell my parents. My dad would have killed him. I think there are things I can’t remember sometimes it like a bad movie in my head. I am a...	
 
	
	
		I trusted a lot of people, never in my mind, I thought they will harm me, but I was wrong. I was hurt in a lot of ways. My boyfriend at that moment, he was sweet at first but everything changes the longer we were together. He never likes it...	
 
	
		
        			January 25th, 2018
        
        			I thought we were friends
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met him in the summer of 2011 in college. We were close friends, he was my go-to for advice. He moved across the country in May of 2014 and I followed in April of 2016. after graduating college the previous December. We were roommates, close friends, then he said...	
 
	
		
        			January 18th, 2016
        
        			I Am a Survivor…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had taken the purity ring promise when I was 13. I was first assaulted when I was 7. Then had a bad experience with a guy when I was 12. Now at 16, I was raped by my now ex boyfriend in my own basement at home… Just days...	
 
	
		
        			September 21st, 2015
        
        			Raped By a Family Member
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abused twice by a cousin when I was 8 years, although I do not remember anything from my childhood this painful event has been in my mind since it happened, I can remember everything: colors, smells, ambiances. Years passed by and somehow I got close to this...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Denial
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On October 29 2016 I was raped after a Halloween party. I had gone back a dorm with my friend and the guy she had been seeing, I was very intoxicated at the time. I stupidly had a threesome with my friend and the guy. After a little while my...	
 
	
		
        			August 23rd, 2017
        
        			Does “No” mean nothing?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		No should mean no, right? 2 weeks before the start of my Sophomore year I was sexually assaulted. I wanted to hang out with my best friend I went to high school with before school started. The original plan was that she was going to a sleepover at my house...	
 
	
	
		I am a 23 y/o male. For the longest time, the memory of my rape remained untouched in the corners of my mind. I can’t quite remember the age that I was, but based on the context clues of my memory I would put myself around age 10. I had...	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2017
        
        			It’s Hard But It Gets Better
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t really know how to explain my story it’s long. I guess it started when i was 8 and my father called me into his room. That was the first time he touched me. That same day i asked him what he had done, he didn’t say much just...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			The Hole in My Heart
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For a long time, I have been living with a hole in my heart, and for a long time I did not mention to anyone that I was raped, in fact, the person who raped me, made himself out to be “the good guy” who everyone got to know…and love,...	
 
	
		
        			October 3rd, 2016
        
        			A Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2011 The night prior marked the 21st birthday of a friend in the grade above myself. I helped him home, fending off his drunk advances, before returning to my freshmen dormitory where I slept alone that night. The sun rose the next day in Boston and last...	
 
	
		
        			April 8th, 2016
        
        			The Most Vivid Distant Memories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi. I guess my story starts when I came to America to start a life anew with my family. I remember my parents were busy a lot back than, trying to set stable beginnings for us, their children. Because of this, I remember being left in the care of family...	
 
	
		
        			October 11th, 2015
        
        			I Never Thought
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		What happened to me was horrible and I cannot change that but I can move on. I was raped. I went to go camping with him and then we ended up just staying inside. We were watching tv in the living room for a bit till his friend came home....	
 
	
		
        			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 7th, 2015
        
        			Staying Strong
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was man I thought I could trust. I worked with him and fell to his charms that led to going on a few dates and even staying at his house a couple of times. Things didn’t really get that serious and we drifted apart but a work trip abroad...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2015
        
        			University Bar
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in my university student bar with a friend visiting from home- we had decided to let loose one final time before exams and got incredibly drunk. Upon arriving at the ‘Club Night’ in my SU we were waiting at the bar and met some guys. From what I...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2016
        
        			Brother in Law
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was around 7 or 8 when this happened. My brother in law and step sister were watching me. I am not sure where my step sister was, but somehow I was in the bedroom/living room with my BIL and he started touching me and rubbing my legs. Then he...	
 
	
		
        			June 9th, 2016
        
        			Just Another Night
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On September 31st I was raped. Very few people know this about me. I’m too scared to tell anyone. How do I even tell someone? How do I handle the way my parents would look at me knowing? My friends? How could I go to the police? Tell my story...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago I was raped sexually, today I only have the scar, I have healed but I have not forgotten and I will never forget it, I would love to help women, and because not even men who have been through this situation, it is not an easy path,...	
 
