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...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2015
        
        			3 Generations
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother grew up in a house hold with 10 older siblings. One of them is a half sister who was raped by her father and became pregnant with my mother’s brother/nephew. Everyone knew it was happening but instead kept quite. My grandmother was jealous of her own daughter one...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2014
        
        			לפני 14 שנים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		והסיפור בעברית כי אני לא טובה לכתוב באנגלית!! דבר חשוב שיש לי לציין לפני שאני מתחילה לכתוב אני לא יודעת אנגלית טוב אני יודעת רק עברית אז מקווה שהתוכנה תתרגם נכון. שלום ראיתי את הסרט שלך והרגשתי צורך לכתוב לך את הסיפור שלי. כיום אני בת 16… זה קרה לפני...	
 
	
		
        			July 7th, 2014
        
        			Raped Husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married when I wasn’t a Christian. I was pregnant when I was 21 and my husband 24. I had a difficult marriage because my husband loved to get drunk. But, one time he told me he was rapped when he was a child by a 15 year old...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was a happy bubbly 5 year old when my uncle got me to play dress up with him, he made me wear underwear that had a hole in them. He then preceded to show himself to me and then made me sit on him which push him inside me....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 22nd, 2014
        
        			Almost Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I dated him about 5 years and then one day I took him home and we sat in my car and he out of the blue said, “I have been thinking about taking you down and having my way with you”. I was stunned, and said, “you know they call...	
 
	
		
        			March 14th, 2018
        
        			Sexually assulted by coworker
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Not long after I turned 16 I got a job at a grocery store. I had seen the guy before I met him and thought he was a very handsome guy. He worked in the produce section and was 19. Not long after working there he started talking to me,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 6th, 2016
        
        			Off My Shoulders
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child I was happy and nothing could be more perfect. Or at least that is what everyone thought. My mom probably could be stopped this, but i was never the one to tell and plus he said if iI did he would toy with my little sister. I...	
 
	
		
        			February 21st, 2018
        
        			Childhood/teenage sexually abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a survivor of sexually abuse from age 2 1/2 until I told the summer I came out of eight grade. I remember my abuse but I have blocked a lot of the feelings that go with it. I have done a lot of counseling because of this. I...	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2018
        
        			Today, I Let It All Go
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My rapist- is what I called him. But I refuse to take ownership of him. I refuse to take the blame for actions. I refuse to hold on to the guilt. Today, I let it all go. My story begins in a high school biology class. A seemingly harmless flirtation,...	
 
	
		
        			September 24th, 2016
        
        			I Was Told It Was Normal
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago, I was raped. It was by a man I had slept with consensually before after a night of drinking- I liked him, I was attracted to him, and he was someone from my inner circle of friends. But the night that it had happened, I had blacked...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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 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...	
 
	
		
        			November 20th, 2017
        
        			An older, popular boy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14, an eighth graders and he was 16 turning 17, a junior in hs. He was very popular in my town and was liked by all the girls. He messaged me on Facebook and we hit it off. He lived a few houses down from me so we...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago I was raped sexually, today I only have the scar, I have healed but I have not forgotten and I will never forget it, I would love to help women, and because not even men who have been through this situation, it is not an easy path,...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2016
        
        			Date Raped When I Was 15
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15 I went to my first proper house party with my at the time best friend. I didn’t really want to drink but everyone else was and I wanted to fit in and everyone to think I was cool. We went to my best friends house a...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2016
        
        			Step Dad
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when it started.. My mom got together with this guy she went to work with he was honestly the nicest guy ever!!! He spoiled my sister and I and talked about adopting us from our dad. Then he went to prison… The first year he...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			Tormented
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I lost my virginity when I was 14, I was with my best friend at the time, we met up with one of her friends who was 21. he had problems I even think he was on drugs I’m not entirely sure. Anyways they both decided that it was my...	
 
	
	
		I felt so nasty, hurt and betrayed. I didn’t even know him. He didn’t even know me but he’s been inside me. I was walking home in when this man popped up out no where asking for money. I’m only 13, I have no money, so of course I said...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			October 15th, 2016
        
        			Welcome To Adulthood
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was my eighteenth birthday. My mom took me to Olive Garden and the movies. My older brothers took me to get my first tattoo then dropped me off at me best friends house where we planned to throw a party. She invited her on and off again boyfriend who...	
 
	
		
        			April 7th, 2017
        
        			Raped After School
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, My name is Vanessa i am 17 years old. I am going to talk about my story and what had happened to me while i was in school. One day my Boyfriend but now ex and i got into an argument over something stupid. We kept fighting that day...	
 
	
	
		It’s just not fair, why did he treat her like an actual human being but saw me as an object he can just use whenever he wants? I would ask myself that every night. He took my voice away and made my words not matter. He’d make me call myself...	
 
	
		
        			December 23rd, 2014
        
        			When I Was 7
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 7 years old I can remember so well that day. My other two sisters and I were part of a private swim club. We were separated because of our age group. My parents were there and then watching the practice for the next meet or competition. I...	
 
	
		
        			April 27th, 2015
        
        			An Uber Driver Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Four months ago I was raped by an Uber driver. I went to a party with my friends and decided to go home so I asked a friend to call an Uber for me, since I didn’t had the app, and when I saw a car stop in front of...	
 
