February 15th, 2016
        
        			My Brother, My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 3 years old when my brother raped me, he had 14 years old. Many times I asking myself why I had to remember all the details: my feels, my pain, his smell, the sounds.. all. Could be more easy if I just grow up without this memories, unfortunately...	
 
	
		
        			September 28th, 2015
        
        			Continue to Survive
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was molested at 2, I remember waking and going to sleep with older boy on top of me, but I was also molested by my father until I was 6, I Kept That From happening to my sister. If you knew back than the highlight of my life was...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2015
        
        			Since Age 6?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have early memories from about age six. When i was about six years old, I fondly have flash backs of being touched by my younger brother’s father. I’m not completely sure what he exactly did to me but I sometimes have weird “dreams” and I’m not sure if there...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 11th, 2018
        
        			Still Going
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I can barely remember my childhood but Im going to let it go and share what I do remember. Im 33 years old and grateful to have survived. I remember my mothers husband raping me at the age of 7. He was sexually, mentally, physically, and emotionally abusive. He was...	
 
	
		
        			May 7th, 2018
        
        			I dont know what to call it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i was about 8 my cousin was in his 20″s i only remember waking up by his weight on me and feeling his penis on me i don’t know how i got to my bed or what had happened i am 27 years old today he is in jail for...	
 
	
		
        			May 9th, 2016
        
        			Three Times in a Row
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, .y name is Jet. I was 13 at the time, and it was a bit after my birthday. I was with my boyfriend at the time, and he was acting normal the first few month. I remember Halloween came along and I went with him and a friend I...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			First Frat Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All I ever wanted to do was be in a sorority, I wanted those sisters. I grew up with an older and younger brother in West Virgina so when I came to college I knew I wanted to rush. When I got my “BIG SIS” we were immediatly best friends....	
 
	
		
        			June 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...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		מאיפה בכלל מתחילים לרשום את הסיפור שלי כשמרגישה שלא משנה כמה אני ירשום- זה פשוט לא יהיה מספיק. אני חיה בתוך הסוד הזה כבר שנים רבות- רבות מדי. אני בת 25, לאחרונה סיימתי את התואר הראשון שלי. למרות הכאב שאני חייה בחיי- לאורך השנים תמיד וידאתי שאת כל הכוחות שלי...	
 
	
		
        			January 5th, 2017
        
        			Out of Control
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a 19 y/o freshman in college, and this was the first New Years Eve that I haven’t spent with my parents. I went with two of my friends to a frat party at our state college. I told my parents I was staying at a girl friends dorm afterwards,...	
 
	
		
        			April 14th, 2016
        
        			Letter to My Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		To you, You don’t know me, I don’t know you. No idea what you look like, but still, there you are. In my thoughts, in my dreams, in my life. A stranger, yet so close to me. Every day, every night. Especially at night, actually. I don’t even know your...	
 
	
		
        			January 10th, 2015
        
        			Strength to Speak Out
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After watching Brave Miss World, I finally feel empowered to speak out about my rape. Seven years ago, when I was 17, I was repeatedly raped by my boyfriend at the time. At that moment, I didn’t fully understand that it was rape. But, in the years since then, I...	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2014
        
        			Over 40 years Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been raped both by a stranger and on a date, both in my teen years. The stranger was giving me a ride and took a side road out into the woods. I was helpless to fight physically, so I just acted like it was ok and tried to...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2016
        
        			Not Remembering
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 8 years old my 16 year old cousin was my best friend. He would always be there for me and my other cousin. Except one day he took us out to his place while everybody was out. He had me and my cousin give him oral until...	
 
	
		
        			October 10th, 2014
        
        			Chiropractor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve met several disaster dates through a popular online dating service known as “match” dot com but the worst was a successful, charismatic, attractive chiropractor who turned out to be a heartless sexual predator. 12 years ago in October, 2002, I went out with a seemingly attractive man who was...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			Never a Victim; Only Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is my first time sharing my story publicly. Although my story is like many others, my reactions to it, and my outlook on it, are very unique I believe. The first time I was raped, I was 18 years old. It was a beautiful night in the summer of...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2014
        
        			After 14 Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t stabbed, beaten, or even hurt. There were no marks on my body. Two and a half years after it happened, the police officer, detective, and lawyer to whom I told my story all believed me and were respectful and empowering. In so many ways, I have been lucky....	
 
	
		
        			September 17th, 2016
        
        			Victim Impact Statement
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve posted here before, about the struggle and about how I had court soon. Court is over with. But I had to read my impact statement. Something I worked on for 3 months every night. I had to read it out loud so it had to be perfect. The entire...	
 
	
	
		I was raped 8 months ago…I was 20 years old at the time at my university when it happened. After watching Brave Miss World I felt compelled to share my story. I went out to the bar one night and got a drink, I set it down for a short...	
 
	
		
        			July 24th, 2014
        
        			Repressed Memory
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I feel like an impostor, like I might not even deserve this space, but I don’t know. I don’t remember anything but tiny bits from my childhood. Part of that is because the divorce from age 9-11 was so central to my life, partly because I think I have repressed...	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2017
        
        			was raped and I don’t remember it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I hung out with some people one knew and two that were strangers just to get liqour for me and my boyfriend can drink it when he got back from a month of us apart. I had a couple sips of it and before I knew it I had blacked...	
 
	
		
        			March 30th, 2016
        
        			From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Though I’m sure I experienced some type of sexual abuse as a child younger than 6, I cannot recount those memories. I do recall being overly sexual by the time I was 6 years old. I do, also, recall hating being around my aunts boyfriend (who I later found out...	
 