	
		
        			November 30th, 2016
        
        			My Side
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only three weeks ago, I had my first kiss. About 3 minutes later, I had my first sexual experience, against my will. It was the Friday before Halloween, and I was spending it with kids from my school, all of whom I felt comfortable around and felt safe with. All...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2014
        
        			Protect and Served and Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was serving in the U.S. Air Force and deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom. At the time I had no inclination I was in danger and I never thought in a million years that it was someone I knew. I was sexually assaulted and raped by my superior (boss), 1SG....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2017
        
        			An Embarrassing Situation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Let me start my story as my experience is a little non typical, and I feel for those who had a harder fate, as I got very lucky. Most who I tell this to take it well, it was a learning experience! I made an incredible mistake! I walked to...	
 
	
		
        			August 8th, 2014
        
        			Taking Back My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 1/2 years ago, I was raped by someone I had hoped to have a relationship with. This is my first time sharing my story in a public forum, outside of therapy or close family or friends. We had been dating for a few months when he told me he...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
	
		I don’t even know how to start this, but I guess I need another opinion… so here it goes. A few weeks ago, I was at my friend’s frat. He’s a really great guy, and I am friends with both him and his girlfriend, so I have always felt comfortable...	
 
	
		
        			September 6th, 2016
        
        			What Should I Do?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Everything is very dream like to me, but it all started when I was about 4 years old. At that age, I didn’t know what sex was. My dad was never home, and I was afraid of my mom. I just don’t understand why my own uncle would do that...	
 
	
		
        			January 1st, 2017
        
        			Out For A Walk
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went out with my dog on Christmas day and three men with a dog I saw out of the corner of me eye. I turned to look to cross the road and saw one of them staring. I heard shouting and went to go a different way home and...	
 
	
		
        			July 18th, 2014
        
        			My Little Town
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story is something I talk rarely about but your documentary has really help me find a common ground. And for once not ashamed to talk about. I’m now a 32 years old who’s become an alcoholic and has anxiety and who who use to be a good mom. Sadly...	
 
	
		
        			May 20th, 2016
        
        			Am I Wrong?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Today was a regular day. I went to school and came home. My best friend came over after school and then we were going to head back to school to go to our after school club, however it was canceled . So we went to the footfall field instead, and...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			A Difference Perspective
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In 1986 I attended the Academy Of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena California, where I met someone very special. We had a fast passionate dating period full of love, respect and admiration and we talked about marriage. We lived apart and one morning while I was on my way to a...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2018
        
        			My posting
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I do not know what to say. I know, or at least see what others have posted. Do I claim that I am different, or expound that I am the same? I have spent a lot of time, effort and money in schools. It would seem I would have the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 1st, 2014
        
        			7th Grade Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am in 10th grade. 15 years old. It has been 3 years since my rape. I was 13, in 7th grade, still figuring myself out. During this time, I was going to a new school, a high school and middle school combined. I had recently been fitted for hearing...	
 
	
		
        			December 28th, 2015
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My sexual assault happened when I was 3 years old up until I was 9 years old. I was living with my mum and when I was 3. I hoped in the bath so I said that my downstairs was hurting so my step dad took me into the room...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Say Something
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My girlfriends and I were going out to a few bars on a Friday night to celebrate a birthday. We were all a little drunk, but no one was out of control. At the second bar, we met up with a few of our guy friends to keep the celebration...	
 
	
		
        			July 12th, 2015
        
        			Not Sure It Happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a bit of a party wild child, started drinking when I was 13 and kissing boys, however did nothing sexual until I was 17. That’s when I started hanging out with the “cool” crowd. The popular boys seemed into me and that was really flattering so I started...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2015
        
        			The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		1.9.07 It is the same every year. Every year the leaves turn, and there is that slight twinge in my leg, a hesitant reminder of times past. Every year as the winds change, there is that slight catch when you take a deep breath. A catch not from the cold...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Help. God help me write this, but i think its time i let it out. This is my story about how a man who completely destroyed me within a matter of minutes, three times. At first i didnt know it was rape. After years of abuse i just thought it...	
 
	
		
        			October 23rd, 2017
        
        			Emotional Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		1) He was sexually aroused by fat women and weight gain 2) He asked me to gain weight, and when I declined, he accused me of suppressing/demonizing his sexuality, and damaging his psychosocial wellbeing 3) I regressed into eating disorder behavior, to justify my refusal 4) I lost so much...	
 