	
		
        			August 31st, 2016
        
        			Raped in College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 20 when I moved into my first apartment in college, I was date raped by my down stairs neighbor. I went to better myself with big thoughts of changing the world. I was drugged and raped by my down stairs neighbor. I tried to tell my best friend...	
 
	
		
        			June 24th, 2014
        
        			How My Life Has Changed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have the most incredible respect for all of the victims who are speaking out. I am writing about my experience only because I CAN NOT IMAGINE what would have happened if I had not escaped my attacker, because…even though I escaped, my life has never been the same. I...	
 
	
		
        			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 25th, 2017
        
        			He was jealous of my new friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So April/May 2016, thanks to a newspaper article I get back in touch with an old friend. He asks me if I’m happy in the relationship I am currently in with my partner, I admit to him I’m not and I want out. Two months after this my partner goes...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			So Many Years to Remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It took me so many years to remember. I was at a party. I went with a girl friend. I was immediately offered drinks. I accepted. I don’t even think I finished it. Guys were overly sweet to me. It only took 20 minutes and I felt awesome! I thought,...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 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*	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 1st, 2015
        
        			I Barely Knew Them
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15, I went to the parade for my local fire department with my best friend. I was in good spirits, and the day seemed to be going well. As it was getting dark, my friend and I met this group of 4 guys in the park, and...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			כמוני כמוך
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		מחזקת את ידיך. כמוני כמוך, כמו כל החברות שלי, אין אישה בישראל שלא עברה הטרדה מינית / תקיפה מינית / אונס או גילוי עריות.	
 
	
	
		I have no memories before rape. The first memory I have is being raped at 3 years old by my mom’s boyfriend and his dealer cousins. My first memories are of anguish and confusion. Broken trust and a broken body. That wouldn’t be the last time my mother allowed others...	
 
	
	
		College is about finding yourself, finding your friends and ,finding who you want to become. While there is more freedom that comes with the title of a college student, there is more adulting as well. The movies make college seem like an endless party where all the boys are cute...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2015
        
        			Sleep Over
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		We had lived in a small subdivision at the time and everyone knew each other , and we always did stuff. I was 8 at the time and I had gone to stay the night at one of my friends house, but we’d gotten into a childish fight. I left...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2017
        
        			Ashly’s story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I found this website, and it has been just so helpful reading other stories I don’t feel so alone. All these survivors so strong. When I was first rapped I didn’t know it was rape I thought it was my fault and I told myself, well you put yourself in...	
 
	
	
		My story starts with me wanting to have a photo shoot, to be put in a casting base in Norway. The man who ran this page, was also the photographer – and he offered me to meet with him and the secretary. We met, and made an appointment that I...	
 
	
	
		I was 27 years old when it happened. There was this guy I met through a friend of mine named Noah. My friend said he was a great guy. Said he was newly divorced, cute, a Christian and that I would really like him. Noah and I had talked on...	
 
	
		
        			March 1st, 2016
        
        			I Thought I Knew Hi
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Ever since I was born, my mom’s siblings lived with us. 2 brothers, and a sister. So basically, I viewed them as my 2 older brothers, and older sister, (but in reality they were my 2 uncle and aunt). I’ll start calling the 2 brothers as A and B. Fast...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2014
        
        			Please Allow Me To Be Heard
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Throughout my adult life I have struggled with conflicting emotions, grief, shame, and sadness. When I was 15 I was raped by a guy I was dating. I was young and very naive. When I met him, he swept me off my feet. He said all the things a girl...	
 
	
		
        			March 31st, 2015
        
        			Raped by Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was a traumatic time for me and it even makes my guts clench and bile run up my throat each and every time such a dark memory evades my mind. The fact that he got away with it because of his status and how rich and connected him and...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			Married My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I watched the project on Netflix. I saw Joan Collins. She is the first person that I have heard of doing what I did. I was a virgin and had planned to remain a virgin until I was married. The guy I was dating knocked at my apartment door which...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			An Abnormal Reaction
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So this entire story starts at the beginning of this summer. Before the summer started I had been dating around and seeing a few guys casually but there was no one I liked. All of these endeavors were super innocent as we would do things like go to the movies...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2015
        
        			Never Again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15 I met the most wonderful man ever, or so I thought, and we hit it off. We began a relationship that I kept a secret from my parents. After about 2 months of being together, I was spending the night at a friend’s house and he...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			Supporting Sisters
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This film has touched me so profoundly. My older sister was raped when I was 18 and she was 20. I know realize I need to open the door to her talking about it if she chooses to do so. So many layers to be explored. Thank you, thank you,...	
 
	
	
		I was molested at 7 years old in the apartment complex I currently live in. My best friend was also molested with me. It is now easier to talk about it, but I have not found a way to cope. Only my mother and one of my cousins know what...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2014
        
        			First Friend at University
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went to university in Newcastle, UK. It was my fourth day of university and i was just getting used to meeting new people and getting to grips with being on my own and away from home. I had met some people during this time but the first person I...	
 
	
		
        			April 24th, 2018
        
        			I “needed” to do this!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am the youngest of 6, and at the time I was to go to mandatory college, the elder 5 either had or were working on Master’s or PhD in various fields. I can only say that a stunningly easy Senior year was bringing me to a 3.0 I applied...	
 