	
		
        			September 16th, 2016
        
        			Childhood Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was ever sexually abuse was by a neighbor. He was about 14 I think and I was about 3 years old. I grew up on a farm with 15 acre of land wasn’t much to do, but for me there sure was. I would run around...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 10th, 2017
        
        			College Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went away to college, after being in a very mentally abusive relationship before, I was craving love and attention. I met a guy in my first week at college he was 18 and cute, I was amazed that he wanted to hang out with me so I fell for...	
 
	
		
        			February 10th, 2014
        
        			Intimate Partner Violence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My “husband” was such a romantic, always taking the day off of work to celebrate the anniversary of our first date. Twenty years later, I find him in front of the computer, wearing the same shirt, but his pants are down, and bagged at the ankle. He is masturbating to...	
 
	
		
        			December 16th, 2011
        
        			The summer between 6th and 7th grade
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When you are twelve and you are running away from rape, and you are dazzling drunk from drinking out of a red SOLO cup, the world spins and the floor comes up to greet you, gritting it’s sandpaper teeth against your ruddied cheek. You remember the way the fence feels...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 13th, 2017
        
        			Quiet for 2 years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually assaulted almost 3 years ago by a total stranger. I was 16 years old, and I had recently had sex for the first time, with my boyfriend at the time. I’m a quiet person, I never talked much to people I didn’t know and I come off...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 23rd, 2016
        
        			Cafeteria Food
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 16 years old I was a nerdy person. I kept to myself and didn’t go out to parties or other. So when I got my first boyfriend I was ecstatic. He was a practical god to me. Things had been going well, until one day when we...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 9th, 2014
        
        			Becoming a Warrior
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all started when I chose to attend Frostburg State University for my undergraduate studies. It was a compromise of sorts; my Father wanted me close to home, while there was enough distance to allow me the chance to flourish and be on my own. I knew the moment I...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			February 9th, 2017
        
        			Unbelievable
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Honestly kind of nervous to try this. I’ve never told anyone. I think I convinced myself it didn’t happen. That I was dating him so it couldn’t be rape. I was 17 in high school and dating a boy 4 years older than me. He was holding a party for...	
 
	
		
        			January 19th, 2015
        
        			Marital Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a 6 year old child, I was molested by an older cousin. I did not say a word about this for a few years. I accidentally spilled the beans one night to my mom. I was placed in counseling to deal with the trauma, and the person there to...	
 
	
		
        			April 14th, 2017
        
        			A Stong Woman
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I just wanted and needed to tell you a story if I hadn’t told you already, please feel free to talk about the shame, the hurt, the life changing experience I endured. Did I ever tell you the story about the 3 year old little girl who was molested almost...	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2015
        
        			Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t have the luxury of forgetting, cursed with an eidetic memory & an I.Q. of 174 I can neither forget, or lie to myself about what happened, I was only 4 at the time & it continued until I was 12. These events have forever stained my mind &...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2015
        
        			Suffered and Survived
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. I believe life is precious. You can only live one life, unfortunately. Death, can sweep you away in an instant. Some people just let it happen,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 21st, 2016
        
        			Two Strangers in a Park
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m new to this site but lately I’ve just felt that I need to let this out, to tell someone what happened, and I’m not ready to tell anyone in my life. Two months ago I was assaulted by two men in a park a kilometre from my home. I...	
 
	
		
        			January 1st, 2016
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 16 and around September I began talking to a friend of mine. He was very attractive he played basketball, was tall, but also really cocky. I wasn’t looking for anything other than hanging out just because he was younger than me however we kissed and what not. This...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2014
        
        			Bad Programming
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know if any of you other survivors have come to a situation that has forced you to just stand back, and stare at that dark private part of your life. Where you ponder exactly when you veered off the road that would have kept you ‘normal’. I’ve had...	
 
	
		
        			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 5th, 2018
        
        			One Night Only
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been traveling nonstop for weeks. I was running on empty but still managed to pull myself together after a four-hour flight to meet a couple of my friends for dinner. Little did I know, it would only take that one night for my life to change drastically. I...	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2016
        
        			Bleeding Through My Tears
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was four years of age, my maternal grandfather orally raped me. I have taken many years to remember the trauma and many more years to heal. It is an ongoing process, I am winning, however not without Gods help. He, walks this journey with me and comforts me...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 21st, 2017
        
        			My friend assaulted me and another
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wish I knew how to say this in a fleshed out, eloquent way but I just found out so I don’t. My room mate (we’ll call him John) assaulted me a few months ago. I was asleep drunk on the couch and when I woke up he was behind...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2015
        
        			Was It Real or Not
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It always seemed like a joke to me, rape. Having a lot of guys as friends I felt so close to guys and felt I could trust then more, until one came along he was like a brother to me but he always told me he loved me and I...	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2015
        
        			Spring Break
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story takes place almost 20 years ago when I was just about 17. Although in some ways it feels like a life time ago my story is still a part of me. After it happened I did not tell anyone. Not my friends who were at the party that...	
 
	
		
        			October 19th, 2015
        
        			College Campus Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a freshman in college. I was attending a college and living at home, but a friend of mine went to a school out of town and lived on campus. I decided to visit with her for one night. She took me to a party where I met a...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			I Thought He Loved Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t know how to start this… Well, I had a horrible teenage life getting bullied…and all I ever wanted was love and to be wanted. I would try to fit in, but I would attract the people that would see me as an easy target. I got raped by...	
 
	
		
        			December 29th, 2015
        
        			I Trusted Him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 15. I was friends with a guy. Let’s call him J. I was into the drug game pretty hard, he was my dealer, and became a close friend. I would get drunk with him a lot, and he wouldn’t get drunk with me. And I soon found out...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2014
        
        			Finding Peace
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		After watching Brave Miss World I was bawling. No one ever seems to understand the aftermath of rape, and how I wished that I had been able to see this when I was on the road of self destruction. I was a very young child torn between families and homes....	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2015
        
        			My Family Indifference
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		was sexually abused by 2 family members. Nobody tells you that on one innocent and primal level you might enjoy the attention and the sexual sensations that lull you into submission. Nobody tells you that rape is often softened to the point that you are not allowed to cry out...	
 