	
		
        			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*	
 
	
	
		At school I was never taught about consent. I never actually realised to the extent of how little respect that society has for women and their bodies till the day my recent ex boyfriend told me that I was my fault that I was raped, because I didn’t stop it....	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			Looking for a lawyer & advocate
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Schlomit. I was Raped at 3.5 yrs by an 18 year old who was on some kind of drugs. He tied me up and blindfolded me and after all the pain of what he put me through I was lucky to convince him to let me go...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2016
        
        			Can Anyone Help?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi fellow survivors. I’ve written on this forum a few times before trying to be encouraging to those who are struggling with post rape trauma and all the crap that comes with it, but I’m reaching out to you for support now. It’s been about 9 months since a stranger...	
 
	
		
        			June 18th, 2018
        
        			Camp rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t old. Maybe… 14-16? I remember I went to a camp. A school one, other schools were there too, it’s was an end of the year thing. On the first night I needed to use the restroom, so I left the cabin and walked towards the restrooms. I was...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 29th, 2016
        
        			Drunken Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just a few months ago, April 1st, 2016, I was sexually assaulted. I am 16 years old, and was 15 when it happened. The man was 52… I haven’t seen my friend for a while and wanted to hangout with her, and we had nothing to do for a few...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 15th, 2017
        
        			I Blame Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve never really came around to tell many people about my story, only because I’m always too embarrassed to repeat the horrid things that happened this night, but I think it’s time to finally share it. A couple of years ago, it was my senior year in high school. Everything...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2015
        
        			Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I saw Brave Miss World today on Netflix, I watched it with my partner. She’s asleep now and I’m looking at the website alone trying to process what I saw privately so she doesn’t have to know the effect it had. When I was 17 somebody spiked my drink and...	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2017
        
        			November ’08
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, my name is Erica. On November 4th, 2008, the day the results of the presidential election were announced, I was sexually assaulted. It was a Tuesday night. Myself and a couple of friends were at a bar across from Union Station, having drinks while waiting to find out the...	
 
	
		
        			September 27th, 2017
        
        			I’m not broken but worse. I’m dead.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi. I am a woman (those words are hard to type and to see). I am approaching middle age and have never, ever desired or enjoyed sex. I feel hopeless and sometimes I wish I could die. Many years ago, when I was 7, a boy who lived in my...	
 
	
	
		I have been raped multiple times. For the longest time I just acted like it wasn’t a big deal. I didn’t think about it and tried to forget about it all together. However, in reality, I was terrified. The time that scared me the most was when I was at...	
 
	
		
        			December 28th, 2017
        
        			Date gone wrong
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met this guy on tinder. we texted back and forth and flirted for a few days. After two weeks of doing that, we finally made plans to meet up and watch a movie. I felt comfortable inviting him over because I knew my roommates would be home and i...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2014
        
        			You Must Acknowledge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For some reason I still can’t come out and say that what happened to me was rape even if everything in me says it was. I often refer to it as a “passive sexual assault” even though friends I’ve told about it have all said that it was rape. I...	
 
	
		
        			November 16th, 2017
        
        			Was it rape?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My boyfriend and I are both 17. One night i threw a party at my house. There was obviously drinking and lots of people. My boyfriend never drinks so he’s never gotten drunk before. We were both drunk and fooling around in my room alone. I was fine doing whatever...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 11th, 2016
        
        			“No” is Universal
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last night I went out to a bar near campus with a few good friends of mine. After a few drinks we ran into some foreign exchange students who bought us shots. An hour or so later I left the bar with one of the french exchange students that I...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2018
        
        			Rubbing my scars
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am six years old. I think. It’s unclear my exact age because my parents never talked about it growing up and the legal records are now sealed. I am six, give a take a few years, and I am sitting on my bedroom floor between my bed and the...	
 
	
	
		So this is a bit difficult but I need to be able to express myself and doing that with my family hasn’t been helpful because they don’t understand my pain and what I went through. When I was 13 Years old I was followed grabbed forcibly and thrown into an...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2017
        
        			The Summer of 2013
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Trauma. This word can describe many things. PTSD. Car accidents. Deaths. Rape. It can mean a variety of situations, each different from the rest. My brother and I both experienced trauma. In the summer of 2013, my brother was molested, and I experienced verbal sexual abuse. And the worst part...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2015
        
        			The First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember being a virgin, that was stolen from me before I knew what it was or meant. My first experience with sexual violence was at the age of four, by the son of the Minister of our Church. When I appeared sobbing and screaming in front of my...	
 