	
		
        			September 27th, 2014
        
        			Empty
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to start this story, I don’t know how to write or even describe the feelings I feel. I’m a 16 year old girl from Sweden. This things happened when I was 12 and I’ve never talked to anyone about it, I tried once to tell my...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			With Love
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when I was first raped. My older brother saw fit to make me a woman. For many years this went on, I didn’t even realize what he was doing to me until I was 13 and it continued for several years after as I did...	
 
	
		
        			September 14th, 2017
        
        			my rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was just raped this weekend a few feet from my house. i just kissed my boyfriend and went across the driveway between the rowhouses and he grabbed me behind the dumpsters. i think i recognized him and said rodney but he punched me in the belly and called me...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			Happily Married, Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am one of the lucky ones, I was blessed with an amazing man, who loves and supports me. I do not know if it has to do with the fact that he himself is also a survivor rape victim. I cannot remember at what age I began to be...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2015
        
        			Cousin’s Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was 14 yrs. old when it happened and innocent at that time. My cousin was about 26 yrs old at that time and had 2 daughters, my niece. I used to go to their house to play with my nieces about 7 and 4 yrs of age. One day when...	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2017
        
        			My Ex-husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married once before to a bartender with a drug problem. Many nights he would encourage me to come down to the bar and drink with him and his coworkers after closing up. Many nights I would stumble my way out of the bar after 2 drinks, make it...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
		
        			March 7th, 2018
        
        			I’m Only Stronger
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Wednesday night of November 1, 2017 I was beaten half to death by my ex boyfriend. He kicked me, punched me, pistol whipped me and took the battery out of my phone therefore, making it impossible for me to call anyone or for me to leave. I never thought that...	
 
	
		
        			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 17th, 2017
        
        			Ketamine Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the first semester of my first year of college. I was desperate… desperate for approval, desperate for love, desperate to fit in. Tony seemed like a nice guy, though I had only met him once before. He asked if I would be his girlfriend, and I agreed. Over...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2018
        
        			11 Years to Justice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Thank you for letting me share because I hope I can bring some hope and encouragement for those still waiting for Justice. First I want to say how brave and strong everyone here is. Never forget that. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t be here. In 1999 after a 8 year...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2016
        
        			If I Were Stronger Then
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		If I were stronger then, I would have left him after he sexually assaulted me in our mutual friend’s downstairs bathroom. I would have known that it was sexual assault. I would have told somebody. I wouldn’t have excused him by telling myself, “Hey, he could have inserted, but he...	
 
	
		
        			April 22nd, 2018
        
        			Forest floor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 10 years old, my father had recently flown across the country for a job and i had been spending a lot of time with my cousins so i wouldnt miss my dad too much, it was september. I had just started my 5th year… I was walking through...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 24th, 2015
        
        			Effort To Survive
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Yesterday, I read on a magazine about Linor and the documentary. I was very touch. Today, I go to your website and think that I must share my own story. It was the night of Saturday the 16th November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. In July 2013, when I was 21...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			Being Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		With the help of God, I can finally write this down. I watched Brave Miss World the same year I confronted on of the men who raped me. This site has allowed me to find strength and solidarity among the words, the deeply respected and haunting stories of others who...	
 
	
		
        			February 11th, 2016
        
        			Longest Prayers of My Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was like 9 or 10 years old. A friend of mine was moving to Nogales Sonora so she invited another friend and me to the city. two adult uncles of my friend were staying in her house, and one night her uncles slept in the room where we were...	
 
	
	
		Cuando tenía 23 años de edad empecé a trabajar con el ejército de mi país por 6 meses. Allí conocí a un teniente que al principio nos llevábamos bien, conversábamos, etc. Teníamos las habitaciones continuas. Un día, él me llamó y él estaba dentro de su habitación, yo no pensé...	
 
	
		
        			August 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...	
 
	
	
		I was raped by my best friend. I’ve been scared to talk about it because I’ve always been a strong, independent woman. Everyday of my life it hurts. I have recently told my boyfriend and he’s been awesome. But I couldn’t tell him for a year. I mean, this guy...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 13th, 2018
        
        			She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came back to the apartment late from work, and my roommate was standing there. She was sweating, and shaking, and looked scary nervous. Visions of my mom telling me I was going to invite an axe murderer in came to mind. Her hands were twitching at her belt(why comes...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2018
        
        			They thought it was fun
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I started at 7th grade. I was asked by one of the seniors to meet them by the lockers after school. I was dumb and amateur. When I went there, they locked me in their locker room while filming the whole thing. I was so numb I didn’t know what...	
 
	
		
        			October 7th, 2017
        
        			Lost in Europe
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was traveling across France heading into Italy, mostly hitching and traveling in a general direction. I was somewhere near the border, but that was about what I knew. I stopped to ask a man for directions, and he asked me to pay him for his help. I said I...	
 
	
		
        			August 10th, 2015
        
        			First Crush
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was rapped only when I was 15. I was a very shy and extremely beautiful girl and many people wished that when I’ll grow up then they will marry their son with me. I was living a happy and luxurious life and when my father had to go to...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2017
        
        			Politeness Serves No One
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just started college; this was about ten years ago. I was leaving a frat party on my own. A male friend of a friend texted me to ask what I was doing and if I needed someone to walk me back to the dorms. I had only met...	
 