	
	
		When I was 20 years old I left my boyfriend after 1 year of emotional, mental, and physical abuse. Soon after I missed my period. I went to his house to speak with him about the possibility and he was drunk. Instead of speaking with him I went to leave,...	
 
	
		
        			November 19th, 2015
        
        			Breaking The Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My father had abandoned my family when I was 8 years old . It’s been over 12 years and I have not seen him once from that day he left. From then on until now, I thought I needed the love of a man to fill the emptiness he left...	
 
	
	
		I was only 5 years old when these malicious things had happened to me. Things no child should ever have to experience. I am now 18 years old, an older sister, a mother, a daughter, an aunt, a wife, and yet still a human being. I say “human being” because,...	
 
	
		
        			October 2nd, 2016
        
        			Feeling Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When me and my best friend traveled to Vietnam this past summer, we met up with her old friend who is teaching over there. Me and this guy hit it off straight away and I spent the night kissing him. We went back to his house to smoke a little...	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2017
        
        			I think my “boyfriend” raped me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 16. I’ve been basically dating this guy for a few months.. we just haven’t made things official. Almost every time were alone we end up having sex. On Valentine’s Day he invited me to go out to east with him so after school he picked me up and we...	
 
	
		
        			May 31st, 2018
        
        			Attempted Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom survived an attempted rape while babysitting! Never got a college degree but badass! She’s the reason I’m a feminist! Thank you Linor for sharing yours!	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2016
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Oh goodness this is hard. I was 13 years old at the time, my “best-friend” was spending the night at my house. She convinced me that we should sneak out of the house to meet her boyfriend at his house (right up the street- he was considerably older than us)....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 28th, 2015
        
        			Child Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My foster dad raped me when I was 13. I was sitting on the couch when all of a sudden he grabbed me and threw me on the bed. I thought he was joking around. He ripped of my pants and started grabbing my butt hard. I screamed “stop,” but...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			May 4th, 2015
        
        			No Wasn’t Good Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was enlisted in the United States Army. I believed it was my chance to find my self and be courageous and to leave the sheltered area from where I was raised, to be a voice. After a deployment with my unit I came home, I was tired and worn...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2016
        
        			Love of My Life?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17 years old. My senior year of high school was complete. My boyfriend at the time came down from Stanford to see me graduate. He was caring, supportive, kind, you know, a great boyfriend. He was a sophomore, grade A student, football player, and community activist. Two weeks...	
 
	
		
        			September 16th, 2016
        
        			Childhood Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was ever sexually abuse was by a neighbor. He was about 14 I think and I was about 3 years old. I grew up on a farm with 15 acre of land wasn’t much to do, but for me there sure was. I would run around...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			August 9th, 2015
        
        			16 Years Later
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was travelling around the world for a year on my own. This was about 3/4 of the way through my trip, and I was in Petra, Jordan. I was staying at a hostel outside of the centre of town, and as I was walking into town one evening, a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Honestly, I really don’t know why I am sharing this. I’ve never been opened about this.. To this day, the only one who I have mentioned this too is my boyfriend.. Im too scared to tell my family.. i had recently came back to school from suspension, I was barley...	
 
	
		
        			September 1st, 2014
        
        			Remember November
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		November 1st of 2013, my two friends were having a Halloween birthday party. Halloween is/was my favorite holiday but now it only brings bad memories to the surface. I was 19 years old and at my friends’ party only holding a solo cup full of water. I did not drink...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2017
        
        			Short Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Skipping the details, my first High School boyfriend got tired of going slow, and forced himself on me during a date. I told most of my friends that it happened. Forewarned, on dates, two of my close friends were wary of him, and avoided the same fate. At least, breaking...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			March 3rd, 2016
        
        			My Daughter
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello I’m Jack, I just finished watching Brave Miss World.I must say I cried like a baby. I wanted to share with you my daughters story of being molested at age 6 by and older girl who would visit her grandparents who lives across the street from our home. To...	
 
	
		
        			March 11th, 2016
        
        			Scared to close my eyes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Everything was normal up until October 21st 2015. I was attending a school near my mother’s house and not to mention this was a alternative school so there was older people in my classes, I was the youngest I am only 17 years old. On this very day I was...	
 
	
		
        			December 20th, 2016
        
        			My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I fell in love with him in Greece ( Crete . I was about 14 years of age and i was so in love. I met him in the street for the first time on his motorbike. He had those brown eyes and hair. My mum knew him because she...	
 
	
		
        			May 29th, 2014
        
        			Mi Historia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		hola tengo 38 años mi historia comienza cuando tenia 8 años mi padre murió y quedamos con mi madre en ese en toses vivíamos en el campo mi familia es numerosa somos 8 hermanos entre mujeres y hombre yo soy la numero 7 y mi hermana la numero 8 ella...	
 
	
		
        			July 25th, 2016
        
        			He Took Advantage of Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One night about 2 months ago I was at a party (it was a “Welcoming the Summer themed party) and a guy that had a huge crush on me was also there. We were all drinking and having a good time talking to everyone at the party. Near the end...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2018
        
        			Because of you
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i used to be an innocent child that now no longer exists because of you i use to be a happy kid always talking to everyone protect myself from everything and move freely and then you came an took everything from that kid I became afraid of everyone that reminded...	
 