	
		
        			April 16th, 2016
        
        			The Healing Process
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I moved to another country when I was seven. It was like I succeeded in getting away from the past. But, that wasn’t how it turned out to be. Even in a new place with new people, it kept haunting me. The place where it all happened was in my...	
 
	
		
        			June 8th, 2018
        
        			Perfect on Paper
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met him at a party on New Years. He was handsome, a great dancer, a pre-law student, worked while putting himself through school, had a new car, played in a jazz band, father was a minister. We went to different schools so he called me when he came home...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2016
        
        			Brave Miss(es) Indeed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All my life, women have felt they could intimidate me and hurt me. Why? To make themselves feel better? Because I deserve pain and humiliation? Every instance of significant harassment and assault was at the hands of a woman. When I was 13, the girlfriends I had cherished turned on...	
 
	
		
        			February 1st, 2018
        
        			One in Four
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came into college knowing the horrifying statistics of rape, but I never thought that I would be the one in four. My night started like any other night of drinking and hanging out with my roommate, only this time our “friend” asked if he could come join us. We...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			לא יוצאים מזה…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		לינור יקרה- הסיפור שלך השפיע עלי רבות בזמנו (1998) כי ממש באותה תקופה הסיפור עם השכן שפגע בי התפוצץ… אני לא חיה מאז. אני חיה-מתה למען האמת… כל יום הוא מלחמה עבורי… אני נאחזת בשיניים, וזה לא קל. סליחה אם אני נשמעת פסימית (אולי זה בגלל התקופה…), אבל קשה מאוד...	
 
	
		
        			April 18th, 2015
        
        			Stranger Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, I’m Nye-Emah and it was kinda weird how it happened 5 months ago. It was my birthday i turned 12. So. I went to my BFF. We was going to hang at the park. While we were there were strange men was there too. So we payed no attention...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2015
        
        			The First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember being a virgin, that was stolen from me before I knew what it was or meant. My first experience with sexual violence was at the age of four, by the son of the Minister of our Church. When I appeared sobbing and screaming in front of my...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 11th, 2015
        
        			I Never Thought
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		What happened to me was horrible and I cannot change that but I can move on. I was raped. I went to go camping with him and then we ended up just staying inside. We were watching tv in the living room for a bit till his friend came home....	
 
	
		
        			April 8th, 2015
        
        			Who is Responsible?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On the night of my 14th birthday I went out with a few friends. We ended up going to a restaurant. The table in front of us was empty for 5 minutes. Next, there’s a man with dark hair, glasses, and comfortable clothes on. He sits there and stares straight...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2016
        
        			Playing Games
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		“Let’s play a game.” is what started it all as far as I could remember. I was born to a well-off family and raised with maids and nannies. My parents would leave the house for works weeks at a time with me, my younger sister and younger brother left to...	
 
	
		
        			March 1st, 2018
        
        			Someday Soon
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sometimes the people you should trust are the ones to fear. I grew up in a family full of emotional and physical abuse. As a child I would be stripped naked in winter to lay on tiled floors, have wooden spoons and hair brushes broken through beatings, be tied in...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2016
        
        			I Want My Life Back
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		when i see children playing i envy them…they seem so happy, stress free and i wish i could be like them..Am trying to be normal and happy but its hard as i cannot stop thinking about that fateful night when i lost myself.I was raped by an acquaintance, a guy...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Young and Innocent
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At 19, a young innocent, never even had a first date. I naively went to the motel room of a road construction worker I had gotten to know while working in the store in my tiny town. He would NOT take NO for answer – raped and lost my virginity...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2018
        
        			What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am writing, because none of the other 120 media people I contacted thought I was worth a moment of their time to respond. I am truly grateful for the “Me Too” movement that is spreading across our Country, and for the first time, America’s focus is on women who...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2017
        
        			Party Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was fifteen I went to my first college party. My friend Katie who was a senior and eighteen at the time had been invited by an older boy and I insisted that we go. She was hesitant but I pushed and she relented. So we got all dolled...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2018
        
        			It was not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		While I sit here trying to find the words to my story it is still difficult to talk and think about it. I am now 23 years old, and everything happened when I was 15, actually around the same time of the year as I am writing this. It took...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		I was raped for two years. And that was only the first person. During that two years there were others who tried and one who succeeded. All of this happened before my 18th birthday. My first relationship began when I was 16, it only took him a week into it...	
 
