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#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. Womenโs 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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March 15th, 2018
My Interview
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On the way to any job interview, how many of you thought through every Nightmare Scenario you could on the way there, Raise your Hands! The ones with their hands down are called Liars! On this day, I went, early of course. Went into the Ladies, to check makeup, use...
October 12th, 2023
Workplace Sexual Harassment
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As I write this story to you, please note that this sexual harassment case is still in progress. It began in December of 2022 when I worked as a contractor for a company named TEKsystems. I do IT work for Nutrien Ag Solutions. The first week I was there, I...
December 13th, 2015
Second Night of College
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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...
March 14th, 2016
The Terrible 4
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It was the summer after my high school graduation and my parents went on vacation and told me I could have my close friends over for a small party. They knew everyone that was going to be there, except for one person, who I’ll call J, that I was dating...
December 14th, 2015
Rape is Real
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My family has always been very dysfunctional and I grew up with a lot of abuse, my father was a heavy drinker and was often very violent towards my stepmother, my sisters, and I. I never grew up knowing love and affection and I still blame myself most days for...
March 31st, 2015
Raped by Him
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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...
March 15th, 2016
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
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When I was 19 years old, I got my first job working in a fast food restaurant. I was so happy to have gotten the job. I was so proud to surprise my father with this news as he’d helped me in the past with work and this time I’d...
February 13th, 2016
Rape
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I was raped during my freshman year of college. I went to a party and drank for the first time. I didn’t get super drunk, but I was definitely not totally aware of everything going on. I remember I was sitting on a couch listening to music when all of...
March 21st, 2016
Freshman on Campus
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It was my freshman year on campus. I was always shy and quiet but I always attracted guys. The wrong guys. I wanted that fairytale love. After my first big rivalry game on campus I said goodnight to my friends and started my walk back to my dorm. I met...
January 7th, 2016
When I Was 16
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I lived a life of luxury in Spain a young millionaires. When I got 16 my mum lost all our money not her fault though our step farther took everything and ran away with her secretary. Due to the loss of money we had to move. I was a virgin...
April 21st, 2021
A respectable collegue
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The next day I walked down the stairs to the hotel, aware that he was sitting at the table having breakfast. Some things you think would never happen to you, you think that working externally with a colleague (married and with children) is not dangerous. But then in a moment...
December 20th, 2016
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
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I fell in love with him in Greece ( Crete . I was about 14 years of age and i was so in love. I met him in the street for the first time on his motorbike. He had those brown eyes and hair. My mum knew him because she...
January 17th, 2025
I didn’t say no
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I went to his room willingly. I didn’t want to kiss him because it was just a hookup. I had told him that. He kissed me. I said not to. I reminded him. He did it again. I said it again. He still did. ‘Just once’ he kept saying. I...
June 24th, 2020
Too naรฏve
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I was 16. I had my first job, a lifeguard. I was so excited. I have been a swimmer since I was 5 so this was a very fitting job for me. I was the youngest person working there by far. Most of the kids were in college and one...
October 15th, 2022
Male dancer
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Hello my Name is Tj. This happen about 4 years ago I was 19 years old at very young age I always tried to see the good in people. I was always happy and felt nothing could break me down went threw cancer as a baby lost my brother and...
August 30th, 2019
My story growing up with a secret
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I’m a black South African, I’m 40 years old now, and my son it 20 years old… loved, taught but I still can never live him alone with my nieces as I was left alone and violeted๐๐๐ญ๐ญ I have spoken about this, but I hate putting this down in writting๐ญ๐ญ...
November 13th, 2017
Bad Morning
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I woke up next to this guy. I don’t know what we did. I didn’t stay to find his name. I am in pain. I am not a virgin. I left him a post-it with my contact info. I need a call to discuss this. I want to back up...
December 9th, 2023
i was a child.
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i was 6, i lived with my dad. I remember when he would get mad he would punch me, kick me, hit me over the head with any chance he got. When i was 6 he sexually assaulted me. I was sitting on the lounge and he started touching me....
October 2nd, 2017
He ruined my life
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My mum and dad separated when I was 12. After that she began to hate me and my sister (who was 7 at the time) because we were her ex-boyfriend’s daughters. A few months later she brought in one of her old school friends to live with us. Although we...
January 7th, 2018
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
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I grew up in the Appalachian mountains with incest and violence, I’m an Appalachian inbred Hillbilly, ain’t nothing wrong with that. People who write similar stories or movies most times are not an inbred Hillbilly which makes my story unique. At nine years old I was beaten and raped at...
February 10th, 2018
Is Healing Possible?
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I don’t know why I’m writing this here, I probably should have written it in my diary like I use to. I was sexually assaulted when I was a child, molestations most times, attempted gang rapes sometimes. I succeeded in blocking out the memories throughout my teenage years but the...