	
		
        			October 8th, 2017
        
        			My Host-sisters friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So when I was 15, I was quite a troubled teenager and was already into drinking, and partying. But I wanted to get out of it, so I went to Brasil to do a student exchange. On one of my first weekends, I went away with my two host sisters...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2017
        
        			Friends are sharing
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sharing is big today, so I am. I was on a date, and he parked, and tried to have sex. I got mad, and said I’d walk home if he didn’t stop, and he keeps trying, so I walked off. On the way home, 2 guys grabbed me and raped...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2018
        
        			Finally facing it
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m 32 years old and married now. When I was 15 years old I was dating a 16 year old. I was a virgin with no intentions of having sex anytime soon. I was very naive about sex and also insecure about my body. I went to the homecoming dance...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2018
        
        			A childhood to recover from
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It all started when I was young. My parents had a marriage that would have never worked out. After I was born it made things a whole lot worse. My mother was a kind of narcissist. They were the opposites of each other. My mom made my life toxic. And...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 29th, 2018
        
        			I am J. D. R., and I...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am J.D.R., and I was physical and sexually assaulted almost 3 years ago by a police officer in Salem, VA. I was shocked, scared, stayed quite; I stopped functioning, I stopped going to school, working; scared to leave my house or go anywhere. I never got the courage to...	
 
	
		
        			November 2nd, 2017
        
        			On the Way Home
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at a friend’s party last night, not real wild, not a lot to drink, no boys worth picking up, but fun to hang. I went to go home, and I was not real drunk, but they wouldn’t give me my keys back. I went to walk home, which...	
 
	
		
        			July 22nd, 2016
        
        			Convincing Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I recently had a job interview, it went really well and fingers crossed I will get the job. I was confident with answering all of the questions, except one: ‘How would you feel about someone who has been convicted of a sexual assault working in the office?’. This might seem...	
 
	
		
        			July 15th, 2014
        
        			No More Silence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have kept my secret, his secret, their secret, for 36 years, my brother, later my husband. I was 4 years old the first time I remember, but it wasn’t the first time. When I began menstruation I was immediately sent away to boarding school. At the time I didn’t...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		Hola, no comprendo muy bien el idioma ingles por eso escribo esta corta historia en español, la persona que fue abusa es mi esposa cuan ella tenia 11 años por el esposo de una tía de ella y el esposo de una prima de ella. Al contarme esto sentí demasiada...	
 
	
		
        			August 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 31st, 2018
        
        			Raped by My Ex
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I loss my first virginity back in April 22, 2018 from my ex boyfriend. When I first loss my virginity I felt mad, sad, depressed, stupid, and confused. The next day when I woke up around 7 o’clock in a morning he raped me again I still felt confused, tired,...	
 
	
		
        			March 17th, 2016
        
        			Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 40 years old when it happened to me. I was a virgin because of my faith and beliefs about not having sex outside of marriage and I have never been married. I’m also physically disabled–I was using a walker at the time and waiting for my insurance to...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2015
        
        			Raped By 6 Policemen
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Thirty years ago this March, my entire world was completely shattered after being befriended by a Snr Constable of the N.S.W Police Force & he invited me to his unit to watch a VHS Video of the 1984 Movie “Police Academy”. He knew I was an absolute movie nutter. He...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2015
        
        			Parental Incest Is Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 13 when my mother took off with her new boyfriend. I told her that I was afraid of him. She told me not to worry. He was strong and he was going to take care of us. She told me that I was the product of an affair...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 10th, 2017
        
        			Raped at age 9 & 15
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Rape isn’t love, Rape isn’t sex, Rape isn’t a relationship, Rape isn’t consensual. The only thing that had my dignity written all over it was taken from me, The one thing that meant so much to me was taken from me, the one thing that made me feel more like...	
 
	
	
		I’m scared to write this here, but I need to open up. When I was 6 years old, I lived with my mum in really quiet and nice neighborhood. It was summer, I went to my friends place and he lived like 10 minutes away from home. It was around...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2018
        
        			It still doesn’t feel real…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 5 when it happened. I was at my best friend’s house and her ‘grandpa’ was making her take a bath before we could go out and play. When I think back to it, I often wonder if she even needed a bath or if that was just his...	
 
	
		
        			September 24th, 2015
        
        			Just Wanted to Escape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am seventeen years old and I’m just beginning to heal. It was over a month ago when it happened. It was a Sunday night at a local festival of sorts in the city. The previous night I had ventured out with my bestfriend, but we were told off that...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2018
        
        			Breakin Burgler
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been sitting listening to my headset, and I needed to go to the bathroom. In the hall, I heard some noise, and figured it was my sister sneaking in from a night out. Heading down the hall, I heard it was grunting, and the like. I got to...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2016
        
        			I Am Finally FREE
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		What a trick. To beat and humiliate your baby throughout her formative years and then, after she is literally crippled by your hands, not just emotionally, but also with a brutal physical injury, you tell her she is too broken. To remind me I am other, to remind me I...	
 
	
		
        			June 11th, 2014
        
        			As If It Never Happened
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Do you know that thing that us women do where when one of us brings up a really difficult subject and we kind of brush it aside, like its a crumb from the bread that you’ve just eaten – a nuisance on your shirt – that you’ve been taught to...	
 
	
		
        			August 30th, 2017
        
        			High School Orientation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was at freshman orientation of high school and I was a little lost, the only other person in the hall was a senior who was wearing a Hoodie and he seemed kinda nice, I always give everyone the benefit of the doubt so I didn’t think anything about him....	
 
	
		
        			February 22nd, 2017
        
        			My First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 19 and it was my second year in university. It was great, I lived in my new dorm with some really nice girls and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. It was December 19. I came out of an economics lecture and it was relatively late, it...	
 
