#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Women’s voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
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Fiance Father of my Child
Ms.
April 8th, 2016
My best friend
Constant fear
Life Is Rough
My Daughter
Raped and Numbed
Unethical or illegal?
What sent me over the edge
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
A Lifetime of Trauma
School Bathroom
I was attacked at 19 years old
Second Night of College
My Husband Set Me Up!
Mrs
Love of My Life?
Sexual Abuse
I was raped
First Friend at University
Sexual assault
I Never understood
She was never the same…
Date rape
Thank you
Once? Twice? Five Times?
Me too.
It had to be my fault.
לא יוצאים מזה…
The Touches I Felt
Raped by Abusive Husband
Fell In Love With a Monster
Snowball Effect
Molested
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
So drunk I can’t remember
What’s Done Is Done
Despedida
I still don’t know what happened
היי
Gang Raped
Why Halloween Is So Hard For Me
Rape
Sleepraping
MY Inspirational Story
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Initiation into adulthood
A Big Man
Help…
Just Fine
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
I Just Started High School
The Statistics that Changed Me
Graduation Night
Still Terrified
4 Years Ago
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
My Own Sister
A Day My Life Changed Forever
My Friend
Don’t Know
First Frat Party
Domestic Abuse
Don’t Be Me
My younger brother
I Was 3 Years Old
Sex doll
Family
Ended in Rape
Nothing for Nothing
My babysitter
My Ongoing Journey
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
Spousal Rape
raped by my own brother
Forgotten Memories Submerge
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
A Picture
My Story of a Gang Rape
Too drunk to respond
Victim Shaming
40 years
Summer 2019
גבר אלים וחולני
Endless Shame
His Masterpiece
I was raped
Raped by Him
Two Times
3 Times is Not Charming
Myself
My Horrific Nightmare
Ex
אוףףףף
My story!
I should have STOPPED
He Was My Boyfriend
Trapped In a Fantasy World
I Didn’t Know
We Were Kids
Fraternity gang rape
Rape
My Year in Hell
The Worst Feeling
With Love
I thought he was a friend
Respect
I Was Only 7
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Victim of Abuse
The Boys Club Continues
En Enero de 2010
The Woods Don’t Speak
My Story
Devil In Disguise
Amusement Park
Two times. One year.
Raped by school ‘friend’
My Rape Stories
The Fight We Can All Win
I thought I trusted them
He Stole Something From Me
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
i was a child.
Sexual Abuse
Drugged
A respectable collegue
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Convincing Myself
Too naïve
Afraid of the Truth
Rape
לפני 14 שנים
My best friend
Started As a Child
Pregnancy
Confused
My Daughter
Rape Is Everywhere
Halloween Nightmare
I Thought I Knew Him
Still Rape
No
אוףףףף
Raped twice within a few hours
Letter to My Rapist
Me too.
Diana Oakley’s Story
I know when I see a rapist...
Guilt and Shame Almost Killed
He Took My Virginity
Raped in the Air Force
Taking Back My Life
Rape and the Aftermath
I Was 20
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Seis Años
Did I ask for it?
Spoke out and was blamed
הסיפור שלי…
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Halloween Nightmare
Hotel
Dad Touching Me
My Childhood
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Safe Place
13 & Alone
My childhood
Fenced In
The Night That Changed My Life
My Snowball Effect
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
A Voice to be Heard
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
“Me too” On Facebook
Hope for Healing
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Accepting myself and my story after…
Drugged
Never Wanted to Believe
Remember November
Shattered
Are you sure?
My Childhood
Only I get to make choices for...
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Male dancer
Friends No Longer
Never Be the Same Again
No Justice
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
My Not So Happy Birthday
Erase and Rewind
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Abused By My Father
J’avais 13 ans
The cycle
Just Words
Six months in the making..
My story growing up with a secret
I was drunk
Not like the rape you always hear...
I didn’t fight back.
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Prom Night
My story of my date rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
My 21st Birthday
Bringing the Stories to Light
Domestic Rape
Sex doll
Virgin Rape
Testifying
4th grade
Piece
Too naïve
My “Uncle” Raped Me
Empty
Enough Is Enough
Why does this keep happening to me?
Mi Esposa
Less than a Minute of my Life
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
When I Was 7
הטרידו אותי
Left in shambles
Six Years Old
You were supposed to be my friend
Just Another Night
Step Dad
Moving On
Over 40 years Ago
Rape Survivor
Christmas Horror
Travel
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Attempt to Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
Date Raped
An Embarrassing Situation
Broken Girl
Blamed myself …
Raped in my own bed
Raped At 16, 29, 31
I Am a Survivor…
Family Ties
Need help
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
my rape
Ignored For a Lifetime
He Destroyed Me
Abused By A Therapist
I didn’t even know what was happening
Relationship does not equal consent
לפני 14 שנים
Myself
A Night I Can’t Remember
My life as a survivor
Enough Is Enough
Tormented
עדיין מציק
1 in 5
Scared and Confused
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Not normal
Rock It!
