January 27th, 2018
        
        			We Stand Together
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m a survivor. I have severe PTSD trauma due to being molested the young child for 6 years raped by neighborhood kids the broke into my house and videotaped and spread all over the streets by the age of 13. For years boys and men abused me. I was being...	
 
	
		
        			March 11th, 2015
        
        			This Is My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was born my mom said when she first held me she didn’t want me that there was something about me she didn’t like. She named me after her and gave me to my dad to do what he wanted with me. I was raped by him from birth...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2016
        
        			Invictus
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		At only 25, I have experienced more in life than most individuals my age but have remained unconquered despite the challenges thrown at me. Being a Psychology major, I have done countless assignments that centered around the topic of rape and assault, but never did I imagine that I would...	
 
	
		
        			October 20th, 2015
        
        			Made in America
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Ciaran. I was raped when I was 16 while at the concert made in america, a boy who was friends with my ex boyfriend took advantage of me. I was upset since me and my boyfriend had just broken up that day so I took to the...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 18th, 2016
        
        			What Is Happening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in Bangkok with my boyfriend, we were sitting outside a bar with some people we’d just met. After a few drinks I went upstairs to the toilet, and when I came out a guy stopped me and started talking to me. I recognized him as the person who...	
 
	
	
		I just finished watching Brave Miss World and it inspired me to share for the first time my experiences. Between the age of 6 and 8, the older son (he was 16) of a family friend sexually abused me. He always said not to tell. I felt so ashamed that...	
 
	
	
		โWhen I was 11 my older brother started raping me, clearly my barely pubescent vagina was not sophisticated enough to know this was a legitimate rape, seeing as after a few months of abuse I became pregnant. This was in the late 80โฒs and the system of bullshit that I...	
 
	
		
        			August 3rd, 2014
        
        			Repressed Memories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Like another recent poster, I also feel shame about my repressed memories and like my story will never really be received by victims who remember their trauma. However, the film made me feel like we all have a voice and this seems like an encouraging place to speak up. I’ve...	
 
	
	
		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 10th, 2013
        
        			ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืฉืืื ืืืืื, ืื ื ืืืืจื ืืืืจืช ืืชืฉืืื ืืื ืืจืืข ืฉื ืื .. ืืืื 15 ืืขืจื ืขืืจืชื ืืื ืก ืข”ื ืืฆืื .. ืฉืืื ืืืืฆืข ืฉื ืืช ืืขืฉืจืื ืฉืื.. ืื ืืฆืืืชื ืืืืจ ืฉืืืฉ ืขืฉืจื ืฉื ืื .. ืื ืืฆืืืชื ืืืืืืจ ืืขืฆืื .. ืขืืจืช ืขืืฉืื ืืื ืก .. ืื ืฉืชืงืชื.. ืืื ืืคืฆืข ืื ืืืื ืืืืฉืืจ ืื ืคืฉ ืืืืืฃ .. ืืื...	
 
	
		
        			February 21st, 2018
        
        			A family assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 4 years old, I was watching TV at my grandmotherโs house with my sister and cousins. My grandma had to leave for groceries so she asked who wanted to join her, I didnโt want to so my male cousin offered to watch me when the rest was...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 11th, 2015
        
        			Domestic Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My high school boyfriend lured me in from the start. Being young and insecure, it was easy to fall for every lie. After only a month into our relationship, he went to jail. He lied to my family and I, saying it was wrongful driving related charges. My sweet mother...	
 
	
		
        			October 23rd, 2016
        
        			I Remember Being Happy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I remember being happy to bump into you and smiling as I spoke to you. I remember feeling good that u invited me in and were not mad at me for staying away. Then I remember thinking that I must have given you the wrong vibe when u wanted to...	
 
	
		
        			May 30th, 2014
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola. Tengo 25. La primera vez que fue abusada sexualmente fue por mi abuelo, yo tenรญa 7 u 8 aรฑos, cuando รฉl me llamรณ a su habitaciรณn y me preguntรณ que si yo sabรญa besar, y yo le dije que no. Desde ahรญ empezaron una serie de actos desagradables. Cada...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 4th, 2017
        
        			I thought he was a friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This year I started my first year of uni and there was this guy in one of my classes he was an exchange student, and we became study partners, and I was helping him understand Aussie culture. After the mid-tri break second day back he asked to come over 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....	
 
	
		
        			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 17th, 2015
        
        			He Took My Virginity
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was never the type of girl who would sleep with anyone. I was, what the boys used to call me back in high school, ‘frigid’. In reality, I was just shy. I believed in intimacy as being something between you, and your partner with whom you loved and cherished....	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2016
        
        			James
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 12 years old (now 21), I was naive, thinking nothing would ever happen to me. I started talking to guys I met online. Big mistake. ‘James’ would talk to me late into the night, when I was lonely and sad, he would always be there for me. I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 28th, 2014
        
        			ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืื ืืื ืืจ ืงืืื ืื ืื ื ืืืืืช ืืืืื ืฉืจืืืชื ืืช ืืกืจื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืืืช ืคืขืืื ืืื ืคืขื ืื ื ืืชืจืืฉืช ืืืืฉ. ืื ื ืืช 13 ืืืคื ื ืืื ืืืื ืืืจืืื ืืืชื ืืื ืื ืืืฆื ืื ืืืจืืฉ ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืชื ืขื ืืืจื ืฉืื ืืงื ืืื ืืื ืืืฉ ืืืืืจ ืคื ื ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืคื...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 20th, 2009
        
        			my story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืื ื ืืช 28, ื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื. ืขืืจืชื ืคืืืขื ืืื ืืช ืืชืืฉืืช, ืืืื 9, ืืขื ืืื 13.5, ืืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืจื ืื ื ืื ืืืืืช ืืงืจืื ืืขืฆืื “ืฉืืจืืช” ืื ืืืืื ืืฉ ืืจืื ืืืชืจ ืืื ืืืื, ืืขืืฆืืื ืฉื ืชืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืงืื, ืื ื ืคืขืืื ืืืจืืื ื ื ืฉืื ืฉืื ืื, ืืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืกืืืข ืื ืคืืขืืช ืชืงืืคื ืืื ืืช ืืืฉืจืื ืชืืื...	
 
	
	
		I went to my friends house. I thought I knew him well. We hung out for a while and he never showed any signs, but I was on his couch and in an instant he was on me. He raped me and denys he did it. It took me two...	
 