	
		
        			February 17th, 2017
        
        			Secretly Molested
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I lived with my great aunt and uncle since I was about 3 because my mom didn’t have her life together. I think the first time I was molested I was about 7. I was sleeping between them for some reason and woke up to being touched down there. It...	
 
	
	
		I was drugged and raped by three men one of those men was charged with the rape of me. I didn’t know them nor did I go away with them. I was drugged in a pub and they followed me when my friend and I parted ways. I have 3/4...	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			My best friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Senior year of college, I was extremely drunk at a house party. My best friend, who I had hooked up with a few times was there with me, at a certain point I blacked out. I woke up in the morning in his bed with no clothes on, and I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 25th, 2018
        
        			I was sexually assaulted
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Two years ago when I moved to LA, I never thought that my life would change forever in one second. One night i got home to find my roommate with a couple of friends drinking and partying. Just wanting to finally connect with my roommate I drank, I honestly don’t...	
 
	
		
        			November 18th, 2014
        
        			De Los 6 a Los 12
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Desperté con su aliento sucio y su lengua dentro de mi boca y, no entendí nada, quedé paralizada, tenía apenas 6 añitos y lo quería y admiraba… era mi abuelo. Esa noche, antes de irnos a la cama y con mi abuelo de visita, lloré desconsolada pues competíamos mis hermanos...	
 
	
		
        			September 4th, 2015
        
        			It Started With Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		For sometime I have befriended this guy thru text , he is a cousin of my high school classmate. After two years of exchanging messages we finally met-up and he formally courted me. I thought I already know him with the two years exchange of messages. He seemed gentle and...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2015
        
        			Raped By 6 Policemen
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Thirty years ago this March, my entire world was completely shattered after being befriended by a Snr Constable of the N.S.W Police Force & he invited me to his unit to watch a VHS Video of the 1984 Movie “Police Academy”. He knew I was an absolute movie nutter. He...	
 
	
	
		It was just another rainy day In that fateful month of May The hours faded into Sunday, And I faded away. A million thoughts running through my mind, Only one in yours. The memories we’ve tried to shed Still live on within my head. And the words they’ll never say,...	
 
	
		
        			October 15th, 2016
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married a long time and am now divorced, so therefore I’m not very experienced with dating. Recently I went on a date with a guy I knew about ten years and who was getting a divorce. We had a fantastic time. We talked often for another week and...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2015
        
        			His Masterpiece
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 15 I became very close to my uncle because I felt he was the only one who understood me. I loved him so much. We were best friends and never in a million years did I ever think of him in any other way other than my...	
 
	
		
        			November 30th, 2014
        
        			Ex-Boyfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I dated my boyfriend for 4 years on and off. He was extremely emotionally and physically abusive. He isolated me from everyone I knew, including my parents and made me feel like he was everything. He was the first guy I slept with, and even the first time with him...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			May 3rd, 2018
        
        			It is not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		One day I was in school and I decided to hang out with a couple of friends. We decided to ditch class and have some fun. We were all A students and decided to take a break from out class. We decided to go into the basement and just hangout...	
 
	
		
        			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 17th, 2018
        
        			Overtaken Twice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I honestly never thought something like this would ever occur in my life. I never envisioned the day where someone would violate my trust and my body. It was the beginning of January when a couple of friends and I went to a party. A 28 year old guy one...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2014
        
        			Kept From Us
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom’s side of the family is my family through and through. There’s about 60 of us that get together every major holiday since before I was born. We call each other of the phone and talk on Facebook. We are all really close. We all love each other and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 21st, 2015
        
        			My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 19, I had the world in the palm of my hand. I had just graduated high school and community college, both with advanced honors. In the fall, I transferred to university and was looking forward to all that college life had to offer; I was excited for...	
 
	
	
		This is a very long story DO NOT READ IF TRIGGERED. Well i meet a boy when i was little we both were 15 , 16 he would do little simple things like grind on top of me with clothes on and kissing me. He started to force me to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 6th, 2016
        
        			Off My Shoulders
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		As a child I was happy and nothing could be more perfect. Or at least that is what everyone thought. My mom probably could be stopped this, but i was never the one to tell and plus he said if iI did he would toy with my little sister. I...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2015
        
        			All Just Too Much
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I know I’m young, I’m only 25. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t experienced more in my few years on this earth than most will in their life. 17 years ago, when I was 8, my friend’s older brother raped me. I didn’t tell anyone, and over the years, I’ve...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 23rd, 2018
        
        			How Many Times?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been raped, I don’t know anymore whether I admit, or declare it. My first time, also my first time, was on a date with my boyfriend. We were making out, and he went up my shirt, and I stopped him with a no. He kept trying until he...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2014
        
        			לפני 14 שנים
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		והסיפור בעברית כי אני לא טובה לכתוב באנגלית!! דבר חשוב שיש לי לציין לפני שאני מתחילה לכתוב אני לא יודעת אנגלית טוב אני יודעת רק עברית אז מקווה שהתוכנה תתרגם נכון. שלום ראיתי את הסרט שלך והרגשתי צורך לכתוב לך את הסיפור שלי. כיום אני בת 16… זה קרה לפני...	
 
	
		
        			February 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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 18th, 2017
        
        			It’s OK
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My Rapist: My mother’s boyfriend. My Age: 13 Force Used: Authority We had a close family, my Mom, my bratty Little Sis, Me of course, and the latest of Mom’s Boyfriends. We used to do a lot of things together, especially watch Cable. Once we were all on the couch,...	
 
	
		
        			June 30th, 2014
        
        			We Live Part of Hell on Earth
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up believing that the world is a very dangerous place and i thought that after my first trauma, i would never have to deal with a similar event. When i was 6 years old, my grandfather molested me several times. it may have lasted for about a year...	
 