June 30th, 2016
Attempt to Rape
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It was 4 years ago. I was 15 then. M from a place Where rape,harassment is no big deal, people really think girls as sex material that’s all. I had a boyfriend then. I bunked my classes n went out with him. There was a train station. In that area...
November 23rd, 2014
Just Like Yesterday
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I am 58 years old but still remember it like it was yesterday. Hanging out with some friends at the lake at 15 years old. Some older people showed up and we all started talking and having fun. Come on with me and my friends and we’ll get some beer...
January 3rd, 2014
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
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At 19, a young innocent, never even had a first date. I naively went to the motel room of a road construction worker I had gotten to know while working in the store in my tiny town. He would NOT take NO for answer – raped and lost my virginity...
May 23rd, 2016
My Story
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I feel like now is the right time to share my story. I was 18 at the time and just started a new life for myself across the country from my family at a college that I thought was perfect for me. One night I went out with my friends...
June 11th, 2020
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
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It was a family member. I was sleeping over at their house because my mom had to get a cancerous spot removed on the back of her head. He touched me. He continued to touch me. And i just froze up. The next day, I tried to act like everything...
February 4th, 2021
Raped at the Air Force Academy
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In 2002 I was appointed to the Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, CO. The prep school was a sort of booster school for people who wanted to be at the Academy but fell short of their appointment. It could have been due to grades, SAT/ACT scores, athletics,...
June 27th, 2015
Betrayed By My Own Mind
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I had a shower, and sat on the floor with my legs crossed and my head resting on the glass, for maybe a good 45 minutes trying to meditate or at least practice some mindfulness breathing that our marriage counsellor suggest I try. I canโt. I canโt for more than...
December 28th, 2014
Warning
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I’ve never spoken up about my story before in fear that people wouldn’t Believe me. It’s complicated but it starts here I was molested when I was about 4 by a stranger that came into the house. I didn’t even understand what had happened but the effects on my life...
January 15th, 2017
Raped 14 times in 1 year
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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
January 20th, 2017
Is It My Fault?
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I’m 15. I was raped exactly 11 months ago. He is autistic so nobody believed me. As bad as this sounds I only agreed to go out with him because he pressured me into it. I’m not allowed to date until I’m 16 and only if the boy is a...
September 12th, 2016
If I Were Stronger Then
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If I were stronger then, I would have left him after he sexually assaulted me in our mutual friend’s downstairs bathroom. I would have known that it was sexual assault. I would have told somebody. I wouldn’t have excused him by telling myself, “Hey, he could have inserted, but he...
February 27th, 2016
Lost Soul
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I was a victim of rape when. I never talked to other victims. It started when I was young. 12 or 13 years old not sure I just wanted it to go away. My brother used to come in my room and touch me it happened. We were alone at...
August 24th, 2009
ืืืื ื ืืืื
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September 1st, 2014
Remember November
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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...
September 15th, 2019
I didnโt fight back.
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I was 17. I went to a house party of a friend of a friend and knew no one other then the friend I went with. I got talking to a guy, he suggested we went upstairs to a bedroom so we could talk properly. I stupidly agreed. He tried...
June 6th, 2017
I Didn’t Choose This Life
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My mom met a guy after my dad moved away. She took me to his house to meet his family and children. A few months his sons became my step brothers. There was the oldest which was the nice one and the youngest at the time about 14-15 while I...
November 24th, 2014
Raped At 16, 29, 31
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I was a child, an intelligent one. I grew up in Melbourne, Australia. When my aikido assistant instructor invited me to study at his home before my holiday tuition commenced at Melbourne uni that morning, I did not know that he had other things in mind. I was raped in...
July 25th, 2018
Survivor
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I was raped for two years. And that was only the first person. During that two years there were others who tried and one who succeeded. All of this happened before my 18th birthday. My first relationship began when I was 16, it only took him a week into it...
March 22nd, 2016
The Day Everything Changed
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I’m not a very good writer but I feel I need to share my story. When I was in high school I was dealing with a lot of problems at home, my parents were fighting a lot and my older sister and I had to take care of our five...
October 1st, 2018
Fear
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Today is the day that I have to face my fears. I don’t know how to start but I know that I have to tell my story for even one person who has been through the same things and thinks that his story doesn’t count. Just like I did some...
February 13th, 2024
1 hour 3 days
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Before you decide to read my journey can I ask that you keep the title 1 hour/ 3 days in the back of your mind? I decided to write about my journey as a survivor of rape and sexual assault to ensure that people are aware of what happens as...
September 5th, 2010
ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ื
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ืื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...