	
		
        			February 5th, 2018
        
        			The year that changed me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had my first kiss and lost my virginity at 19, I was also raped that same year. I wish I could say that my first time was with someone special, someone I genuinely trusted and cared about but that would be a lie. The truth is that I only...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2018
        
        			Rude awakening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Startled awake, I was staring at a shotgun pointed at my face. He told me in a rude term what he was going to do, and ripped my nightie pretty much off. He then pushed between my legs, holding the shotgun in one hand. To be honest, I didn’t notice...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Ya perdonรฉ 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,...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2015
        
        			The First Time
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I don’t remember being a virgin, that was stolen from me before I knew what it was or meant. My first experience with sexual violence was at the age of four, by the son of the Minister of our Church. When I appeared sobbing and screaming in front of my...	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2014
        
        			My Fight
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am forced to live in a house with young men. My brother and three others. I put up a fight every night. It’s not enough. It’s never enough. The worst part is they know I’m a lesbian, and i hate it. They always say they will change my mind....	
 
	
		
        			December 2nd, 2015
        
        			Going to be His Girlfriend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I always told myself that I was going to wait to have sex, wait until I was married or at least until I was definitely ready. At sixteen years young that option was taken away from me. I remember this day too clearly and I hate that. When I was...	
 
	
		
        			January 2nd, 2016
        
        			Despedida
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hola soy una mujer de 31 aรฑos. Vivรญ una situaciรณn muy confusa cuando era niรฑa casi 9 o 10 aรฑos. Mis padres nos dejaban vacacional en la casa de mis abuelos que nos cuidaban, nos consentรญan con golosinas, ver televisiรณn y jugar. Una tarde ya para llegar la noche nos...	
 
	
		
        			March 19th, 2016
        
        			Not Really Love
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met Adam for the first time when I was 13, by that time he was 16 and we started walking our dogs together a few nights. After the first week of hanging out I decided to finally accept his offer and watch a movie with him at his place....	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2016
        
        			My Daughter and I Both
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story: When I was six years old, I was raped by a nine-year-old boy who lived down the street. His mother walked in on the act and yelled at us to stop. She told me to put on my clothes and that I could never come back over to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 8th, 2016
        
        			Can Anyone Help?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi fellow survivors. I’ve written on this forum a few times before trying to be encouraging to those who are struggling with post rape trauma and all the crap that comes with it, but I’m reaching out to you for support now. It’s been about 9 months since a stranger...	
 
	
		
        			December 31st, 2015
        
        			Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My first take on “sex” was misunderstanding. I didn’t know what it was, and my mother told me that I didn’t need to worry about it yet. My father and mother had always stressed being responsible, and learning to defend yourself. I chose “Start By Believing” to tell my story,...	
 
	
		
        			September 9th, 2015
        
        			He Was a Cop
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just writing this brings tears to my eyes. It’s still so raw to me even if it was two years ago. I was 18 and I started dating this cop I had make at my gas station job after he’d contacted me on Facebook. I’d liked him for so long...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 29th, 2015
        
        			Thank You
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was molested by my cousin at an early age, remember telling myself that I would never let that happen to me again. I battled and worked my way through what happened to me. I finally told my mom at 35 years old and I was 12 when my cousin...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			ืืืืจ, ืืืืื, ืื ืฆื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืื ืืจ ืืงืจื, ืืื ืฉืชืืขื ืืืืืช ืืืชื ืืฉื ืื ืืงืฉืืช ืฉืื. ื ืื ืกืชื ืืืฉื ืฉื ืื ืืืฉืืช ืกืืคืจืช ืืช ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื ืื ื ืืืืชื ืืช 13. ื ืชืช ืื ืืช ืืืื ืืกืคืจ ืืช ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื ืืืืงืฉ ืขืืจื. ืืืื- ืืืชืจ ืืขืฉืืจ ืืืจื… ืืืืจื ืืืคืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืื ืืืื ืืืฃ ืขืืืืช ืืืจืืืืช ืื ื ืืื ืืืืจ- ื ืืฆืืชื. ืื ื ืืื. ื ืื ืช...	
 
	
	
		tโs been a while, hasnโt it? Iโm sure neither of you have noticed the lack of access you have to my social media as I have blocked you. I am a part of your past now, a simple memory that occasionally pops up on your Facebook memories or in your...	
 
	
		
        			March 29th, 2016
        
        			Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was the night before Halloween. This would be my very first Halloween as a college student and I was beyond excited. I spent three days planning my costume, watching YouTube make-up and hair tutorials to perfect my costume: 1980โs Madonna on a college studentโs budget. I spent hours teasing...	
 
	
		
        			November 14th, 2010
        
        			Erase and Rewind
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืืืชื ืืืืื ืื ืขืจื ืืืืฉื – ืืื ืืชืืจ ืืืช ืฉืืื ืื ืงืฆืช ืจืืฉื ื ืืืชืืช ืืืื ืฉืืกืชืืืื ืืขืืงืจ ืขื ืืืจืื ืื ืื ืืฉืืืฉืช ืืืื ืืืืืืื – ืืืืชื ืืืคื ืจืืืงื ืืื ืฉืืืช ืฉืื- ืืื ืื ืืฉืื ืืขืืจื ืืื ื ืกืืื ืืืืฉื ืืช ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืฆืคื ืืช- ืืื ืืฆื ืฉืขื ืืื 21 ืขืื ืืืืชื ืืชืืื -ืืืืกืจ ืืืืืืจ ืืืืฃ...	
 
	
		
        			November 18th, 2015
        
        			Childhood Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I want to share my story as a way to make sense of the drama in my life that is ruling over me. I never taught back then, this would have an enormous effect in the long term. When I was 9, I moved to another village with my family....	
 
	
	
		I couldn’t sleep tonight, and all I could think about was making a difference in the world. Somehow I stumbled across this forum in my quest to find away to make the world a better place. I read a few of the stories and sobbed the whole time. I had...	
 
	
		
        			May 19th, 2014
        
        			Ritual Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Here is the story I want to write. I was sexually molested by my uncle before the age of 2 , when I was still in my diapers. After this, came years and years of sexual abuse and rape by ‘ extended family’ members. I have changed the word’ family’...	
 
	
		
        			July 29th, 2016
        
        			Brother & Sister
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story starts at the age of 6. The worst part about it is not my age but the fact that I remember everything, every word and every moment of each attack is on replay in my mind driving me insane. So today I’m going to share every single detail...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2015
        
        			Growing Past Just Surviving
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I grew up in an abusive household with an alcoholic father. Our daytime seemed the perfect middle class, church going family where all was polite, well and peaceful. Our night times where a living nightmare. My father became a different man drunk. I grew up physically and sexually abused, although...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I was really tired one night. I fell asleep and woke up later in the night. I walked downstairs to get a drink. When I walked in the kitchen, my assistant principal was standing there. I was really scared. I tried to run, but he was right behind me. He...	
 