	
		
        			September 9th, 2016
        
        			“You’re both minors”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 14, I was talking to this guy a couple years older than me. He was 16 almost 17. We had been friends for years but started to hang out more. One night we went to the state fair and went back to my house around 11,...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2014
        
        			הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		הייתי בת 19 באתי מבית דתי הכרתי אותו מבוגר ממני ב20 שנה הכיר לי את העולם החילוני , הכל אצלו היה מתוכנן הכניס אותי להריון והתחתנו עוד לא עיקלתי מה קרה לי אני כבר אמא כל הנישואים לא הבנתי למה הוא מכה וצועק ומתעלל פיזית ומינית תמיד אמר לי “את...	
 
	
		
        			July 11th, 2015
        
        			Domestic Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My high school boyfriend lured me in from the start. Being young and insecure, it was easy to fall for every lie. After only a month into our relationship, he went to jail. He lied to my family and I, saying it was wrongful driving related charges. My sweet mother...	
 
	
		
        			September 29th, 2018
        
        			The secret
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 years old dating a 20 year old named Scott. One day Scott asked me to hang out at his house and picked me up on his motorcycle. I went there and his friend Vernon was there. Within a few min of arrival, the two of them threw...	
 
	
		
        			September 30th, 2017
        
        			My Best Friend’s Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A few months ago, back in February, I went through something I can’t ever forget. A little backstory, about a year ago in October, my boyfriend of a little over a year left me after telling me he wanted to marry me. I obviously was devastated and didn’t handle it...	
 
	
		
        			September 9th, 2017
        
        			Night walk at community center
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped at night off of a community center walkway. It’s 2 minutes from my house, and a pretty well-lit area near the road, but has dense trees. Not to be naive, but I feel like I just never thought something like that could happen to me. I just...	
 
	
		
        			July 25th, 2020
        
        			Manipulation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At the beginning of my sophomore year, I was at a new school, and this guy started talking to me very early on. People at the school don’t like him, at all, but I didn’t know that, I was new, and he always pulled the new girls who wouldn’t have...	
 
	
		
        			May 17th, 2015
        
        			Incapacitated Still
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was about 6 or 7 years old one me and my oldest first cousin male who is 7 years older then me was play wrestling. Then he said let me do something… At this point he started hunching me from behind. It went on for a little while...	
 
	
		
        			February 12th, 2017
        
        			Babysitter Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Gonna be 60 …I have never told anyone about this …so here goes …I’m 5 years old …baby sitter abuses me …my mom’s best friend at that …what did I know …but this has ruined me …first cause my mom didn’t believe me and it kept going for 2 yrs...	
 
	
		
        			February 13th, 2016
        
        			Bad Date
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Date rape is ugly. It makes me wonder how to better protect myself. My apparently sweet boyfriend of 5 months once said he hated rapists and would injure or kill anyone who committed rape. Then we went camping in a remote area, 26 miles off the main road. I love...	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2014
        
        			The Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 years old at the time it happened. It was summer the end of august. The year was 2006. I liked football and hang around with hooligans because i thought there were cool people and just wanted to belong something. With my closest girlfriends at that time we...	
 
	
		
        			July 11th, 2014
        
        			Didn’t Know Until Later
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 25 now, and when I was from the ages of 4 to 13 I was molested by my mother’s half sister. I didn’t realize it was molestation because I found out later on in life that she had been grooming me most of my life. I finally told...	
 
	
		
        			December 14th, 2015
        
        			Unspoken
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just watched the film on Netflix and wanted to share my story as well. I was not rape,d but molested in a college party when I was 22. I was at a friend’s house, where the party was held with all my classmates and friends. I remember having too...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2016
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Here my story. I was in relationship my ex raped me so many times. I kept telling him to stop but he wouldn’t he abuse me etc he hit me call me names threatening to kill my family. I thought he loved me all he wanted was power over me...	
 