March 18th, 2015
The Stepmonster
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I was only eight when it originally started. My stepdad would touch me in my crotch and chest area. He would only do it with my mom at work. He would even do it in front of my little sister, but he never did it in front of his son....
July 10th, 2019
So drunk I can’t remember
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I was turning 18. I was partying like any teen would. I drank a lot. I threw up, sat down. They picked me up and put me in their car. They said “don’t worry we’ll take care of you. You won’t miss the bus”. I remember lying on the bed...
July 2nd, 2020
He gave me to his friend
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My mom remarried when I was 2. My step dad has always been my dad. His son who is 8 years older then me was just my brother. When I was about 5 he started to play games where he touched me. I didn’t know anything was wrong and I...
October 30th, 2017
Broken
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I’m so broken I can’t be fixed. They just don’t know it yet. The man who knew everything about me makes me sad. I feel as though the only reason I was born was to witness the three incidents. I’m too damaged to fix!! — Dee, age 48
December 7th, 2015
Twenty Years of Hell
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I was twelve. I hadn’t become a woman yet as mother nature was not ready, I was not ready. My family needed a horse trainer for our paso fino horses. We met a man, age 26, that was working at another farm a about two hours away. He began training...
August 4th, 2016
I Prayed for Death
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The scariest thing about rape is not the pain. Not even the violation of bodily autonomy how many put it. Itโs about the inherent problem of trust. The problem has nothing to do with the idea that the person you have trusted turned out to be hurting you. Neither it...
August 20th, 2009
my story
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June 25th, 2014
Confronting My Step-Father
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Although I was not raped by my step-father, I was sexually molested in our home when I was a teenager. For many, many years I turned my shame inward, believing I was somehow at fault. When I finally told my mother, she said that she believed me, but did nothing....
October 3rd, 2017
Be Strong
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On May 13, 2017 i had my first date with a guy. The plan was to watch this movie that i really wanted to go see. I gave him my address, but he got lost on the way. We ended up missing the movie, and so we decided to go...
January 19th, 2016
My teacher and my step-brother
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I was 12 years old and I had this step-brother who was 16 and always the kindest to me. One day, my parents where out on a night out and it was just me and my step-brother in the house. I was in my room playing a video game and...
August 19th, 2019
I lost all the important people in...
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I lost everyone. My parent divorced me. Only living family member because I was too angry. I do have anger, but not the screaming kind my mom does to me. Lost all my friends. I fast for all holidays and my birthday. Usually not more than 1 day. A significant...
April 27th, 2019
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
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I had never been to a bar before. Sure, Iโd gone out to Applebees with other coworkers where theyโd serve me drinks. But I was 19, and had to drive home. I had never been drunk before, and didnโt push my limits. I went to the bar to see him...
April 21st, 2019
4th grade
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I an finally seeking help and starting therapy next Sunday for an on going sexual assult that occured in 4th grade. It happened in a dark classroom behind his big desk. All I could do was focus on the sparce light coming through the window, the rattle of his belt,...
August 17th, 2019
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
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My name is Jany Tempel. I live both in Germany and Thailand. I turned public now, to end the big silence of our country. Almost twenty years ago I had already written a novel about my arduous life. The book wasnโt published back then, mainly because I reported on crimes...
October 12th, 2017
My year abroad
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Sometimes I wonder if it was my fault…Did I say yes? I must of, right? I was studying in Rome for the academic year, what was meant to be the best year of my life. I had been at a party and obviously was drinking, a friend and I decided...
December 2nd, 2022
Sexual Coercion
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I was sexually coerced this semester at college. It was one of my longtime friends. I thought I could trust him but I was wrong. He and I talked about hanging out and so we did. We talked for a while, was physical and was at first consensual. Then he...
October 5th, 2018
I Am Brave
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August 19th, 2009
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January 20th, 2014
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August 24th, 2009
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ืืื ืื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 ืืืื...
January 20th, 2017
16 times
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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...
December 31st, 2014
A Story Untold
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I grew up in a religious household. I used to preach the Word of God every saturday morning and I was always active in church events. My best friend at the time was a bit of a rebel but I loved her. I spent the night at her house one...
July 6th, 2017
Do you believe me?
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I dated this guy for 2 years. One night we went to a party. Before the party we messed around. He told me that I owed him. We went to the party then afterwards I knew I had to give him head or have sex. I hated giving head. I...
May 21st, 2017
My friend assaulted me and another
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I wish I knew how to say this in a fleshed out, eloquent way but I just found out so I don’t. My room mate (we’ll call him John) assaulted me a few months ago. I was asleep drunk on the couch and when I woke up he was behind...
February 3rd, 2017
Its Got To STOP!