	
		
        			December 29th, 2015
        
        			Molested By My Step Brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My parents divorced when I was still a baby. She moved in with her boyfriend (husband) when I was 5. He had already had a son from a high school relationship. He was 7 years older than me, and I loved playing games with him and his friend. Then, it...	
 
	
		
        			March 9th, 2016
        
        			Once Again
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At age 8, I was raped and beaten by my alcoholic grandfather. My mom having a mental illness was in the hospital so I had to live with my grandparents. My grandmother was sweet but she left for work 5 am and got home by 11pm. When she was gone...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2018
        
        			Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Cuando tenia 5-6 años, no recuerdo la edad exacta, un primo mio de unos 17 años solia sentarme en sus piernas y frotarse sus partes conmigo. Nunca intentó tener relaciones conmigo pero fue algo que me afectó por años. No sabía si debía contarlo o no porque no sabía ni...	
 
	
		
        			January 19th, 2016
        
        			My teacher and my step-brother
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 12 years old and I had this step-brother who was 16 and always the kindest to me. One day, my parents where out on a night out and it was just me and my step-brother in the house. I was in my room playing a video game and...	
 
	
		
        			January 26th, 2014
        
        			When All Hope is Gone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been robed from my happily ever after. At 23 I met some one I thought was to be my prince. but he started with emotional abuse telling me how useless; stupid and pathetic I am. I run a way with him and got married to a monster because I...	
 
	
		
        			January 29th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was probably 11 when it started my mom married my stepdad. It started off with small kisses on the cheek or neck. Then ha started molesting me. I thought it was my fault that I somehow pushed him to the limit. My stepdad would force himself on me and...	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2014
        
        			A Picture
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		January, 2002- August, 2009, I tended bar at night. The establishment was a 3 minute drive, to-and-fro. In late August of 2009, I became a first-time homebuyer and moved to an adorable subdivision approximately 45 minutes away and returned to college, life was really great. July, 2011, I received a...	
 
	
		
        			January 8th, 2016
        
        			Hidden But Not Forgotten
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I honestly don’t know how to start this. Before the rape ever happened I had a crush on my father’s wife nephew. The most I have ever done with him was kiss him and harmless groping. This brings me to my rape story it started on a normal day. I...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2015
        
        			Not Living the Life I Once Lived
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was rape almost 2 years ago. Not in a brutal way that caused much physical damage. Most of the damage was emotional and I still live with it today. I used to go into huge depression where I could not even get out of bed. I was in college...	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2015
        
        			Justice Didn’t Help Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 19 years old, when I was raped I was 16. This year in may the man was found, it was a long process but two weeks ago after a week long court case he was sentenced to 16 years in jail, it was unanimous from the jury and...	
 
	
		
        			March 27th, 2014
        
        			Thank You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On New Year’s Day 2005 I was sodomized and assaulted by a friend of a friend whom I had met that evening. He held me down, forced me to give him oral sex, and then anally sodomized me. I was so drunk that night that I felt it would be...	
 
	
		
        			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 24th, 2017
        
        			Drunk and Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went drinking last night with a friend and we both were there intending to pick up. We got pretty wasted from drinks these 2 brothers were buying and we went out and around back to the alley to make out a bit. After a few minutes my friend waved...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2014
        
        			Speaking It
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I do not know how to begin. I do not know, because these things aren’t talked about. There is no way to talk about them, so there is no way to start. But maybe starting at the beginning is best. It was a date. Not the first. He was charming,...	
 
	
		
        			March 25th, 2015
        
        			Lying Child Molester
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 14 I had met a guy who told me he was 18. Even though I told him I didn’t want to date he kept persisting and eventually we did have sex. Soon after our consensual sex I had received a phone call from his 17 year old...	
 
	
		
        			April 30th, 2016
        
        			Tattoo Artist
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been tattooing for about a year and a half, happy in my career making good money, working with my best friends. I was at my best friends kids birthday party, that’s when I met my rapist. He seemed like a super cool dude, that day went well. He’s...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 25th, 2018
        
        			I was raped last summer
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last summer I meet this guy he was so nice to he asked me out and I said yes then things started to get bad the littlest things would make him mad and he would hit and punch me at this time i had not had sex yet. Everything started...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 23rd, 2015
        
        			Getting Better
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, my name is Ashley and 5 years ago I was raped. It wasn’t brutal or horrific and I actually knew the guy but I am still having trouble getting over it and I have only told a few people. My mom met a new guy right at the end...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2014
        
        			My Daughter’s Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My husband and I emigrated to Toronto from the uk in 2001 with our 2 daughters. Our youngest daughter, Abigail, was raped in 2005 whilst celebrating her graduation from high school. The tradition here is to go camping in a group the weekend after the graduation ceremony and prom. She...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		By BF and me went to drink beers at the Door to Hell, a cave in the woods(it might have a name, but that’s what we called it). Basically a private place for the kids to drink, and the homeless clean the clans for salvage cash. We all drank a...	
 
	
		
        			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*	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2017
        
        			First Frat Party
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		All I ever wanted to do was be in a sorority, I wanted those sisters. I grew up with an older and younger brother in West Virgina so when I came to college I knew I wanted to rush. When I got my “BIG SIS” we were immediatly best friends....	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2015
        
        			Abusive Relationship
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hello, I’m 18 years old but my story happened a year ago, I was 17. I started talking to this guy on Instagram in December of 2014. He was 16 years old, and seemed like a sweet guy and called me beautiful and etc, me being a teenage girl the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was living overseas, Tel Aviv actually, and I was raped by a stranger that I trusted. I was 20. He was kind at first, enough to make someone like me who usually trusts no one trust him. He was so good at being charming and masking being a psychopath....	
 