	
		
        			December 15th, 2015
        
        			Stockholm
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 and I became friends with a girl who was 17 and about 6/7 months pregnant. She was a pathological liar who I found out came from a very messed up family. She took me on vacation with her two sisters, her oldest sisters boyfriend and her father....	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2016
        
        			Moving on Alone from Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a 26 old women. When I was 25, I was raped by someone I never knew. I was on a dating site. A guy started talking to me we exchanged numbers. He sounded nice we started messaging each other. Good few hours later, he wanted meet in the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 18th, 2017
        
        			I was raped and didn’t know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, my name is Marcela and I’m a 21 year old girl from Brazil. I was 13 years old and had a “boyfriend”. It was that childhood kind of boyfriend, that we barely kissed. One day I was with a girlfriend at my place and she invited her boyfriend over....	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2016
        
        			Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 12 years old, my 18 year old cousin lived with us for a while. For months he would sneak into my room in the middle of the night or just get me alone for a few minutes to do whatever he felt like. He would force himself...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2017
        
        			Rape and Crisis
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been raped twice and attempted rape which I was coerced into I stopped but it was still very much sexual assault. This is over the past few months I’m jumpy can’t focus very anxious all the time sleep is when I can I try to sleep and have nightmares...	
 
	
		
        			April 15th, 2017
        
        			We Were Kids
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have a hard time saying that I was sexually abused. In all my sixteen years, it’s been programmed into me that sexual abuse is something that older guys do to girls. That’s the stereotype, anyway. But that’s not quite how it works. Anyone can be a victim and anyone...	
 
	
		
        			April 13th, 2016
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a rape survivor. Those words have taken me years of therapy to say out loud because just like the title of the book from 1994, I Never Called it Rape. I am just one of many statistics on rape: I am one of the 1 in 5 women...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2017
        
        			Letter to my offender
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I used to find humor in talking about myself in third person. Do you remember this about Daleth? It was my usual lame attempt at being different. I found it to be entertaining but when you did it that night I found it horrifying. I laid awake all night remembering...	
 
	
		
        			October 14th, 2016
        
        			Assault, Battery, and Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a 72-year-old woman, an RN for about 50 of those years Army Nurse Corps vet. I was/am not so beautiful nor smart, nor sexy/seductive. In my life I have been the victim of simple assault, sexual assault, simple battery, and sexual battery. Two of those were attempts. Two...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 10th, 2014
        
        			Restoring Innocence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just wanted to write to all of those who have taken the time to write. I am a victim of rape as well. I am saddened and horrified by the stories here. By the stories of my past. I just wanted to offer up a little joy. I am...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 29th, 2014
        
        			Mi Historia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		hola tengo 38 años mi historia comienza cuando tenia 8 años mi padre murió y quedamos con mi madre en ese en toses vivíamos en el campo mi familia es numerosa somos 8 hermanos entre mujeres y hombre yo soy la numero 7 y mi hermana la numero 8 ella...	
 
	
		
        			December 31st, 2014
        
        			A Story Untold
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in a religious household. I used to preach the Word of God every saturday morning and I was always active in church events. My best friend at the time was a bit of a rebel but I loved her. I spent the night at her house one...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2017
        
        			My experience
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is for the people who look twice over mental illnesses. Let me shed some light about my mental illness. When I was about 7 or 8 years old I was sexually abused against my will to help achieve some horny teens sexual enjoyment. He lived next to me almost...	
 
	
		
        			January 24th, 2016
        
        			My Younger Sister
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a 29 year old woman living in Cape Town, South Africa. I have just watched Brave Miss World on Netflix and for the first time I felt like it was okay to cry but also know that there may come a time when my sister will feel empowered...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 6th, 2016
        
        			Holding It In
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was in 5th or 6 the grade, I can’t remember exactly when it started, I began to have dreams that someone was coming into my room at night. I didn’t recall much of what they were doing. A few months after it began I realized they were not...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2016
        
        			Raped By a Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17. A virgin. Very naive. In college away from home for the first time. Grieving terribly for my mom who had passed away 2 months earlier. I was living in a coed dorm. A group of us – male and female – hung out together. I went to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			I Slept Next to Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		During the summer of ’16 I went out downtown like I always did. I went out with two friends and I had been talking to this guy who kind of had an appearance of a “thug” but he was a genuine person. He talked to me for hours, we talked...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2018
        
        			Rude awakening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Startled awake, I was staring at a shotgun pointed at my face. He told me in a rude term what he was going to do, and ripped my nightie pretty much off. He then pushed between my legs, holding the shotgun in one hand. To be honest, I didn’t notice...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2017
        
        			#MeToo I am 1
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Entertainment has no monopoly on the casting couch. I was at an upper class party, selling a new company division, rather than just 1 product. I had a dress I couldn’t afford, and borrowed jewelry. A new agency engaged to sit my daughter, and I stopped to pray at my...	
 