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My story and experiences of what I’ve been enduring for over a year now is so fantastic that even I have a hard time getting my mind around it. I am a Caregiver that has worked for the same employer for almost 8 years now. She has a professional Conservator...
June 5th, 2014
Mi Esposa
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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...
December 7th, 2014
My Fight
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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....
July 23rd, 2018
How Many Times?
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I have been raped, I don’t know anymore whether I admit, or declare it. My first time, also my first time, was on a date with my boyfriend. We were making out, and he went up my shirt, and I stopped him with a no. He kept trying until he...
May 1st, 2017
I wanted to get high
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It started off, not so well. I wanted to get high, smoke some weed. I wanted to get high because I, I was feeling low. I didnโt have enough money so I went, โ5โ with some guy. I knew of him, I didnโt think any harm. His dark brown eyes...
November 8th, 2016
Invictus
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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...
September 12th, 2016
Sexually Assaulted
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I had just moved in with my boyfriend to his friends house he lives in with his girlfriend. We were told by another friend once how the two of them started dating which was by them cheating together on the girls boyfriend that she lived with that was out of...
June 12th, 2015
Date Raped at 19
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At 19 years old I was still a virgin. I wanted to remain one until marriage, as I believed my virginity to be very important and I wanted to save it for someone I truly loved and would spend the rest of my life with. I went to a party...
November 3rd, 2020
Ex Boyfriend
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I dated a boy for about 6 months. He was 17 I was 15. He seemed to care about me but there were so many red flags that I ignored. Iโve never told anybody this, but he raped me. The next day and I told my friends that I lost...
August 13th, 2016
My First Assault
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My name is Elyse, this isn’t a rape story, but I felt the need to share I’m 20 years old and this is one of my stories. Over the past week I stumbled upon this website, I read and I had cried for other people. I finally had an insight...
December 9th, 2015
They asked if I was lying
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In August 2005, I was raped by someone known to my family. I was drunk and passed out when it happened. For a long time, I felt like it was my mistake. Like it was my fault that someone had done this to me. I remember people asking me if...
May 8th, 2019
Spoke out and was blamed
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I am the only girl at a job of 4 men. I am also 20 while these men are 40+. One worker would grab me from behind when I would walk in the back to the bathroom. This would happen often. One day all my coworkers had to go outside...
June 20th, 2014
My Horrific Nightmare
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Three years ago I was raped. I met a man who was a marine and had mutual friends. We hit it off and began dating. After two months he got out of the marine corp and moved back to his home of Reno, NV. Truthfully, I knew he had issues....
October 21st, 2017
23 year old virgin
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In 1996, I was attending graduate school and lived in my own apartment. I was 23 years old, a virgin, and a Muslim man from Ghana who played soccer on campus. One night, he entered my apartment, pinned me to the ground, and raped me. I saw white light and...
November 21st, 2017
Friends are sharing
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Sharing is big today, so I am. I was on a date, and he parked, and tried to have sex. I got mad, and said I’d walk home if he didn’t stop, and he keeps trying, so I walked off. On the way home, 2 guys grabbed me and raped...
May 15th, 2014
The Night That Changed My World
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I was raped at college just after turning 21. Off campus at FSU. It was New Year’s Eve, 1979. He got in & blindfolded me. I was raped repeatedly for hours. There were no roommates or neighbors, no cell phones, nothing but a pair of scissors I was fixated on...
July 14th, 2016
I Thought I was Safe
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I was in class and I thought I was safe. It was my freshman year of high school and it was the week of finals. We didn’t have a final in that class so all of us got to play games. I sat next to him bc my friend was...
June 17th, 2014
Harder Than Expected
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“This path I’m on is harder than I expected. I hope I’m living up to your expectations. I’m trying my best to be of help to other women. Even if it’s just one.” These words spoken so truthfully and beautifully by Linor are a mantra I go back to time...
July 13th, 2018
I was assaulted twice at the same...
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I had just returned from a year of studying abroad, so my 3 best friends decided to throw a small party for me. I had just turned 17. It was a small party for close friends, and the cousin and a couple of his friends of my best friend. Through...
March 19th, 2017
Party Time
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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...
June 9th, 2015
It’s A Long Story
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The first time I was raped I was 7, it was my next door neighbor. I trusted him naively. I trusted him like I trusted everyone I met. I didn’t know what some people were capable of, I didn’t understand. I went next door, I wanted to see his sister,...
January 29th, 2022
My stepfather raped me
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When I was 11 years old my parents were divorced and my mother moved myself and my brother to her hometown which was 18 miles away. It wasnโt long before my mom had a new boyfriend she moved in and married. He wasnโt a stranger, he and his wife had...
June 17th, 2014
Seis Aรฑos
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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...