	
		
        			July 29th, 2015
        
        			It Was My Fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My Ex-Male Best Friend Took Advantage Of Me And I Blame Myself. We Were Best Friends. He Was Always There For Me. I Loved Him But That Good Is Now In Vain. He Went Behind My Back With My Ex Female Best Friend And They Began Dating. We Didn’t Speak...	
 
	
		
        			July 6th, 2015
        
        			Still Haven’t Healed
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped while on a second date with a guy I had met at a bar. I was 18 and a virgin. My family was very strict catholic and sex was never something that was discussed. One night I met a guy. He seemed really nice. I didn’t have...	
 
	
		
        			August 19th, 2009
        
        			ืืื ืืื ืืจ
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืื ืื ื ืืงืืื ืฉืืื ืชืงืจืื ืืืชื. ืื ืื ื ืขืืจืชื ืืืืืืช ืืืืืช, ืืืื ืืืืจืืช ืืืื ื 8 ืื ืฉืื ืืืืฉืคืื. ืื ืืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืชืจืฆื ืืขืืื http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/userblog.asp?foldername=bubaa&passok=yes ืืฉืื ืื ืชืฆืจื ืืืชื ืงืฉืจ ืืืืื ืืช ืืืงื! ืื ืืืืื ืื *ืืืืืง*	
 
	
		
        			November 7th, 2015
        
        			Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My father had abandoned my family when I was 8 years old. From then on until now I thought I needed the love of a man to fill the emptiness he left behind. When I was 11 my mother worked at in a small Latin shop where she was a...	
 
	
		
        			November 29th, 2015
        
        			The Worst Relationship
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 when we started our relationship, we were together for about 5-6 months maybe before the first time. I went through 3 years of it, being a regular thing. The last time I was 17 and left him when I was 18. The first time I had just...	
 
	
		
        			February 4th, 2014
        
        			He Was My Hero
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Hi, I am 15 years old from Netanya, Israel. From age 5 to age 7 I sexual abuse by my neighbor ,who was 17. I was a child, I did not understand, he was my hero … He knew what he wanted and what he is doing .. Every word...	
 
	
		
        			April 23rd, 2014
        
        			ืืืฃืฃืฃืฃ
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืืฃ ! ืืืฉ ืงืฉื ืื ืืกืคืจ ืืช ืื ืื ืื ืืืืจืื ืขื ืื ื ืืื? ืืื ืื ืื ืจืฆืืชื ืืืืฆืื ืืช ืื ืืื ื ืฉืืืคืฉืชื ืื ืืขื ืขื ืฉืืฆืืชื ืืช ืืืชืจ ืฉืื ืฉืฉืืชืคืช ืืืชื ืืกืจื. ืืขืืืืื ืฉื ืืืืืจื ืฉืืชื ืืช ืืืืจืื ืื ืื ืกืช…-ืื ืืืืชื ืืช ืืฉื ืืื ืื ืจืขืืื ื ืืื. ื ืฉืืข ืืืืจ ืืื...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		It was the first day of my job interview. I had gotten an early scholarship for college when I was 15 and I finished it by 20. I’m now 25 and still can’t forget my rape story. It was terrifying. The guy who was the interviewer told me that getting...	
 
	
		
        			May 20th, 2017
        
        			Married to Abuser
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The evening of December 25th 2015 was the last time I was assaulted by my ex husband. I had a dread in me the entire day knowing what he would be trying to initiate when we arrived home. He had assaulted me on several occasions previously and I knew what...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2015
        
        			Rape at Bogota, Colombia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Sueรฑo / Recuerdo I was running running running Past the halls, the screams, the stairs My hand was busy on something -Probably the piece of glass I used to cut him. And then she ripped her necklace off Just as they ripped out clothes off Shattered glass -Another way of...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2015
        
        			13 & Alone
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 13 years old I was best friends with this person that I knew for 5/6 years. I was going through a lot then I started liking him a lot to the point I thought I was in love and in fact I still love him till this day....	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2014
        
        			He Was My Family
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was molested by my cousin when I was 10. We all lived in the same home. I was staying up late to watch tv and he was in the family room. He asked me to sit on his lap and watch a show. I didn’t think anything of it....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 23rd, 2016
        
        			Saying No Just Wasn’t Enough
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 14 years old when I was molested. We were alone in my friend’s basement for some reason, because I was only acquaintances with him, but not friends. He was very drunk and came at me just like many other girls. I kept saying no but it wasn’t...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2017
        
        			The Man Who Never Was
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I would like to go back to December 19th of 2016, the charming man I met all in black, his hair down and his fedora hat, the man who has this smile, this look in his eyes, who danced with me, and said hurry up guys this girl and I...	
 
	
		
        			October 25th, 2018
        
        			The Boys Club Continues
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I decided to share my story after reading another womanโs story on this site…she was brutally gang raped by police and contemplating suicide. Please โdonโt let them winโ by Suicide. I know itโs your choice to take your life or survive…. I know the helplessness against the Blue Wall. I...	
 
	
		
        			March 4th, 2016
        
        			Sexual Abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i haven’t had a good upbringing. my mum left when i was 2 and left with me my step sister dad who isn’t related to me. (at this point i never knew) when i was about 7 he started to do stuff, touching me and my friends and making me...	
 
	
		
        			November 26th, 2017
        
        			Amusement Park
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’m sharing this today because it’s something I’ve told to only three people in my entire life. It feels liberating, knowing that I will be able to get it all out without people knowing who I am. It was at an amusement park, I know that. But I don’t remember...	
 
	
		
        			June 2nd, 2023
        
        			He Was Saving Me From Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I thought I wasn’t worth it Suicide I kept escaping it Depression, the shadow i hid in Screaming:: When will this mental illness end Couldn’t find someone to truly call a friend Felt like i lost my wind I was self destructing, didn’t know what it was like to be...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			ืืืื ื ืืืื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืืืงืช ืืช ืืืื. ืืืื ื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืืจืืช ืฉืื, ืืื ืืืฉื ืืืฉืจืื ืฉืื ืขืืจื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืช / ืชืงืืคื ืืื ืืช / ืืื ืก ืื ืืืืื ืขืจืืืช.	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 30th, 2010
        
        			Rape inside marriage is still rape…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was married. I had a child. My husband was going through some midlife crisis of sorts. He drank more and more frequently in greater quantities. When he drank he wanted sex. I knew he didn’t want me because my weight repulsed him. And yet when he drank he wanted...	
 