	
	
		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....	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			Spousal Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago, I was married to an extremely emotionally and mentally abusive man. After only a few months of marriage, I decided enough was enough and asked him for a divorce. He refused. I attempted to file the Court documents but he constantly evaded service. Over the course of...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		מרגיש מכני נושא הסיפור: והסיפור: כלכך ישיר לנושא כלכך מורכב אני שכנה שלך ממש חדשה ברחוב הסחלב 96 רמת פולג בעלך עבד עם חבר שלי שמנהל את הקפה קפה באמנון ותמר 6 (של אבא שלי) הסיפור שלי כזה הייתי ילדה שמחה מאוד ואז זה הפסיק פעם אחת קצרה ,אבל כלכך...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2014
        
        			You Must Acknowledge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For some reason I still can’t come out and say that what happened to me was rape even if everything in me says it was. I often refer to it as a “passive sexual assault” even though friends I’ve told about it have all said that it was rape. I...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			My Story of a Gang Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18 years old and away at college. I was with my boyfriend and just had sex for the first time. Afterwards he was unable to start his car and 3 men pulled up and offered to help. They got out of their car with a gun. My boyfriend...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Never Be the Same Again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On 03/02/11 my world changed forever I knew this guy he was acquaintance we decided to hangout I made it very clear to him I didn’t want to do anything sexual and he agreed and he told me he wouldn’t do anything that I didn’t want to do. So I...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2017
        
        			I Repressed Everything… Until Now
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was fourteen and had already lost my virginity to a guy I barely knew, liked, or cared about. I was never one of those girls who saw themselves saving it until marriage. Knowing what I know now, I believe my first sexual assault happened much earlier in my life...	
 
	
		
        			February 14th, 2018
        
        			Grandpa
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I cant say how old i was when it started for sure. Ive been having nightmares alot lately about it. I have spoken to anyone professionally about it but I am considering it more and more these days. I can remember being really young and him licking my privates. Or...	
 
	
		
        			December 9th, 2015
        
        			My Step Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		12 years old, finally realizing the changes in my body. My step brother, who was 16 at the time, would sneak into my room or whenever he got the chance to be alone with me he would start to touch me. I would try to get away, he was too...	
 
	
		
        			December 28th, 2014
        
        			Warning
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve never spoken up about my story before in fear that people wouldn’t Believe me. It’s complicated but it starts here I was molested when I was about 4 by a stranger that came into the house. I didn’t even understand what had happened but the effects on my life...	
 
	
		
        			December 6th, 2015
        
        			A Fun Night
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was out with my girl friends in a bar where I met this guy from Brazil named Matheus. He introduced himself and asked me for a drink, while chatting he seemed to be interesting and intelligent person. Later we find out that we have a friend in common he...	
 
	
		
        			January 23rd, 2015
        
        			Your First
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was two weeks before my 15th birthday. I was on a vacation with my father and I was out with kids my age and 3-4years older. I had meet a few of them before. We were all drinking and it was my first time with alcohol. After awhile, we...	
 
	
		
        			March 3rd, 2016
        
        			I Saved Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I felt lonely and isolated in my new job. I knew no one well and i didn’t fit in. It was posh, my management was very strict. One night I came into work and everybody was talking about a staff party which was being held that night. Nobody had told...	
 
	
		
        			February 14th, 2017
        
        			I Thought I Was Safe
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was sophomore year of college and I was so happy to move back on campus. It had never occurred to me that with the independence and freedom I found in college, there also came many things I needed to be aware of that could compromise my safety. I was...	
 
	
	
		Hello, excuse me for my english but I’m Spanish, so I hope you can understand me. When I was 15 years old I was walking to the beach with a couple of friends, and it was so hot I was tired …when somebody said we can take a shortcut, I...	
 
	
	
		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,...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2018
        
        			God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in the Appalachian mountains with incest and violence, I’m an Appalachian inbred Hillbilly, ain’t nothing wrong with that. People who write similar stories or movies most times are not an inbred Hillbilly which makes my story unique. At nine years old I was beaten and raped at...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Acceptance
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was the star football player and honor roll student at a local high school. Girls used to throw themselves at him and he rarely had to look far to get attention from anyone. I remember thinking to myself that he seemed like a jerk and I didn’t understand what...	
 