April 14th, 2017
A Stong Woman
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I just wanted and needed to tell you a story if I hadn’t told you already, please feel free to talk about the shame, the hurt, the life changing experience I endured. Did I ever tell you the story about the 3 year old little girl who was molested almost...
October 23rd, 2011
my story-and where i “took it”…
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My story begins when I was 5 or 6…. my parents best friends had a son a few years older than me…. at some point he started molesting me… every time his parents came over or we went over to their house… it started out “easy”.. like he would only...
November 15th, 2014
Just a Child
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I am twenty-four, and have the unfortune of stating that I was raped twice. The first time i was thirteen years old, just a child, a virgin, with dreams of becoming a writer. I had my first boyfriend. He too was 13. A lot of the girls & boys at...
July 3rd, 2018
Assault?
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I donโt even know how to start this, but I guess I need another opinionโฆ so here it goes. A few weeks ago, I was at my friendโs frat. Heโs a really great guy, and I am friends with both him and his girlfriend, so I have always felt comfortable...
June 24th, 2014
I Was a Child
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I am 53 years old. Almost exactly 40 years ago to the day, as a 13 year old girl, I was raped. I stayed silent for almost 15 years and have suffered far beyond that. This event so shaped my intimate relationships and therefore, my life. My story……..I was “older”...
April 21st, 2017
Heart broken
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I was 16 years old at the time and the boyfriend that I was with for a year had just told me he lost feelings. My best friend, her boyfriend and his friends always had “bros nights”. I was invited by my best friends boyfriend so he picked me up...
March 17th, 2015
Sleep Over
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We had lived in a small subdivision at the time and everyone knew each other , and we always did stuff. I was 8 at the time and I had gone to stay the night at one of my friends house, but we’d gotten into a childish fight. I left...
November 14th, 2017
Mistaken Identity
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Drunk at a party, I guess one of the most common phrases in the stories. I passed out on the couch, with my head on a good friend’s shoulder, and he was equally passed out. When I awoke, we were still on the couch, but I felt funny. My bra...
February 8th, 2015
Rape Survivor
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First of all, I would want to tell Linor that she is such an amazing woman. I watched Brave Miss World on Netflix last night and again today as it touched my heart and soul on so many levels. It saddens me that there are so many of us all...
August 10th, 2015
First Crush
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I was rapped only when I was 15. I was a very shy and extremely beautiful girl and many people wished that when I’ll grow up then they will marry their son with me. I was living a happy and luxurious life and when my father had to go to...
April 7th, 2017
My Best Friend
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I’m sorry that I shared personal intimate details of my life with someone who was supposed to be my best friend. I thought the feedback was coming from a genuine place not of something evil. unfortunately I used to joke with him about my sexual habits how I like hair...
July 11th, 2016
Date Rape
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Right now, I’m on this sight to help me with my victim impact statement. And I suddenly felt the need to share, there are so many brave people on here. November 30th I was raped. I’m 16. And we went to school together. He was 17. And he came from...
July 8th, 2021
Dad Raped Me
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1) this man โcasuallyโ crossed my boundaries. When I told him to stop, he did, but throughout the encounter he continued to ask me if I would like it if he did the thing that I told him explicitly he could not do. I never mentioned this interaction being poor...
January 25th, 2018
Too drunk to respond
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I was living in a university dorm. I was 18. I had had too much to drink and my older next door neighbor had said that he would help me as I had cut my hand on glass. He took me into his room. He started to kiss me and...
December 6th, 2014
My Own Sister
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t was my freshman year of college and I had just broken up with an emotionally abusive boyfriend from back home. I was upset and angry and also feeling liberated because I could finally do what I wanted. So I went to a party with a couple friends. While I...
December 5th, 2020
Summer 2019
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I got my first job working at a lovely Mediterranean restaurant/cafe one summer because my teacher said she knew the man who ran the place and put in a reference for me. I was 15. He was in his 60s. Two days after I started, the groping began. Only he...
May 3rd, 2016
Military Brother in Arms
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In the military you learn to trust your brother and sisters in arms with your life and you do not expect to be raped by one of your brothers in arms. I remember a blue van it was one of those that would seat 4, I want to say like...
June 27th, 2015
Simply My Story
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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...
August 21st, 2015
Too Afraid To Tell
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When I was 15 years old my friends and I went to the movie theaters. At that age we use to hang out around the movies and socialize rather than actually watch a movie. One of my friends was a lot older than me so he brought some alcohol. I...
April 22nd, 2017
These Men are More Protected Than We...
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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 8th, 2014
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
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Our son was sexually abused by an older male cousin at the age of 5. We only knew there had been inappropriate behavior on Christmas Day in 1995, when our son (age 8) at the time, told us of an incident when this same older male cousin pinned him up...