	
		
        			July 10th, 2018
        
        			The thief
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 5, people say you canโt remember it because you were so small but I do remember everything that happened, I was sexually harassed by my cousin who I loved like a brother, I donโt know but I was so scared to tell anyone so I told the...	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2018
        
        			The same guy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		To describe this experience in words is probably one of the hardest things someone could ask of me. How am I suppose to describe to people what I felt and make them understand it when I don’t even know that for myself. With that being said I will state the...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2016
        
        			Lightening Does Strike Twice
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Iโve been raped twice. One left left me bruised, one didnโt leave a mark. Both hurt the same. When I was 16 I got a boyfriend. He was older, and cool, and in a band. He took me to parties, and gave me weed, and made me feel cool, too....	
 
	
	
		Mi hermano mayor abusaba de mi,me violaba,desde pequeรฑo,yo tenรญa 7, 8, 9 aรฑos de edad,le decรญa a mis padres y no me hacรญan caso,decรญan que era para llamar la atenciรณn, pero en mis recuerdos esto no era asรญ, lo tengo muy presente todo el tiempo,cuando tu e edad para confrontarlo,...	
 
	
		
        			April 20th, 2017
        
        			Freshman Year
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I go to a small college in the northeast, and my freshman year I was at a party at one of the sports team houses. It was only October, and I had a group of friends at school and all, but there was also a kid from my high school...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			In the Hospital
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a medical student, and he was a resident in a surgical specialty. We were dating, and he had been respectful of my boundaries. As a Catholic, I intended to remain a virgin until I was married. We were both on call at the same hospital, and there weren’t...	
 
	
		
        			October 18th, 2017
        
        			How can we make it stop?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 or 15. He was my best friendโs father, and a retired church minister. He spoiled his kids, and one day he also started spoiling me. He would buy us clothes, take us to get our hair done, and give us money to go to the movies. One...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			April 2nd, 2018
        
        			He bought me chips and sent me...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Two years ago I aborted the child of my rapist. To this day I still feel sick to my stomach at the thought of this. This man had the ability to remove all sense of control from me and break me completely in a matter of hours. He also forced...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2017
        
        			16 times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I have been sexually assaulted 16 times. 11 of those are rapes. It started when I was two. The last time I was 23. 3 of those times were by immediate family members, people I loved and relied on to love, protect and take care of me: My father, when...	
 
	
		
        			June 16th, 2015
        
        			A Survivor’s Mindset
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is my 12th year as a survivor of sexual abuse. I have struggled with emotional and psychological effects for years and still fighting against it today. I have suffered slight depression, shame, guilt, self-blame and anxiety. I experience self-blame with a broad range of things from a baby tripping...	
 
	
		
        			October 24th, 2016
        
        			I Was 9
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The rape… I was 9 years old and was raped by my stepfather. This didn’t happen over night. It started with inappropriate touching until he eventually raped me. I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was disgusted by what he did. I told him yuck you peed on me....	
 
	
		
        			August 22nd, 2018
        
        			PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		โTo be, or not to be: that is the question: /Whether โtis nobler in the mind to suffer /The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, /Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, /And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; /No more; and, by a sleep to...	
 
	
	
		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....	
 
	
		
        			August 18th, 2014
        
        			Ignored For a Lifetime
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was sexually abused repeatedly at the hands of an uncle when I was nine years old. My entire family has always chosen to ignore that ever happened, to this day. The ghosts of this traumatic series of events have haunted me for the next 41 years of my life....	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2014
        
        			I Am a Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		On day at my grandmother’s home, my step cousin and I were going to take a shower together, as most cousins our age did…only he was about 12 and I was 4. In the bathroom he told me to take off my clothes and after I had done so, he...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 27th, 2015
        
        			Simply My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Daire..I am 44 years of age. I am a mother to 3 amazing boys..Many years ago when I was 17. I tried modeling. sSdly my first experience with a photographer left me scarred for life. He repeatedly raped me over and over again, and he is the...	
 
	
		
        			January 20th, 2014
        
        			ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืืืชื ืืช 19 ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืชื ืืืจืชื ืืืชื ืืืืืจ ืืื ื ื20 ืฉื ื ืืืืจ ืื ืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืื ื , ืืื ืืฆืื ืืื ืืชืืื ื ืืื ืืก ืืืชื ืืืจืืื ืืืชืืชื ื ืขืื ืื ืขืืงืืชื ืื ืงืจื ืื ืื ื ืืืจ ืืื ืื ืื ืืฉืืืื ืื ืืื ืชื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืฆืืขืง ืืืชืขืื ืคืืืืช ืืืื ืืช ืชืืื ืืืจ ืื “ืืช...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 18th, 2014
        
        			De Los 6 a Los 12
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Despertรฉ con su aliento sucio y su lengua dentro de mi boca y, no entendรญ nada, quedรฉ paralizada, tenรญa apenas 6 aรฑitos y lo querรญa y admiraba… era mi abuelo. Esa noche, antes de irnos a la cama y con mi abuelo de visita, llorรฉ desconsolada pues competรญamos mis hermanos...	
 
	
		
        			April 27th, 2016
        
        			Awareness Among Teenage Boys
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I recently watched the Brave Miss World movie with my teenage sons who are 13, 14 and 16 as I thought they needed to see it. Their reactions ranged from anger to horror to outright indignation about what happens regarding rape and sexual assault. I am very open with my...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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 7th, 2018
        
        			I loved him
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 21 when I went out drinking with friends. I woke up in the morning not being able to recall how I got home or anything that had happened that night, I didn’t feel hungover or sick. I wasn’t wearing any clothes and I had bruises on my body....	
 
	
		
        			August 27th, 2018
        
        			Healing and releasing painful memories
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was a fashion designer in the Los Angeles area. I opened up my own business and hired a young man that we knew in the garment business as our shipping manager and coordinator. He was someone my ex-husband, now deceased, knew. We became friends with him and his wife....	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 20th, 2016
        
        			Naive College Freshman
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was only 18. I wanted to save myself for marriage, and had managed to make it through a year long high school romance without having sex. When I got to college, I started drinking a lot because I could and it was fun. I attended my first frat party...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			September 3rd, 2014
        
        			ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืืกืืคืืจ ืืขืืจืืช ืื ืื ื ืื ืืืื ืืืชืื ืืื ืืืืช!! ืืืจ ืืฉืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืฆืืื ืืคื ื ืฉืื ื ืืชืืืื ืืืชืื ืื ื ืื ืืืืขืช ืื ืืืืช ืืื ืื ื ืืืืขืช ืจืง ืขืืจืืช ืื ืืงืืื ืฉืืชืืื ื ืชืชืจืื ื ืืื. ืฉืืื ืจืืืชื ืืช ืืกืจื ืฉืื ืืืจืืฉืชื ืฆืืจื ืืืชืื ืื ืืช ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื. ืืืื ืื ื ืืช 16… ืื ืงืจื ืืคื ื...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 21st, 2018
        
        			Raped at 17
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Lauren Bimmlet. I am 27 years old, a Navy veteran and a rape survivor. When I was 17, I was raped in the backseat of a car. I had come from a friends graduation party and his friend offered to take me home. I was a little...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			February 1st, 2018
        
        			One in Four
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I came into college knowing the horrifying statistics of rape, but I never thought that I would be the one in four. My night started like any other night of drinking and hanging out with my roommate, only this time our “friend” asked if he could come join us. We...	
 