	
		
        			June 11th, 2016
        
        			My Brother’s Best Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Being raped by my brother’s best friend was the most confusing thing to ever happen to me. It’s been six years since that night and it still affects me. I want to tell my story because only through reading other survivor’s stories was I able to finally accept what happened,...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2017
        
        			3 balls, striking
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		#MeToo Posting with friends. I was Date raped by 3 boyfriends in a row who got tired of waiting for me. Eventually, I found a guy who waited for me, and we had a good relationship.	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 7th, 2015
        
        			Time Stood Still
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Ilse and I’m from the Netherlands. When I was 17 years, I was raped with violence. He was a stranger. I was following a nurse education. I walked that morning too the bus station and suddenly a man who walked by grabbed me from behind with a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 16th, 2016
        
        			Confused by Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to start by saying the recent rape is indeed all of my fault and i now feel completely disgusting and hate myself. And please try to understand where I’m coming from before judging me too badly…. I had a hard time with love and figuring it out....	
 
	
		
        			July 7th, 2014
        
        			We All Have a Voice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is very hard for me to write this but after just watching this movie it brought me to tears and I realize now that more people need to speak out about this. When I was in grade 9, 13 years old, I was brutally raped by 2 men that...	
 
	
		
        			November 9th, 2015
        
        			My Mother’s Albatross
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mother was raped by a “friend” when she was nineteen, something she never told me until I was in my twenties. Once she did tell me, a lot of things began to make sense. I never understood why she always slept with the light or why she was so...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			En Enero de 2010
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		No se como contar algo que todavia duele, que todavia me mata un poco cada día. En enero de 2010 fui violada por un hombre que no consigo acordarme de su rostro, pero si de su voz y ese recuerdo me acopaña hasta ahora. Mis padres nunca supieron de nada,...	
 
	
		
        			April 10th, 2018
        
        			A person to trust became my worst...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was supposed to be one of the most exiting weeks of my life, a step into adult-hood i had dreamed about all of summer. Freshers week. The week everyone is supposed to let go of all inhibitions and have an amazing time with new friends and people who you...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2014
        
        			Bringing the Stories to Light
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am so grateful for the bravery and commitment to change that Linor has demonstrated. When watching Brave Miss World I was moved by her courage. I have been in contact with Linor and the Brave Miss World team because I am also working toward ending the silence of rape...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			More Than Once
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to share my story with you. It all started around age two when my grandfather started molesting me, then taught my uncle to do the same The whole time growing up, I really thought it.was all a dream, till one night when I was 18 I heard...	
 
	
		
        			October 27th, 2017
        
        			Time To Tell
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		February 21st, 2017 . I (15) got into a friends car(17) . he was high as a kite. we drove through my town just fooling around like teens do. we went down this road i asked him to turn around and take me home because i had a strange feeling....	
 
	
		
        			November 6th, 2016
        
        			Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		‘ve never spoke out about this to anyone. I have been raped twice. During the summer of 2016, I went on holiday to my parents house in Spain with a few of my girlfriends. It was my first major holiday without my parents but I knew the place very well...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2015
        
        			My First Memory
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 years old. I am now 19. My mom was a single mom with two kids my brother and I. I had never met my dad but little did I know I was going to meet him soon and it was going to be horrifying. My mom told...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is very hard for me to write this, but after just watching Brave Miss World it brought me to tears and I realize now that more people need to speak out about this. One night, at the age of 14, I was walking home from a party alone the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2016
        
        			Unhealthy Relationship
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I already knew this guy, he was a friend of my friends. One day we all hung out and he said he had feelings for me, and that those feelings have been there for quite a while. I thought he was the mos amazing guy ever by the way people...	
 
	
		
        			June 27th, 2014
        
        			The Monster With The Pretty Smile
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in grade nine when I lost something that can never be returned. I just want to make it clear that I do not want anyone’s pity, or empathy. I don’t want people to say “that poor girl how could someone do something like that to her?” What’s done...	
 
	
		
        			June 27th, 2014
        
        			Lasting Effects
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just watched the Brave Miss World on Netflix. I was raped four times by four different men when I was between the ages of 16 and 22. I am now 44. I thought I was over all of it. The documentary showed me just how NOT over it I am....	
 
	
		
        			January 9th, 2018
        
        			Being Done
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My young childhood was mostly good. My mom, who did 80% of the parenting, died unexpectedly when I was 10. My dad attacked me from ages 12-15. My younger brother and I were in and out of the foster care system (we got sent back to him). Mercifully, we were...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2018
        
        			I was 4 yrs old
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		And the rape affects me every day. Now I am 55 yrs old. My heart breaks for people who have lost their lives or their loved ones to violent or other types of crimes. I know their struggle is probably worse than mine. But I am in pain. I have...	
 
	
		
        			March 6th, 2017
        
        			My Fault or His
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15 and went with my friend to a kickback there was 4 guys there but I knew 2 of them and one of the guys my friend really liked. My friend ended up getting so drunk she passed out so I was left alone. They were all encouraging...	
 
	
		
        			May 11th, 2017
        
        			When It’s Personal
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Rape awareness is at an all time high in this country. But most people only see half the story. There is a lot more to rape than most think about. Or even know about. Or can even understand. But I can. I do. I’ve seen it. I felt it….. Hollywood...	
 
	
		
        			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 1st, 2014
        
        			Light In The Dark
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up hearing all the right information when it came to date rape, sexual assault and healthy relationships. My mother, my school and other sources were good at teaching me the facts about these realities. Even being equipped with the tools to be able to recognize these risks and...	
 