July 5th, 2017
Why me
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So, a little over 9 years ago was the day my life changed forever. I was out with some friends we got chatting to some guys at in the bar I went to get a round of drinks for my friends and one of the guys followed me to the...
March 12th, 2014
A Long Healing Process
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I wonder sometimes why we don’t hear more about “domestic rape”. Is it because we are ashamed to come forward and admit that we were repeatedly raped by a man that was suppose to “love” us? How do you tell a police officer, a friend or your mother that the...
January 31st, 2017
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
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Three years ago, I was a happy excited 20 year old looking forwards to an evening with her life long best mate. If only I knew less than 12 hours later my world would be turned completely upside down. We were getting ready for an evening in the local town,...
April 13th, 2018
My ex
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This happened in late September to late October. I just got out of a relationship with my first love and to get over him I started dating someone else. I thought i liked him. He was seventeen and i was sixteen. He seemed nice a first, but soon became aggressive....
June 26th, 2014
Afraid of Being Judged
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When I was 18 years old I was like a lot of young women-dating, trying out relationships, making mistakes. My biggest mistake was to trust a “friend.”. We had a passionate relationship at the start. We were both college freshman, I had a long-distance boyfriend that wasn’t working out-and we...
March 1st, 2018
why me
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when i was a kid i loved everybody and everything. One night my parents went out and asked my moms stepdad to watch me and my siblings. He did and i got my feelings hurt and went to him. He told me to lay down with him and i did....
March 22nd, 2016
Living With Us
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I grew up in a very happy home. I loved my parents, siblings, relatives and whoever my mother brought into the home. I have 5 siblings (one is adopted). I have two older brothers, one older sister and a younger sister. From when I was young my mother would help...
July 14th, 2016
I Thought I was Safe
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I was in class and I thought I was safe. It was my freshman year of high school and it was the week of finals. We didn’t have a final in that class so all of us got to play games. I sat next to him bc my friend was...
September 12th, 2016
Help!! What Can I Do?
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I am 19 years old now. This takes place when i was 11 years old. In my school, there was a boy whom I thought was pure in heart, mind and soul. He was intelligent and good in sports. He helped me in studies. When I was sad he consoled...
December 20th, 2016
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
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I fell in love with him in Greece ( Crete . I was about 14 years of age and i was so in love. I met him in the street for the first time on his motorbike. He had those brown eyes and hair. My mum knew him because she...
October 9th, 2014
What Happened?
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I was out with my friends. We went to a nightclub, I was 21 and it was April 2013. I started drinking and everyone was drinking. My parents always told me not to ever let my drink out of my sight. Well that night I guess I got a little...
June 14th, 2017
November ’08
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Hi, my name is Erica. On November 4th, 2008, the day the results of the presidential election were announced, I was sexually assaulted. It was a Tuesday night. Myself and a couple of friends were at a bar across from Union Station, having drinks while waiting to find out the...
June 9th, 2016
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
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First, I have to say that the actions of one individual does NOT define an entire culture — so if you are thinking of traveling there, please know that it is just as safe as any other western city, if not safer in some areas. So my story begins. I...
January 20th, 2014
ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
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ืืืื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 10th, 2013
ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
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ื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 .. ืืื...
March 25th, 2016
Tormented
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I lost my virginity when I was 14, I was with my best friend at the time, we met up with one of her friends who was 21. he had problems I even think he was on drugs I’m not entirely sure. Anyways they both decided that it was my...
September 5th, 2018
To protect and serve
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As a police officer he had taken an oath to Honor the uniform and badge worn by many; and, to Protect and Serve the citizens of the metropolitan city with whom he swore this oath to protect and serve. As a Deacon with a mega-church, also assigned as its’ Inner-city...
June 13th, 2015
I Didn’t Know
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So, I had this strange memory, I thought it was of a dream, but in it my best friend’s older brother was doing strange things to me. My young brain couldn’t comprehend it at the time, so I just set it aside. Many years later when I was having a...
July 21st, 2014
ืืืื ืืจ ืืืงืจื
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ืืื ืืื ืื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...
July 2nd, 2016
Assaulted By Family Member
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His name is Michael. He still exists in the same world as me. I have seen him in passing cars, in the store, and he is often suggested to me as a ‘person I might know’ on Facebook. He has (or had) a wife and a few children, three or...
April 23rd, 2014
ืืืฃืฃืฃืฃ
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ืืื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 ืืื...
August 30th, 2021
MY Inspirational Story
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Hi my name is Faizan sheikh. I am 18 years of age and all my life I have lived with Trisomy 18. This is called Mosaic Edwards Syndrome. This is where a very small number of babies with Mosaic Edwards Syndrome about one in a hundred have only a section...