	
	
		This is very hard story for me to tell but after finding this site and reading the other stories I’ve built up the courage to tell my story. I didn’t start dating until I was 17 and this was my first boyfriend, he seemed sweet at first always able to...	
 
	
		
        			February 19th, 2015
        
        			The Setup
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Growing up I was always a good church girl. Never cursed,n ever had sex, never did a lot of things. Until I turned 16, and began experimenting with opiates. I became an addict. To this day, my mouth still waters when thinking about a day in bed with a nice...	
 
	
		
        			December 17th, 2014
        
        			Stand Strong
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My heart goes out to all the survivors sharing. I was drugged and raped over 25 years ago as a girl. My friend, her father was a very sick abusive man who was drugging her and others and photographing abuse. It was truly horrific. There were two against me and...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 5th, 2015
        
        			Devil In Disguise
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Nicole, and I was raped by my ex-fiance. I was 20 years old, and I had just recently moved out of my parents home. I had met a guy a while back, but he was 11 years older than me, and we were just friends, so we...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2015
        
        			20 Years Later
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My half sister is much older than I am. She married her second husband shortly after our father married my mother. She and her husband raised beef cattle and rode in rodeos. I loved going to my sister’s house and playing in the fields or with the dogs our riding...	
 
	
		
        			May 4th, 2015
        
        			No Wasn’t Good Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was enlisted in the United States Army. I believed it was my chance to find my self and be courageous and to leave the sheltered area from where I was raised, to be a voice. After a deployment with my unit I came home, I was tired and worn...	
 
	
		
        			August 8th, 2018
        
        			sexual assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was twelve years old and in 7th grade.. My mom was involved with a man who we used to call uncle… I thought he was a great man.. I always asked for money and he will give it to me.. I did not know that he was planning something...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was conceived from rape my dad was taught women are property of the husband ,and he was also taught that it’s in the Bible to rape his wife , after I was born I was molested at 6 months by my bro in law who continued to molest me...	
 
	
		
        			June 19th, 2018
        
        			I am a survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was molested I was about 4 years old. I barely remember it. My birth mother was very poor and lived with who I’m assuming was a boyfriend or pimp. He used to take me in the bedroom and tell me to take off all my clothes....	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
	
		When I was 10 I acted older then what I was. At this age I got my first boyfriend and he was 17( he didn’t care about my age because of my body type ). I wasn’t sure if l liked him but he treated me like he loved me....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2015
        
        			My Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t raped or sexually assaulted, and I’m not sure if this belongs here, but I’m going to say something anyways. My friend was abused, physically and mentally, by his parents. They would lock him out of the house for long periods of time and do other things. He told...	
 
	
		
        			April 14th, 2017
        
        			4 Years Ago
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		4 years ago when I was 19, during my first year at University I met a guy through my friend. He seemed nice enough, he was a bartender at one of the local bars that we frequented because my friends liked it. We went out to go dance/drink at the...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2015
        
        			The Party I Will Never Forget
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was young. I was stupid. But I didn’t deserve what I got. I was tricked out of a party I was at. I was tricked to head to the shops with this person I had just met. There were no shops. There was just a dark park. He just...	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2015
        
        			Memories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My very first memories include getting a kitten, playing with a stuffed animal with my dad, and finally taking home a red dress I had talked incessantly about after seeing it in a store window. My other first memories, which happened around the same time at ages 3 and 4,...	
 
	
		
        			January 31st, 2017
        
        			CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Three years ago, I was a happy excited 20 year old looking forwards to an evening with her life long best mate. If only I knew less than 12 hours later my world would be turned completely upside down. We were getting ready for an evening in the local town,...	
 
	
	
		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....	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2018
        
        			Victimization
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went to San Francisco to help a friend move. Afterwards we grabbed a beer. I didn’t even finish half of my beer and I don’t remember much of what happened. A man named Oleg started chatting with my friend and I. I told him I was married and had...	
 
	
		
        			November 21st, 2018
        
        			Molested by my cousin
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 6 years old girl at the time and I remember everything clearly. the only person that new for a long time was my older sister who was “touched” by him too once. however what made want to talk about it is the fact that I have told my...	
 
	
	
		I realized I was holding shame of when I was molested from a childhood friend at age 8. She was a child herself that was brutally molested. For years I held anger towards her then let that go. Then held anger towards her abuser. We were children who both had...	
 
	
		
        			December 8th, 2015
        
        			Raped By My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First time I felt the pain of being raped, I was 8 years old. That day haunted me every night. For some reason I managed to find a way to deal with it. I didn’t forget but I made sure it didn’t destroy me. Then I turned 20, how life...	
 
	
		
        			September 14th, 2015
        
        			Rape In a Rural Town
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17 years old at one of my best friend’s family homes. We were laughing and drinking and having a great time as we usually do on the weekend. This time we were joined by my best friends brother and his friends. They usually go to the night club...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 23rd, 2018
        
        			I forgot, but then I remembered
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He hit me in the back of the skull with a beer bottle. I didn’t have much time to prepare–we had gotten into a drunken argument and he lunged towards me. The last thing I remembered was the cold, hard glass snuffing out my consciousness. Everything remained dark for four...	
 
	
		
        			July 8th, 2014
        
        			Multiple Rapes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dad’s dad grabs my breast and french kisses me when I am 11, 12 years old. Dad lifts me up above his head and drops me on the ground breaking my ribs and gets on top of me and won’t get off until I threaten to tell mom age 14....	
 
	
		
        			January 24th, 2015
        
        			4th of July
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I remember it like it was yesterday. And although I was intoxicated at the time, I remember the pain. I remember the embarrassment afterwards. I was 20 years old, and I was waiting for marriage. He was a hockey player. He was charming and he was older. It was the...	
 
	
	
		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....	
 