	
		
        			August 24th, 2009
        
        			ืื ืืืฆืืื ืืื…
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืื ืืจ ืืงืจื- ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื ืืฉืคืืข ืขืื ืจืืืช ืืืื ื (1998) ืื ืืืฉ ืืืืชื ืชืงืืคื ืืกืืคืืจ ืขื ืืฉืื ืฉืคืืข ืื ืืชืคืืฆืฅ… ืื ื ืื ืืื ืืื. ืื ื ืืื-ืืชื ืืืขื ืืืืช… ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืขืืืจื… ืื ื ื ืืืืช ืืฉืื ืืื, ืืื ืื ืงื. ืกืืืื ืื ืื ื ื ืฉืืขืช ืคืกืืืืช (ืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืชืงืืคื…), ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื...	
 
	
		
        			November 8th, 2017
        
        			What sent me over the edge
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 19. I went to a frat party, I was drinking too much because I was stupid and just wanted to fit in. I started dancing and making out with a stranger. He quickly became violent. When I tried to leave, he followed me upstairs and dragged...	
 
	
		
        			July 31st, 2018
        
        			Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Cuando tenia 5-6 aรฑos, no recuerdo la edad exacta, un primo mio de unos 17 aรฑos solia sentarme en sus piernas y frotarse sus partes conmigo. Nunca intentรณ tener relaciones conmigo pero fue algo que me afectรณ por aรฑos. No sabรญa si debรญa contarlo o no porque no sabรญa ni...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			May 21st, 2018
        
        			Sexual abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This is extremely odd, and unusual. I was 9, or 10. I can’t remember the exact age. I have a cousin who is one year younger than me, who was exposed to drugs, violence, and sex from a young age due to his mother being in and out of jail....	
 
	
		
        			December 7th, 2017
        
        			Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Dear Readers, I am anonymous for a reason that me revealing this story is a danger to my life. The reason for this is because the rapist is somebody with high power. They are the son of this (something). I don’t know. I just know that for a fact that...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			November 22nd, 2014
        
        			End of Innocence
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had just turned 18. I knew everything or thought I did and my father’s temper was as bad as mine. We got into a fight and he told me to leave and to spite him I did. I went to my best friends house with the intent to stay...	
 
	
		
        			May 28th, 2018
        
        			Rape Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		August 14th, 2017 August 14th started off as an ordinary evening filled with friends and laughter, then ended with fear, pain, and loneliness. I never had guessed it would be a day that I would never forget. The 14th started off as an ordinary evening filled with laughter and friends,...	
 
	
		
        			February 13th, 2018
        
        			My first boyfriend in the US
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was 2010, and I had just moved from my birth country without a clue about where I was standing. I was hopeful because it was an opportunity that made me think I was blessed. it was my freshmen year in high school, and on my first day at lunch...	
 
	
		
        			December 1st, 2016
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I met him while attending lessons at a school. He lived directly opposite. I was 15 and he was 22. The first time I saw him, I couldn’t stop staring! He was gorgeous. We spoke briefly for 1 year and a half. One day he invited me over to watch...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 28th, 2018
        
        			More Witness than I Care to Live...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Katherine, and my sex ed started when I went to a playground after a softball game. I was 9, and a man joined me. He intimidated me into masturbating him. I only had my mother and 2 sisters with my father out of the house, so I...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 16th, 2015
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 9 so I will not sugar coat the truth. I will share with you how I was forced to do, well what you wouldnโt have wanted to do. I will share with why I had teary eyes as he separated my thighs. But then again you might only...	
 
	
		
        			June 12th, 2014
        
        			Getting Away
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first time I was 21, my roommate had brought him home on a night out. When she rejected him, he came in to my room and asked if he could sleep there. I did say no, more than once, but when he kept on touching me, something in me...	
 
	
		
        			August 12th, 2014
        
        			A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My father began sexually abusing me before I started school. I remember him telling me to touch his penis as he was lying on the bed and I was sitting beside him. He told me it was ‘sex education.’ I have only that one flashback from the early years. Years...	
 
	
		
        			November 24th, 2013
        
        			Childhood Friend Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had lived abroad with my military family and returned to my home State after graduating high school to live with my grandmother to decide my future rather college or join the military. I received a phone call from a childhood friend if I wanted to drive to a nearby...	
 
	
		
        			October 18th, 2011
        
        			Different face, but the same monster
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started when I was 5…he was a trusted friend of a neighbors family…I can still remember his smell, some 20 years later…’If you tell anyone that I touch you, I’ll hurt you’ he would say, and then throw me to the ground and walk away…fast forward 10 years, same...	
 
	
		
        			October 8th, 2014
        
        			My Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 32 and 4 years ago I came face to face with the person who raped me when I was 13. At the time of being raped, I had been out with my best friend and had gone back to another school friends sisters house. I knew the person...	
 
	
		
        			April 6th, 2017
        
        			Date rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		To the one that destroyed me, I think about you a lot. Maybe because we actually had a solid relationship in the beginning. You caught my eye, you pulled me in, I wanted you. You seemed so perfect to me and I was finally happy with you in my life....	
 
	
		
        			June 5th, 2014
        
        			Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Es la primera vez que hablo de รฉsto, el รบnico que llego a saberlo ya estรก en el cielo cuidando de mi, mi amado abuelito…. Sucediรณ cuando era una niรฑa, al comienzo no entendรญa que habรญa ocurrido pero con el paso del tiempo lo entendรญ y ahora creo que muchas...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 8th, 2014
        
        			After I Was Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was little and I first heard about the concept of rape, I didn’t understand what was so horrible about it. I understood that clearly it was a bad thing to do – no one has the right to take control of someone else’s body like that. But I...	
 
	
		
        			February 25th, 2015
        
        			Drugged and Gang Raped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The guy I met, I thought was a nice guy. Very undercover, nice, seemed genuine. I met him, he was walking a baby Pitbull. I have a passion for these dogs, rescued some, and have one myself. I invited him to come to visit me, as I had not been...	
 