August 17th, 2019
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
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My name is Jany Tempel. I live both in Germany and Thailand. I turned public now, to end the big silence of our country. Almost twenty years ago I had already written a novel about my arduous life. The book wasnโt published back then, mainly because I reported on crimes...
August 15th, 2014
Kibbutz
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I’ve just finished watching your amazing documentary, it’s taken me a couple of months of knowing about it to finally be able to press play. I’m so pleased I did, I cried for you Linor, I cried for myself and I cried for all the strong women who spoke, and...
February 19th, 2018
I’ve survived sexual abuse
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As a kid I was a molested from the time I was 5 until 15. I married to leave my house. Got pregnant and divorced soon after. Then I found myself in a very controlling relationship. Found myself pregnant again which are lost that child due to a DUI driver...
January 5th, 2018
I Never Give Up
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July 27th, 2015
Raped By My Therapist
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I am a survivor of childhood abuse including sexual abuse by my father. In 1995, when I was 40 yrs of age, I started talking about the abuse to a social worker in my doctor’s office. He told me that he was the ex partner and father of the children...
April 14th, 2017
Memories
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My life have been a real roller coaster ride that I wish would end but I’m starting to deal with the pain. When I was about 3 or 4 I can remember my uncle sexually touching me and kissing me I don’t remember him penetrating me, though I can remember...
June 18th, 2014
Let Down
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When my siblings and I were little, we were molested by a man that forced himself into our lives. My oldest brother was 9, other brother was 5 my sister was 3 and I was two. This man was a guy my mom knew from the bar down the street...
September 2nd, 2015
Still Think It Was My Fault
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I don’t really know what to say. I am currently 17 years old and i would need 4 hands to count all the “men” i can somewhat recall sleeping with. Lets just say nothing really phases me. I feel as if bad things are happening all the time. Around me...
December 29th, 2015
Sexual Assault
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For Halloween my friends and I went to a party. Everyone there was around 15-16 years old. At first I hung out with them, but then they started hanging out with others so I started hanging out with this guy. I knew him from school and we were actually very...
June 11th, 2016
My Brother’s Best Friend
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Being raped by my brotherโs best friend was the most confusing thing to ever happen to me. Itโs been six years since that night and it still affects me. I want to tell my story because only through reading other survivorโs stories was I able to finally accept what happened,...
December 6th, 2015
A Fun Night
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I was out with my girl friends in a bar where I met this guy from Brazil named Matheus. He introduced himself and asked me for a drink, while chatting he seemed to be interesting and intelligent person. Later we find out that we have a friend in common he...
July 19th, 2017
Was it my fault?
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I have been with my boyfriend from the age of 13, I am now 20years old. He is the love of my life. Just over 1 year ago our perfect bubble was shattered. I was out drinking with my step sister. I remember feeling like the alcohol had definitely hit...
January 14th, 2015
My Stepbrother
1
From the ages of 14-16, Ii lived with my father in Malaysia. At first, I was happy and thought I could take a year in school down there to learn about the culture and meet other people. I lived with my father, stepmum and stepbrother. Everything was like normal in...
June 13th, 2018
Today, I Let It All Go
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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,...
February 26th, 2018
silent rape
2
I have never spoken out before like this, I’ve told close friends before that I’ve been raped but never actually retold the story. I started watching the documentary on Netflix and could only watch the first 10ish minutes before I had to turn it off as it triggered something. I...
June 11th, 2025
Just Words
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Just words. You have trouble talking about these things. You realize you have trouble talking about a lot of things. You remember being excited about your first job at Dairy Queen. One of your friends works there and you know a lot of people work there as a summer job....
July 29th, 2018
Hotel
3
I was out on a Friday night with my best friend at a nice hotel bar in the city. I was a little drunk, but not much. I met a nice man who laughed with me and showed me pictures of his dog. I decided to go back to his...
March 23rd, 2021
Thought He Was A Friend
1
I was raped when I was in my early 20’s by someone I thought was a friend. The night began when a group of us went out to the bars and came back to my friends house afterwards to crash. I had gotten very, very drunk and I passed out...
May 30th, 2014
Sexual Abuse
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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...
July 13th, 2018
I was assaulted twice at the same...
3
I had just returned from a year of studying abroad, so my 3 best friends decided to throw a small party for me. I had just turned 17. It was a small party for close friends, and the cousin and a couple of his friends of my best friend. Through...
January 14th, 2015
STRONG
1
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...
March 5th, 2016
Together, We Are Brave
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April 3rd, 2014
Finally Healing
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I never wanted to believe that what I lived with for a decade was rape. I met him when I was 16. He slowly encouraged me to make him my whole world. Turned away my friends and family. I moved in with him at 17. Before that, the assaults were...