	
	
		Recently single after a 2+ yr relationship, I was vulnerable and needy. Needy for attention mostly. And with my dad’s disappointment in my sexuality, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try and hang out with guys more. It did. He made many advances over the summer, all of which I...	
 
	
		
        			November 27th, 2017
        
        			My husband was molested as a child
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is my husband’s story. He recently confided to me about how terrible of a person his great uncle is. He was molested multiple times by him whom I’ve met a few times in the past. Let’s call him Guu. It started when he was very young (6 or 7)...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2015
        
        			Suppose to Protect Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 8 my oldest brother began touching me and by the time I was 12 he had penetrated me several times. He tried to get me to give him a blow job but I refused. He preformed oral sex on me though. He would make me sit on...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2017
        
        			Too drunk to remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at a gathering at a friend’s house when I was 15 with around 10 people from school. Throughout the night, one guy began to show some interest in me by trying to put his hands up my shorts and grabbing my breasts and I just continued to remove...	
 
	
		
        			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 10th, 2015
        
        			Speaking Up for Women
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My own personal experience involves someone I trusted, drugging and attempting to rape me. I used creative writing as a form of healing during this process. I would like to share my short piece of spoken word surrounding the issues that women face on a daily basis all over the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2018
        
        			I was raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am a freshman at Upper Darby High School. I was raped while walking home from school. I don’t want to go into a lot of details, except that I was a virgin before it. He is a member of my class, and I see him every school day. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 27th, 2018
        
        			Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		5 years ago I started undergoing EMDR therapy (commonly used with PTSD clients) with my psychologist. I don’t even remember how it came up in the session, or when, but i uncovered a repressed memory of a rape when i was 12. It was a neighbour, who was 19 or...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2016
        
        			I Woke Up In The Tub
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I woke up in the bathtub. With the shower running. My socks were on. My underwear between my legs. The alarm was going off. Something was wrong. Besides the socks. Besides the underwear. Besides the shower and the tub. Besides the pain. Don’t think about the pain. Something was wrong....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 21st, 2018
        
        			Be Aware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A girl I date recently came forward to me about 2 occurrences. I really don’t know how to feel about it all because she is a victim of rape but she also put herself in each situation it occurred. The summer after her freshman year of college she went to...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2015
        
        			Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In my time of need, I was surrounded by people and yet I was alone. I was 18, it was 2013. I was about to go to college and was the happiest I could be, almost. My best friend was murdered just six months earlier, and while I was coming...	
 
	
		
        			October 17th, 2016
        
        			A Night To Remember
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was prom night. I was a sophomore so normally I wouldn’t be going but an older guy who played basketball with my brother Colt asked me. It was so much fun. After we all went out to eat and went bowling. Jackson, my date, dropped me off at my...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2017
        
        			Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was molested and raped by my sisters fiancee. He lived in the house with us and I had known him for years. He got as close to me as he could by trying to be a “big brother” and a friend. I loved this person like a brother and...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2016
        
        			Speaking Up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped was by my ex boyfriend. We were living together at the time and he had a really big drug problem. I didn’t want to believe that a person I trusted would ever hurt me. After it happened several times and I started to be afraid to go...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was 5 years old when I was first molested by my second step dad. My mother use to work at the prison. She left us alone with my step dad we was watching wrestling. I was in my pink and white night gown. I was sitting between my brother...	
 
	
		
        			July 24th, 2018
        
        			I Am A Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s been 7 months since you raped me. 7 months since you took something so valuable to me. I still feel your hands around my neck and your breath down my neck. I was so scared to tell my own parents because you threatened me you would hurt me if...	
 
	
	
		I was living in a desolate part of Seoul. It was my second time around. I knew the contract was sketchy, and, admittedly, I pretended I’d never been there before. They told me I was living in a officetel in a building in Dongdaemun. When I arrived, it was a...	
 
	
		
        			July 2nd, 2014
        
        			My Scars Do Not Define Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Walking home from the stables after a riding lesson, I was attacked. My hometown was an affluent beach town, the kind of place where nothing “bad” ever happened. Million dollar homes lined the neighborhood. I was 12 and hadn’t even kissed a boy yet. I didn’t know what was happening,...	
 
	
		
        			October 25th, 2014
        
        			I Dated My Rapists
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped three times in my life. After seeing the documentary Brave Miss World and hearing Joan Collins, from the film, who married her rapist, it resonated a lot with me. I was first raped when I was 16 years old by my boyfriend. I was a virgin waiting...	
 
	
	
		Mi hermano mayor abusaba de mi,me violaba,desde pequeño,yo tenía 7, 8, 9 años de edad,le decía a mis padres y no me hacían caso,decían que era para llamar la atención, pero en mis recuerdos esto no era así, lo tengo muy presente todo el tiempo,cuando tu e edad para confrontarlo,...	
 
	
		
        			September 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...	
 
	
		
        			March 21st, 2016
        
        			Freshman on Campus
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was my freshman year on campus. I was always shy and quiet but I always attracted guys. The wrong guys. I wanted that fairytale love. After my first big rivalry game on campus I said goodnight to my friends and started my walk back to my dorm. I met...	
 
	
	
		if anyone is unable offer me support or assistance please pray for me?thank you, i come to you tired and heart sick as i am in a bad place, its been a year or so since my abusive husband attacked me physically but i live in fear he could hurt...	
 