	
		
        			July 17th, 2015
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It happened about a month ago now. This guy, whose name I will not state, added me on my Facebook and messaged me. We started talking for about 2 weeks and I was really into him, he invited me to his friends house for a few drinks one night and...	
 
	
		
        			November 11th, 2015
        
        			Second Date
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I had gone out on one date with this guy and it was really nice. There wasn’t any pressure to even kiss at the end of our date so it ended with a hug. The second date wasn’t even really a date. He had invited me to come over to...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			June 26th, 2014
        
        			My Story of a Gang Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 18 years old and away at college. I was with my boyfriend and just had sex for the first time. Afterwards he was unable to start his car and 3 men pulled up and offered to help. They got out of their car with a gun. My boyfriend...	
 
	
		
        			September 5th, 2010
        
        			ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืงืจืืช ืืื 15 ืืชืืืชื ืืฆืืช ืขื ืืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืืฉื ื, ืืืืจ ืืืืฉืืื ืืขืจื ืืืื ืืืืชื ืื ืื ื ืืจืืื ืืืืคืฉืช ืืืืื ืืืจืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืคื ืืืช ืืคืขื ืืจืืฉืื ื ืืขืฆื ืฉืืื ืืจืื ืขืืื ืื, ืืืื ืื ืกืืืจื ืฉืืคืืื ืืืชื ืขื ืืจืืฆืคื ืืืฉืื ื ืฉืืืืช ืขื ืืจืฆืคื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืื ืขื...	
 
	
		
        			May 29th, 2014
        
        			Mi Historia
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		hola tengo 38 aรฑos mi historia comienza cuando tenia 8 aรฑos mi padre muriรณ y quedamos con mi madre en ese en toses vivรญamos 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...	
 
	
		
        			April 1st, 2016
        
        			Nashville Sweetheart
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My mom always called me that, “Nashville’s Sweetheart” my mom co manages a record company so I grew up singing. Country music is me! I have two younger sisters that are 16 and 12. They can sing to. But our mom is the best. Our poor dad can’t carry a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 16th, 2018
        
        			Sexual abuse
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		my older cousin sexually abused me at age 6 till 11. when it all happened i thought it was normal. he made me watch pornography with him, he touched me down there, butt, breasts. i donโt remember a lot about it, i only remember a couple of things. like one...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 27th, 2016
        
        			My Rapes
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am an alcoholic/addict in recovery. I have a little over 1yr sobriety and I am 44yrs old. I honestly cannot remember how many times I’ve been raped. While I watched the film, I thought of two. I don’t really want to think of the rest. I was drinking and...	
 
	
		
        			July 1st, 2014
        
        			The Devil You Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by my brother’s best friend when I was 19. It was at my brother’s house. He was sleeping in the next room. I was extremely intoxicated. I didn’t want to get in trouble and I blamed myself for being drunk. It finally came out while I was...	
 
	
		
        			September 7th, 2009
        
        			ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืืืขืช ืืืืคื ืืืชืืื ืขืืจืชื 3 ืืงืจืื ืืื ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง ืื ื ืืช 31 ืืื ื2 ืืืื ืืงืกืืืื ืืฉืืืืชื ืืช ืืขืจื 15 ืืืืืืชื ืืช ืืืจื ืฉืื ืืืืืชื ืืจื ืืืื ืกืืืื ืืืืจืช ืืคืชืข ืฉืืขื ื ืฉืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืจืื ื ืืืืจื ื ืืช ืงืฆื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืืืื ืฉืื ื ืืืืชื ืืื ืงืจืืื ืืืื...	
 
	
		
        			November 1st, 2015
        
        			He Was My Father
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 11 years old and I had just moved to here I left my family behind and everyone that I cared about. My father moved here when I was 2. I have never seen him again since he left. Me and my mother we were the best of friends,...	
 
	
		
        			November 3rd, 2015
        
        			Foreign City
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was in London and travelling Europe with my best friend. One night in Soho these guys were buying us round after round to the point where I knew I was at my limit and tried to decline, with no success. As the night progressed, he’d take my hand and...	
 
	
		
        			January 4th, 2018
        
        			Rude awakening
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Startled awake, I was staring at a shotgun pointed at my face. He told me in a rude term what he was going to do, and ripped my nightie pretty much off. He then pushed between my legs, holding the shotgun in one hand. To be honest, I didn’t notice...	
 
	
		
        			May 13th, 2016
        
        			Blamed Myself
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was a year ago, I was out with my friend and when I drink vodka I tend to blackout, I don’t drink it anymore. So anyway I think I got kicked out of the club for being too intoxicated and I lost my friend and I remember seeing this...	
 
	
	
		Hola, no comprendo muy bien el idioma ingles por eso escribo esta corta historia en espaรฑol, la persona que fue abusa es mi esposa cuan ella tenia 11 aรฑos por el esposo de una tรญa de ella y el esposo de una prima de ella. Al contarme esto sentรญ demasiada...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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....	
 
	
		
        			June 22nd, 2014
        
        			Raped as a Boy
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped as a child for many years by someone I considered a father figure, my uncle. I had only realized what it was before I became a teenager. He passed away in 97 from a flesh-eating disease. I always thought this was God’s doing for what he did...	
 
	
		
        			January 7th, 2016
        
        			Kidnapped
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped about a year before I was kidnapped. The kidnapping is more traumatic for me because nearly 20 years later I recognized a story on a profiling on America’s Most wanted that I knew it was the same people who kidnapped me. I escaped by some incredible strokes...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		Cuando tenรญa 23 aรฑos de edad empecรฉ a trabajar con el ejรฉrcito de mi paรญs por 6 meses. Allรญ conocรญ a un teniente que al principio nos llevรกbamos bien, conversรกbamos, etc. Tenรญamos las habitaciones continuas. Un dรญa, รฉl me llamรณ y รฉl estaba dentro de su habitaciรณn, yo no pensรฉ...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 1st, 2014
        
        			The Devil You Know
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped by my brother’s best friend when I was 19. It was at my brother’s house. He was sleeping in the next room. I was extremely intoxicated. I didn’t want to get in trouble and I blamed myself for being drunk. It finally came out while I was...	
 
	
	
		Hola, no comprendo muy bien el idioma ingles por eso escribo esta corta historia en espaรฑol, la persona que fue abusa es mi esposa cuan ella tenia 11 aรฑos por el esposo de una tรญa de ella y el esposo de una prima de ella. Al contarme esto sentรญ demasiada...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			October 9th, 2017
        
        			New Years Eve
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		We had gone to the big gathering to drink, party, and watch fireworks as 12 passed. There was about 12 or so in our group, but a lot got separated in the crowds, which got more solid as the moment approached, meanwhile everyone got more liquids as well. Midnight rang...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		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...	
 