	
		
        			December 13th, 2015
        
        			Second Night of College
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raised in a Christian family to believe that I should never have sex before marriage, and I always planned to have sex only with my husband. When I was about 6 or 7, I was molested by my older cousin for about 2 years. I was very confused...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2017
        
        			Naive girl
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 17 years old and just started dating this guy, X. First guy that I had ever dated. I didn’t know what was right and what was wrong at that time, trying to live life to the fullest during my high school days. So, when he invited me to...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2019
        
        			Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was born into a Christian household, 12 siblings, my mum was pregnant with twins,when I was 19, the guy I started dating (courting) was perfect in the eyes of my father, he has 8 siblings and both attended the same Christian church. We married after 3 months, on our...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 13th, 2015
        
        			Shattered Childhood
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have come to realize the extent of the damage, to me, to my soul, to my brain, because of childhood sexual abuse. Repeated sexual assaults. On me, on my child that I was, then. I can recall an assault when I was 2 yrs old. A repressed memory that...	
 
	
		
        			July 17th, 2014
        
        			My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 6 years old my bother began dating the man I have known as my father. You see, before then it was just me and mommy conquering the world, the two of us with our hands zipped into each others tight so no one could separate us. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2014
        
        			What Happened?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was out with my friends. We went to a nightclub, I was 21 and it was April 2013. I started drinking and everyone was drinking. My parents always told me not to ever let my drink out of my sight. Well that night I guess I got a little...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2016
        
        			I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m only 16. I don’t have the perfect life. Never have. But I have an amazing supportive family and they have given me more than enough to flourish into who I am today.. Or who I was. It only happened about a month or so ago. We were friends for...	
 
	
		
        			February 3rd, 2017
        
        			Its Got To STOP!
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story and experiences of what I’ve been enduring for over a year now is so fantastic that even I have a hard time getting my mind around it. I am a Caregiver that has worked for the same employer for almost 8 years now. She has a professional Conservator...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2019
        
        			UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Molestation 4-13, dissociation syndrome started, afraid 24/7, PTSD 10, black outs began & were triggered by the smell of certain foods or a male authorities voice. Attempted Rape 15, Physical Abuse 16-31, all my ex-boyfriends. Rape 18, also attempted suicide & started dancing because I needed extra money & no...	
 
	
		
        			August 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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 5th, 2014
        
        			My 18th Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had been dating him for 6 or so months. We were in band together, and started dating on a band trip. Everything was innocent. I was very insecure about my feelings with boys because I was more comfortable in relationships with girls rather then boys. So even kissing and...	
 
	
		
        			February 23rd, 2018
        
        			Forgiving myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts off with one of the best trips of my life. For a friend’s 21st birthday we went on a cruise to Mexico. Over the course of a long weekend, we had the times of our lives. I was in the best shape rocking my bikini poolside. I...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2014
        
        			Raped by Abusive Husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am now 52 years old and was raped the first time at 15 and then again at 27 this time by my extremely abusive husband…..there is so much more to this story. I suffered many years of abuse both physically, mentally and sexual. I have only one good thing...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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 26th, 2016
        
        			Why Me Over and Over?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I see stories of women being raped once when they are young adults or even teenagers and I kind of understand that was bad luck and that it could happen to anyone. I also hear stories of girls that were sexually abused when they were little and I guess that...	
 
	
		
        			April 12th, 2018
        
        			Bartender Lies
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 21, a young ballet dancer studying in NYC. My roommate and I went to visit the bar of the restaurant I was a hostess. The bartenders were always revered, put on a pedestal. I thought the attention from him was good, a positive thing. How wrong I was....	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2014
        
        			In Front of My Girls
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped 5 years ago by somebody whom I met on a dating website. The website said not to meet anybody on your own but in a public place. I did that, met him 3 times at our local mall, in the coffee shop. I had lost my husband...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 25th, 2018
        
        			Twice a pattern?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		If something bad happens once, people usually say it’s bad luck. But to happen twice, just seems stupid. Growing up in a restricted family, I had never been exposed to the sexually explicit content that is out in the world. However, when I turned 17 that all changed for me....	
 
	
		
        			September 30th, 2014
        
        			Raped By a Female
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am sharing my story as I was raped by my babysitter. She was female and I’m female. This is not uncommon and yet so under recognized. My life has been in turmoil as a result. I don’t trust women and I rarely feel safe around a female. I’ve been...	
 
	
		
        			May 8th, 2018
        
        			He took everything
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I went out for a night out with work, but I wasn’t nervous or apprehensive despite not knowing very many people that would be present. I worked part time in a shop, and the man who owned it owned a number of others and had a Christmas party for all...	
 
	
		
        			April 23rd, 2018
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I turned 16, I started dating a guy – we’ll call him Tommy – and our relationship was kind of rushed. Tommy jumped into getting intimate and said “I love you” after a month of dating, which kind of weirded me out but I was in a really bad...	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2016
        
        			I Remember How It Felt
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I remember how it felt. The way he violently caressed my hips as he vividly pressured my body firmly onto his. I was innocently walking back to the parking lot to get to my car because the movie I was watching had just finished. The normal parking lots near the...	
 
	
		
        			February 25th, 2015
        
        			Respect
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		First of all, I’m sorry if my English isn’t fluent, I’m Dutch. I have never been raped or anything that comes close to that. I just watched Brave Miss World this afternoon and it really touched me and I just felt like I had to show my respect to all...	
 
	
	
		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,...	
 
	
		
        			December 19th, 2017
        
        			Assaulted
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I wasn’t raped but i sure am traumatized. I use to get nervous every time i saw him but now i’m just mad. It was may 2017. I was a 14 year old sophomore. I was at a new school trying to have fun and trying to get to know...	
 
	
		
        			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...