	
		
        			February 20th, 2017
        
        			Being Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		With the help of God, I can finally write this down. I watched Brave Miss World the same year I confronted on of the men who raped me. This site has allowed me to find strength and solidarity among the words, the deeply respected and haunting stories of others who...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2018
        
        			I am a survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was first raped at the age of twelve, my school friend’s uncle, promised to take us to the movies, instead he took us to an isolated beach and grabbed me first, I tried fighting him but he was too strong for me, he hit me in my stomach and...	
 
	
		
        			July 9th, 2014
        
        			When I Was Three
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts when I was three years of age. I was molested by a stranger in my bedroom while my mother was having a party. That’s when it all started. I remember my biological father use to take baths with me and bathe me. I was molested all thru...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 16th, 2015
        
        			When I Was 7
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 7, my favorite cousins were visiting from a few states away, and I was so excited. It was the second day they were here, and my older cousin James (Changed his name) had gotten in trouble for stealing porn from my 2nd cousin who was in his...	
 
	
		
        			August 5th, 2015
        
        			I Trusted You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve realized I use my “daddy issues” to explain why I do some of the things I do, this no different. It’s not an excuse, just helps show some of my reasoning. All I really wanted was someone to care about me, to take care of me. I was 17,...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2016
        
        			I finally said NO
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story began at age 4. I was living overseas in the Middle East. My father worked all the time and was rarely home. My mother was a distant women with a hard life herself. I started out small a touch here or there, then whisking me off when I...	
 
	
		
        			April 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...	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
		
        			November 12th, 2017
        
        			My younger brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I live at home with an alcoholic bipolar dad and my has lost all dignity and self-love. I moved away from my home because of my abusive father and our tenant would talk about how he wanted to be with a younger woman, and touch me inappropriately. My parents convinced...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2017
        
        			Worst pain of my life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Two months before my 18th birthday I snuck out the house to go over this guys house.he went to my school we were peers but not really friends. Back then I was prone to smacking out, it was sitting almost. My mother was so smothering I was just used to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 24th, 2016
        
        			I Accepted My Past
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember excatly when or how it was happened. I was 5-6 years old, I lived a little village and with others childrens I guess we played in the neighborhood. I remember there was in a fields a hut ( like we do when we are young ). I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2017
        
        			Unsure
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Earlier this year, I was drinking heavily at a bar and ended up going home with a guy. I don’t really remember getting to his place, I don’t even remember what he looked liked, or what his name is. We had kissed and danced at the bar, and the next...	
 
	
		
        			March 22nd, 2018
        
        			I was born for this
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My Story. Where do I begin, throughout my childhood I’ve lived to be someone’s property of satisfaction, unable to experience an ordinary childhood. from the age of 5 was when I started being portrayed as a simple object, being touched in areas that a child would never understand but wonder...	
 
	
		
        			May 1st, 2017
        
        			I wanted to get high
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started off, not so well. I wanted to get high, smoke some weed. I wanted to get high because I, I was feeling low. I didn’t have enough money so I went, ‘5’ with some guy. I knew of him, I didn’t think any harm. His dark brown eyes...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2018
        
        			#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Thank you Linor for highlighting the importance of sharing our stories with one another and the world. I was raped by my step father from 7-12 years old. The first times I told my mother, but she didn’t believe me. She said that it was a dream or that it...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 31st, 2017
        
        			What am I doing wrong
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My first experience with sexual abuse was at age 3 or 4, I don’t remember but my mother told me in an almost joking matter about what the 14 year old girl next door made me do. Again almost everyday in the 7th and 8th grade. The school bus was...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 14th, 2016
        
        			Raped in Milan
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 23 years old and I’m Italian. When I was 16, I was raped by a photographer, who was 36 at that time….I was feeling so bad and so in shame that I didn’t tell anybody for years. But after a strong depression last year, I found the strength to...	
 
	
		
        			April 12th, 2016
        
        			I Was Only 14
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Beth. I was 14 years old when I was token advantage of by a guy I thought loved me. He was very sweet at first but he wanted more. I was willing the first time. I felt I was too young. One day he really wanted it...	
 
	
		
        			January 13th, 2016
        
        			Under Age drinking
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14. Id just left school due to bullying and I wasn’t getting an education. I had only one friend. She was popular and had been invited to a Halloween party where people would be drinking. I went along with her. We go ready at her cousins house who...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2016
        
        			Life Changer
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		From the age of five to the age of nine I was sexually abused and assaulted by a family friends son who was a couple years older then me . He would touch me and tell me he was just trying to play . As I started getting older around...	
 
	
		
        			January 8th, 2016
        
        			Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was very young when the rapes and abuse started with my ex boyfriend. We had been dating less than a year and I did not have sex on my mind quite yet. One day I was hanging out in his room, his parents had just left us home alone....	
 
	
		
        			February 28th, 2018
        
        			Violated
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember exactly how old I was when it started, or how long it lasted. I was a young teenager. I made a friend at my church. I started going to her house after church, then as we became closer, I spent more time with her and eventually going...	
 
	
		
        			April 2nd, 2017
        
        			Rape Under Intoxication
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last summer, I went on a date with my male friend. He openly liked me but, few days earlier, I had told him that being alone with him in a private room made me uncomfortable, and that I did not want a sexual relationship with him. At dinner, we drank...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 28th, 2015
        
        			Not Really Family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in a relationship for two years. At first, my boyfriend was the best anyone could ever ask for. But after 6 months, he changed starting to slap me and choke me. It’s been getting worse and worse until a point her would rape me. I have passed out...	
 