	
		
        			March 8th, 2015
        
        			He Stole Something From Me
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		In January 2004 I went with my class and other classes of my former school to France for a school trip. We went by bus. It was an ten hour over night drive from Holland without sleep. When we arrived we where all divided by four to share apartments. Later...	
 
	
		
        			September 9th, 2015
        
        			He Was a Cop
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Just writing this brings tears to my eyes. It’s still so raw to me even if it was two years ago. I was 18 and I started dating this cop I had make at my gas station job after he’d contacted me on Facebook. I’d liked him for so long...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		The first time I was raped I was about 7 years old, my uncle raped me in my grandmother’s house, he had previously assaulted my mother when he was younger and my mother was a kid. I was sleeping in my room with my cousin by my side, and I...	
 
	
		
        			August 14th, 2016
        
        			You Were My Friend
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Only 15 and happy to be seeing you after I had been on vacation for awhile. You and another friend of mine who was a girl. I was tired for I had not slept well the night before. We were all in your room eating nachos and watching tv just...	
 
	
		
        			January 14th, 2015
        
        			STRONG
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I was 8 years old a woman came into me, my brotherโs and my dadโs life. My dad fell in love with her. Two years later, he proposed. A year and a half later we moved into her house. She had a nephew who was 17. I had liked...	
 
	
		
        			October 22nd, 2018
        
        			It is not my fault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		The first incident I can really vividly remember was my freshman year of high school. I went to a school that required us to wear uniforms and I had to take the metro to school every day. I was sitting down by myself and a guy got on the train...	
 
	
		
        			May 29th, 2017
        
        			The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Denny* and I had a turbulent relationship. We had fun, so much fun โ until 2009 began to unfold. Surviving Black Saturday traumatized Denny. His uncle had committed suicide a month earlier. He was experiencing his first hardships as an adult, and I was too young and naรฏve to see...	
 
	
		
        			February 16th, 2017
        
        			Someone I Thought I Could Trust
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It was summer 2016, I was 17 at the time almost 18. I was in karate for 7 years, I had quit when I was 13 or 14. By this time my mom was still going and I decided to go with her to watch. I saw a few people...	
 
	
		
        			December 3rd, 2015
        
        			Family Member
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 3 years old when my uncle started raping me. It went on for many years until I turned about 5 or 6. I kept it to myself because he was always telling me no one would believe me and that if I told my parents they would hate...	
 
	
		
        			October 8th, 2017
        
        			Dream / Recall
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was running running running Past the halls, the screams, the stairs My hand was busy on something -Probably the piece of glass I used to cut him. And then she ripped her necklace off Just as they ripped out clothes off Shattered glass -Another way of showing their power-She...	
 
	
		
        			December 10th, 2016
        
        			Roommates
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		He was my roommate. Someone I barely knew, an acquaintance. I had moved back to campus after living about a year 20 minutes out from school. I was desperate to be around people my own age again and get out of my current living situation. I took on random roommates...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			April 8th, 2016
        
        			Harassment at Work
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		So I came on here before and posted a story about the date rape I endured last June. And now the result of my rape us that I seem to be a target for every fucking asshole in the trip state area. Maybe it’s the piece of me that was...	
 
	
		
        			August 22nd, 2014
        
        			Date Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 23 and it was our 3rd “date.” We went to his house to watch movies and have pizza. I was okay with that because he lived with his mom and she was home. We ate and then went to his room. On the way up the stairs he...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 21st, 2018
        
        			Be Aware
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A girl I date recently came forward to me about 2 occurrences. I really donโt 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...	
 
	
		
        			February 8th, 2018
        
        			But what really happened?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Last week I had decided to go on a night out with a few of my friends. Being 19, clubbing and alcohol is a hobby of mine, I did what I usually do and just go with the flow of the night. We had started off at the pub, I...	
 
	
		
        			December 18th, 2016
        
        			Benefit of the Doubt
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Everyone warned me. They said he was bad, to not get involved with him. There were rumors about him sexually assaulting another girl but I didn’t believe it. I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. I too, knew what it felt like to have people spread rumors...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			January 3rd, 2014
        
        			Rape & Sexual Assault
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This has gone on for too many years, not only to women but men too. The shame and guilt and fear kept me quiet for over 40 years.I let myself down as well as others. How to heal and speak out is something i need in order too move on...	
 
	
		
        			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 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...	
 
	
		
        			June 29th, 2016
        
        			A Letter to My “Family”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		January 15, 2015 I was raped by my uncle, my moms brother. I’ve told my family, they just say “Oh he’s an over grown child”. Or “he didn’t know what he was doing”. Or “you were just high on drugs, you wanted it”. But none of them truly understand how...	
 
	
		
        			April 15th, 2018
        
        			My boyfriend of 2 years
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve been dating this guy for 2 years, and a little while ago, he took me to his family’s beach house for summer. The first night we were there, he offered me a candy. Obviously, I took it. I started to feel funny and turns out he drugged me and...	
 
	
		
        			September 13th, 2015
        
        			My First Two Times
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		strong>The first time My school had an exchange student in our class who has travelled from Austria. I immediately fell in love. He had a girlfriend back home but as we became friends and got closer and closer he told me ha had broken up with this girlfriend to be...	
 
	
		
        			September 22nd, 2015
        
        			My Sexual Assault Story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My name is Sofรญa, I’m nineteen years old. I was born in Mรฉxico, 1996. At the age of 9 my parents split up, my mother and I moved to another city and by the time I was 10 my parents were divorced. My mom proceeded to take me to a...	
 
	
		
        			June 25th, 2014
        
        			Survivor, Still Struggling
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My story begins 35 years ago at home at the hands of my brother. The feeling in the pit of your stomach as you begin to think of these things is creeping up as I type. I can feel the tears behind my eyes fighting for their liberty. My brother...	
 
	
		
        			September 12th, 2009
        
        			My story
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Ive been debating telling this story let alone publish it. I was 10 years old when I was continuously raped by a neighbor which lasted 2 years. I blamed myself for years for what happened but now I firmly believe that this person was a monster and there wasnt anything...	
 
	
	
		I can still remember it so clearly. The taste of alcohol on my breath the morning after. The humiliation I was putting myself through. I couldnโt bring myself to accept it, I had read about it before and had even taken an online class before attending college, I remember thinking...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			March 23rd, 2015
        
        			Tree House
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		It started when i was 9. My brother was always mean to me, I’m guessing he learned a lot of it from my abusive father. He physically abused my brother and I when we were younger so I sometimes believe this all happened because he was trying to cope? Anyways,...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 27th, 2014
        
        			Happy Survivor
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 14 years old and was raped over a year ago. It happened about 4-5 times my rapist was my step cousin. When everyone was asleep he would sneak into my room. Seven months is how long I had kept it inside for with out telling anyone until one...	
 