	
		
        			November 12th, 2017
        
        			#MeToo, too
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I promised my friends I would share, but I’m not ready to come full out, and I hope everyone understands. I have been raped repeatedly since the age of 11 by a family member. He has been gentle, but I feel wrong. He got me pregnant on 2 occasions and...	
 
	
		
        			December 28th, 2015
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My sexual assault happened when I was 3 years old up until I was 9 years old. I was living with my mum and when I was 3. I hoped in the bath so I said that my downstairs was hurting so my step dad took me into the room...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2017
        
        			Holding My Feelings In
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been raped twice and attempted rape, which I was coerced into I stopped but it was still very much sexual assault. This is over the past few months. I’m jumpy can’t focus very anxious all the time sleep is when I can I try to sleep and have nightmares...	
 
	
		
        			July 18th, 2015
        
        			Lost In Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I look back, it’s just a flash of memories. I don’t remember where I was or exactly when it happened… But I’m pretty sure it impacted me in a way I’ll never be able to explain. I had just turned sixteen. Life is great. I’ve got really great friends....	
 
	
		
        			October 16th, 2016
        
        			Senior Year Ended In The First Week
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Here is a story… That hits close to home, one that is a scar that will never truly heal It can be hidden but never completely healed This is my story I was a college Sr. in my FIRST week of school I went out with friends, had 1 drink...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 3rd, 2018
        
        			The girl that got up and kicked...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Nobody knows what it’s like. They want to tell people but I don’t want anyone else knowing, I don’t want people to look at me like the girl that got raped. I want to be the girl that survived and I want to be me. Not a title, not a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		When I was 15, my boyfriend asked me if we could have sex or any sexual contact, I said no I wasn’t ready. We had been dating for 2 months. 2 nights after he asked me, he took me out to see a movie. We sat in the back and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2016
        
        			The Girl Who Went To College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was early into my first year of college in New York City. (I’m from a really small Midwest town and grew up as a painfully awkward band geek and was going through my first ever breakup with my then-long-distance HS boyfriend back home but we were trying to stay...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 30th, 2016
        
        			Day at the Lake
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was mid August of 2015. I grew up in a small town feeling very comfortable with everyone. I knew about Sexual Assault and how to prevent it because my older sister had been raped at a college party when I was 14. But I never thought it would happen...	
 
	
		
        			July 13th, 2018
        
        			I was assaulted twice at the same...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just returned from a year of studying abroad, so my 3 best friends decided to throw a small party for me. I had just turned 17. It was a small party for close friends, and the cousin and a couple of his friends of my best friend. Through...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 29th, 2016
        
        			Fost or Fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a foster child. From the Age of 6 to thirteen I never had a place. My dad left when I was 2 so my mom moved out to California. She worked everyday to provide for the two of us, but she became mixed up in drugs and when...	
 
	
		
        			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.	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2017
        
        			Happy Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just turned 21 and i had my cousins car and my best friend was my D.D. we had lunch and i had my first legal drink and i also got a free drink from starbucks what a great start right. Im in college away from home so i kinda...	
 
	
		
        			August 25th, 2017
        
        			Not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 years old, in the military and in Korea. I had an on and off again fling with a co worker and ended up getting pregnant and miscarried. People found out and we sort of had a party to get everyone’s minds off. There was drinking and games...	
 
	
	
		I just finished watching Brave Miss World and it inspired me to share for the first time my experiences. Between the age of 6 and 8, the older son (he was 16) of a family friend sexually abused me. He always said not to tell. I felt so ashamed that...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 2nd, 2014
        
        			Freshman Year
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I think the hardest part is the amount of friends I lost after being raped. Maybe they don’t realize that they’re treating you differently, but as the one affected, it’s pretty obvious. Friends don’t know how to deal with you. Family doesn’t know how to deal with you. If something...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2016
        
        			Stranger Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 19 years old, I was abducted at gun point by a stranger – forced into a car and raped. It was many many years ago and raped as I felt the gun against my temple. The car was impounded and dusted for fingerprints. Finally, I was able...	
 
	
		
        			December 14th, 2015
        
        			Rape is Real
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My family has always been very dysfunctional and I grew up with a lot of abuse, my father was a heavy drinker and was often very violent towards my stepmother, my sisters, and I. I never grew up knowing love and affection and I still blame myself most days for...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2018
        
        			Six months in the making..
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I visited this website one week after I was raped in search of story like mine to convince myself what happened to me was rape. Six months ago I went out for the last weekend at college with my friends for a “girls night”. I was drugged at a local...