	
		
        			November 27th, 2017
        
        			Party Accident
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in the second trimester of school and the pressure was beginning to psych myself out. My friends told me about a party, knowing I would more than likely, not go. I bombed my trig test and was disappointed and angry. That night, I snuck out of my house...	
 
	
		
        			September 10th, 2017
        
        			I can say it now
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My Dad was strict with us girls about sex- If we lost our virginity, we were out on the street. An appeal to Mom just got her to shrug and a reply Don’t. One night my older brother Tim was supposed to stay over at a hot party, but apparently...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		It was 1:00 in the morning I snuck out to meet a boy they meet at the skatepark I got in his car an he drove us back to his house. He took me to the bathroom. He started to get undressed an than he took my clothes off an...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2016
        
        			First Date
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15, Freshman year was almost over. A sophomore guy asked me on a date. I knew this guy from around so I said yes. We went out to dinner at Olive Garden and then walked around downtown for a bit. We got in his truck and he said...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2016
        
        			My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in a relationship with a guy from 2 days before my 14th birthday to 4 month before my 15th birthday. All together we were together for a total of 8 months. In that time, I was constantly being hit and whenever he would get high, he would use...	
 
	
		
        			April 5th, 2017
        
        			14 Years, He Was Like A Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 years old, just came home from my first semester of college. I start back at my old job, seen many of the same faces, but also some new. One face in particular was of a guy I grew up with, I had known him for 14 years...	
 
	
		
        			May 17th, 2016
        
        			Don’t Want to Anymore
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One day I was hanging out with my on again off again boyfriend at the time. That day everything was normal and one thing led to another. During this session he expressed that he wanted to try anal, which he had expressed before. I, like all other times, told him...	
 
	
		
        			December 12th, 2018
        
        			Not like the rape you always hear...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened the summer going into my sophomore year of high school 2015. I was 15 and I lived in a very small and very bad town. Our middle school, yes I said middle school, was in the top 5 drug filled schools in 2 metroplex areas. Everyone new the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2015
        
        			Childhood Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to say this. But I’ve just started to have memory’s come back to me bits and pieces. I am 14 years old and a girl. My step sister would come over to visit,she is a year older than me. She would always wanna play games like...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			September 27th, 2016
        
        			Darkness With Friends
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One day I was just chillin in my room texting a friend from school. Then I get these weird texts all of a sudden. My friend and I then text on another format of texting. We try to figure who’s texting me then we find out. From that day on...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2014
        
        			A Self Destructive Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abused by my stepfather from age 5 until age 13. My mom knew and did nothing. Actually she told me when I was 10 that… ” everyone has hardships and this was mine so shut up and deal with it.” I was also abused by 2 of...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Endless Shame
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was leaving in Roma, Italy. I had a daughter, she was 2 years old. Her father, my husband and I were separated. He left often for the US and left us. I thought I could have ended it. I was a working model, 27 years old with a child....	
 
	
		
        			October 19th, 2017
        
        			Was it my fault?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Up until right now, I’ve never spoke of what happened to me. I’ve never told anyone. I really don’t know why. Maybe because I felt to blame. Maybe because I’m not sure it could even be considered rape. I really don’t know. The only thing I do know is that...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			With Love
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old when I was first raped. My older brother saw fit to make me a woman. For many years this went on, I didn’t even realize what he was doing to me until I was 13 and it continued for several years after as I did...	
 
	
		
        			November 25th, 2014
        
        			In Five Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 60 years old. When I was 16, I was forcibly raped by my date. I pleaded for him to stop which he did eventually do but not before he penetrated me. A few years later I had too much to drink so went to a friends dorm room...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			ללינור היקרה
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		היי לינור, קוראים לי אוריאן אני בת 16 מתל אביב. אני כותבת לך מכתב זה כי אני מעריכה אותך ורואה בך מודל לחיקוי. האומץ שבך,האסרטיביות,הכוח רצון,החוזק שיש בך נותנים לי כוח ורצון להמשיך הלאה. את אישה מדהימה ליונר, את לקחת את הכוח שיש לך לדברים טובים,לעזרה לזולת,ואני מתכוונת לכך שכשזכית...	
 
	
		
        			October 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...	
 
	
		
        			May 15th, 2017
        
        			Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A couple months ago I was at a party with my friend. I didn’t expect to get as drunk as I did. I remember everything pretty clearly until I threw up. I do remember throwing up then heading to someone’s room to sleep because I was exhausted. I was just...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2017
        
        			He WAS a friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 11 when I was raped. He WAS friend. I was in middle school at that time, and we had a joining high school. I became friends with an 18 year old. Something I’ll regret for the rest of my life. I missed the bus one day to go...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Hi, my name is Vetty and this is my story. It was hard to share this story but Brave Miss World inspired me a lot. Thank you. So I’m 16 now and this happen to me when I was 15. So I when to a party and my parent told...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2015
        
        			Messed Up
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18. Got invited by a friend to a house party. He raped me when it was just two of us. I screamed, fought, shouted. I felt like I was going to die. I was running out of breath. He was stronger than me. He had his way and...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2018
        
        			My family friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For as long as I can remember my family was friends with him and his family. I guess you could class him as an older brother, we would play video games, go camping together even sleep under the same roof as him. But I guess as you get older every...	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2016
        
        			His Charming Ways
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This all took place in the space of a week and this ls how it began I knew of this guy through a mutual friend he was my of girls ex boyfriends I never actually met him in real life but I know who he was via Twitter. He entered...	
 