	
		
        			June 17th, 2014
        
        			Seis Aรฑos
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		A los seis aรฑos fui a la fiesta de una tia buela una de las tantas reuniones que hacen en mi familia y cuando fui al baรฑo el hijo de esa tia me llevo a su cuarto y abuso de mi yo trate de llamar a mi mama pero tenian...	
 
	
		
        			November 13th, 2017
        
        			“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		#metoo Christian women are sexually assaulted too. By Christian guys. But we’re not allowed to talk about it. In a culture where men are encouraged to watch porn, pursue women and expect that women want all they attention that they can get (and tell them to lighten up when they...	
 
	
		
        			February 9th, 2016
        
        			Now I Understand My Husband
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My husband was brutally and violently raped by the taxi driver who was trusted to take him to school – a friend of his Grandfather. He was 12 and grew up in Lebanon. I was the first person he told and he was 45. He suffered in silence using alcohol...	
 
	
		
        			July 11th, 2016
        
        			A Ruined Life
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 12 yrs old walking home from a friends house at night I was 2 blocks from my home when a man approached me and asked for a cigarette, I said I dont have one and started to walk a little faster, he then asked if I had a...	
 
	
		
        			April 5th, 2017
        
        			School Rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 8 and I was heading to the girls bathroom. I walked into the biggest stall because I always go for the most spacious. I walked in and locked the door. Three males older than me, (about two or three grades), crawled into my stall from the one next...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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 23rd, 2014
        
        			Domestic rape
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		Great for Linor and her support system. Yeehah. I’m really happy someone actually believed her and did something about it. Most women of domestic violence/rape are shunned, embarrassed, ignored, ridiculed, blamed, etc. Even in the good ol’ middle class US of A… mostly by family members and friends. This is...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I am a 62 year old woman in Ohio USA. When I was 17 I had a very close call but I was terrified. I was able to get away by jumping out of the moving car. I only ever told one person. I never told my family because I...	
 
	
		
        			June 13th, 2017
        
        			Just wanted to be loved
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was with this person for 3 years he said he cared and that he loved me he had me thinking it was going to Be so much more for three years I cared about this person. I took everything from him the hurt,the pain in the abuse that he...	
 
	
	
		Rape: you think it will never happen to you. You have a right group of friends. People you’d lay your life down on the line for. You have people you trust in your life. People you truly believe could never hurt you. That would rather die before seeing you in...	
 
	
		
        			April 22nd, 2017
        
        			These Men are More Protected Than We...
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I can’t tell names. I can’t publicly announce who they were because they’re protected by a law that says I could be sued for defamation. This makes me so angry! I was the one that was harassed, manipulated, attacked. And yet every one of them walks free. These men. Many...	
 
	
		
        			July 29th, 2016
        
        			I Just Started High School
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		When I started high school I was very quiet and shy, I went into high school with an on again off again boyfriend from 8th grade but it was never anything serious since we got together at 13 and I never kissed a guy (never kissed him) or even had...	
 
	
		
        			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,...	
 
	
		
        			January 31st, 2016
        
        			What Was I Thinking?
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was 14 when I was raped. I lied to my parents about sleeping over at a friend’s house and instead my (now ex) boyfriend picked me up. We had fun and drank and had a party. After about 10p.m. he got high, I went to a room and locked...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 21st, 2014
        
        			ืืืื ืืจ ืืืงืจื
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		ืืื ืืื ืืจ, ืงืืจืืื ืื ืืืจืืื ืื ื ืืช 16 ืืชื ืืืื. ืื ื ืืืชืืช ืื ืืืชื ืื ืื ืื ื ืืขืจืืื ืืืชื ืืจืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืงืื. ืืืืืฅ ืฉืื,ืืืกืจืืืืืืช,ืืืื ืจืฆืื,ืืืืืง ืฉืืฉ ืื ื ืืชื ืื ืื ืืื ืืจืฆืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืื. ืืช ืืืฉื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืจ, ืืช ืืงืืช ืืช ืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืืจืื ืืืืื,ืืขืืจื ืืืืืช,ืืื ื ืืชืืืื ืช ืืื ืฉืืฉืืืืช...	
 
	
		
        			January 15th, 2017
        
        			Raped 14 times in 1 year
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		i had this uncle and i never met him before but he stayed with us for 6 months and after about 1 month he started. he wouldn’t stop. at the time i was 13 and he was 21. i haven’t told anyone. — survivor, age 15	
 
	
		
        			April 25th, 2015
        
        			Molestation
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		This happened to me 20 years ago. My older brother by 3 years started touching me and gradually raping me. I don’t know how long it was going on, I think a few months to a year. I don’t have a lot of memories of the abuse,only pieces of it,...	
 
	
		
        			August 6th, 2015
        
        			En Enero de 2010
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		No se como contar algo que todavia duele, que todavia me mata un poco cada dรญa. 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 acopaรฑa hasta ahora. Mis padres nunca supieron de nada,...	
 
	
		
        			August 1st, 2016
        
        			Shame Destroys
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		My uncle, who wasn’t in my life until I was 14 or 15, raped me on multiple occasions. He groomed me and took advantage of me. My now husband saved me at the age of 17. Brave Miss World helped me understand what grooming is and how shame has affected...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			July 11th, 2014
        
        			Didn’t Know Until Later
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I am 25 now, and when I was from the ages of 4 to 13 I was molested by my mother’s half sister. I didn’t realize it was molestation because I found out later on in life that she had been grooming me most of my life. I finally told...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
	
		I just watched your documentary yesterday and I am glad to see some one CAN speak out and hear people stories. I am a 46 year old French woman who was walking in the streets of upper west side of Manhattan on May 16th when a man dining outside a...	
 
	
		
        			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...	
 
	
		
        			August 13th, 2014
        
        			My 21st Birthday
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I’ve never told anyone this story before, mostly because I know too much time has passed between what happened and now and know one will believe me. One of my best friends is still good friends with my rapist. Furthermore, I know that they will not believe me because many...	
 
	
		
        			October 26th, 2015
        
        			College Student
        
		
		
        			
        
		
	 
	
		I was raped. By a guy I thought was cool. He was a member of a fraternity. I thought he was cool. He invited me to his place for dinner. I thought he liked me. I got to his place he had picked me up from campus. So I was...	
 
	
		
        			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...