	
		
        			August 7th, 2014
        
        			I Am Beautiful Now
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all transpired the summer that I turned 16. This was a rough summer for me already, as it was also the summer that I had started menstruating. That’s a hard time even without having experienced such ugly things. I was a late bloomer, and embarrassed at how late a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2017
        
        			Sexual Assault in my own bed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was messing around with my ex. I know I shouldn’t have but my friends told me to have fun be a teenager. So I was doing just that. We were friends with benefits. Most of it was just kissing and touching. It was the day that my parents were...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 2nd, 2015
        
        			My Boyfriend Raped Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16, a virgin and dating my boyfriend for a few months at this point. It was The late 80’s and there was a lot of alcohol and drug use in my life then. Although I “loved” my boyfriend I was not ready to have sex and he knew...	
 
	
		
        			June 7th, 2016
        
        			Gang Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped when I was 15 by 6 men. I went to a party with my “friend and she left to go hang with a guy alone. I was left downstairs with multiple men. They gave me drinks and I began to realize that I was feeling dizzy and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 4th, 2014
        
        			Identity?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a 23 year old male. As a child between the ages of 6 – 8 years old, I was sexually abused by a male family member. At the age of 16, I was raped by another man. These events have shaped my life into what it is today. I...	
 
	
		
        			December 5th, 2011
        
        			A familiar fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Like Linor, I too am working to encourage victims to speak out and let the rapist be the only one ashamed. Ironically, I also made a documentary, “Miniskirts, Mace and Other Misconceptions” about my personal story and the way our culture treats victims of rape. I am working to educate...	
 
	
		
        			March 31st, 2016
        
        			Shout Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abused by my own father throughout my childhood until I was 13. He did stuff to me and groomed me to do more and more sexual things to him. As I got older he told me that ‘we’ would be in trouble if anyone found out, that...	
 
	
		
        			October 6th, 2018
        
        			Sexually assaulted at 4
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was born in Bogota, Colombia. I am now 64. When I was 4, me and my same-age friend passed by a nearby carpentry shop that was around the corner. We knew this guy. Everybody called him “Mr. Morris”. He enticed us to go into the shop, and then he...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2018
        
        			Not just me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was in the 8th grade, I was taken advantage of by a boy a year older than me. It took me a year before speaking out, but I finally did. The police didn’t do much, I made a statement but never really heard back from that after that....	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2016
        
        			Young and Unaware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 19 now and it took 4 years for me to process what had happened. I really only became aware of it 1 year ago. But when I was 14, I was dating a boy who was 17. I had lied about my age and he thought I was 15,...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2017
        
        			Believe Her
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		About a month ago, my live in girlfriend didn’t come home. As it got later, I called and texted her about every 15 minutes. I called everyone I knew to find her. By half way through the night, my friends were trying to be honest: If she didn’t come home,...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2010
        
        			Erase and Rewind
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		גדלתי מילדה ונערה לאישה – אבל בתור אחת שהיו לה קצת רגשי נחיתות וכזו שהסתובבה בעיקר עם חברים בנים ושלושת אחיי הגדולים – הייתי טיפה רחוקה מהנשיות שלי- היה בי משהו מעורב בין נסיכה ביישנית לבין טום בוי חוצפנית- וכך יצא שעד גיל 21 עוד הייתי בתולה -מחוסר בחיבור לגוף...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			It was never…..That
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had the same boyfriend through most of high school. We went to the games. We went to dances. We went to the movies. We ate pizza. The basics, you know? Of course, I had a vagina, and he needed one. So we went to the backseat. We went there....	
 
	
		
        			September 26th, 2018
        
        			Being weak or stupid
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It’s almost 2 years since I last sent my story here about me being ADHD and dyslexic, my horrific mom and my grandpa and his friends who did those things but this is not about them. This is another experience. Another hi to abuse So as stated above I have...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2015
        
        			Multiple Assaults
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was a child I was assaulted by my mother’s boyfriend for months. I told no one because he beat my mom and told me if I said anything he would kill her, so I kept quite for years. I was an adult when I finally told anyone and...	
 
	
		
        			April 3rd, 2017
        
        			I wish I would have been smarter
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was seventeen. I had met a guy through a friend, he was much older than I was, I was a minor. I had been taken to a bar, his friend didn’t bother to check my I.D as I was with his good friend. I was then taken to his...	
 
	
	
		Born A Girl When I was 10, I noticed men looking at me differently When I was 10 to 12 men and boys of all ages honked their horns, whistled and yelled profanities at me When I was 13 my friend and I were walking home in the daylight, when...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2014
        
        			Don’t Want to Admit It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I meet him online. I built a friendship with him. Kind of a match thing except for younger people. The connection was great. I said let’s meet at a coffee shop. He picked the place. He was late to give me the address and I waited for him. Meet him...	
 
	
		
        			December 20th, 2017
        
        			Date rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The beginning of my last relationship was amazing… It all started when we first meet my freshman year… I really liked him and we have known each other our whole lives. One day, we were hanging out and he’s like, “Would you like to go on a date with me?”...