April 10th, 2025
She was never the sameโฆ
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She grew up in Philadelphia in a working class area and found her first love living a few blocks from her. Denise loved him very much and went on a Jersey Shore vacation but came home a shell of herself. Her first love took her life and made her mother...
January 16th, 2015
Hospitalized
1
My father raped me, on average of twice per week, from the time I was 8-17 years old. When I was 10, I was mutilated during one of the rapes (there is no way to describe the pain), and hospitalized (see medical report here: http://www.wonderwong.com/MedicalReport.jpg My father was also physically...
July 30th, 2018
It was his word against mine
5
It was a calm night, I was sitting on my couch when I got a text from my step brother saying he wanted me to come over to celebrate his birthday. I drove over there and already had me a few drinks when he told me his friend was coming...
October 9th, 2022
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
1
I remember the times where my body wasnโt mine. When you grabbed my barely developing body forcefully. And my small body with little to no strength could not fight back. Could not take away your hands from places that were supposed to be private. Places that were supposed to be...
January 7th, 2017
Black and Blue
2
My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...
March 4th, 2015
Raped By 6 Policemen
1
Thirty years ago this March, my entire world was completely shattered after being befriended by a Snr Constable of the N.S.W Police Force & he invited me to his unit to watch a VHS Video of the 1984 Movie “Police Academy”. He knew I was an absolute movie nutter. He...
August 17th, 2019
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
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My name is Jany Tempel. I live both in Germany and Thailand. I turned public now, to end the big silence of our country. Almost twenty years ago I had already written a novel about my arduous life. The book wasnโt published back then, mainly because I reported on crimes...
November 9th, 2017
Tulane Law
1
I was a Junior. I lived in school housing and went to a party at a house 2 blocks from my room. I arrived and one of the guys who lived there asked me to come check out his CD collection. He got aggressive, pushed me against a wall, and...
January 4th, 2014
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
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Having survived two childhood rapes and two violently sexist ex partners, I would suggest that the current system is totally set up to protect the perpetrators and is hugely biaised against the women and children that are assaulted by men and boys. I did speak out to friends at the...
July 14th, 2017
I’m getting Married tomorrow
5
It happened the afternoon before my Wedding. I met a client at a Bar and Grill. Afterward, my car battery was Dead. I ran into an Ex-Boyfriend, who offered me a Ride home. He said he wanted to give me something for my Wedding. We pulled in around the back...
January 12th, 2018
Me Too!
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My name is Raymond and it is time to share my experience as a child. At the age of 10 or 11 years old. I was sexually molested for about 2 or 3 years. was introduced to a man who just came out of the Vietnam War. His name is...
June 30th, 2015
Date Rape
1
It was 32 years ago, but it changed the direction of my life. Seventeen and so many dreams. But, the gorgeous, smart, popular quarterback took that away. He moved on to have a big life in Silicon Valley. I stumbled through several attempts. Only my later trust in Jesus gave...
July 27th, 2019
No Justice
1
When I was around 8 to 12, I was being molested by my older brother, around 13 to 17/18. It only stopped after he moved out. I don’t know if he remembers, or just thinks I don’t remember. After years I told my mother, she brushed it off, saying she...
May 29th, 2014
Mi Historia
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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...
November 11th, 2015
Second Date
1
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...
August 22nd, 2016
I am a Rape Survivor
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I was raped by a male person every night until I was 22. He started raping me as a baby. No one ever helped me nor did they care. My body was position in ways to please his desire. I was forced to lay there and take it. My legs...
June 24th, 2014
My Daughter
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My daughter was molested (8 yr old) one time by one of my brothers. God is so great that allow me to find out as soon as it happened. Soon after that we moved to US. In that week when happened I told my mother and she did not believed...
February 3rd, 2017
Its Got To STOP!
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My story and experiences of what I’ve been enduring for over a year now is so fantastic that even I have a hard time getting my mind around it. I am a Caregiver that has worked for the same employer for almost 8 years now. She has a professional Conservator...
September 24th, 2014
I Am Brave
1
My raped happened April 29th, 2014 in my home after a party I had thrown. My 3 best friends were there at the house with me when it happened. I was raped by 2 guys that I thought were my friends… I let them into my house not knowing that...
August 31st, 2016
Raped in College
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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...
July 5th, 2017
A letter to my rapist
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I cannot even put into words how much you have hurt me. You have completely broken me and I hope by writing this I can explain at least a bit of how your assault affected my life. What you did to me has shattered the way in which I see...
June 27th, 2020
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
1
I was sexually molested an tormented from 7-16 by my Step Dad. He also raped 3 family members while I was laying next to the other victims. My mother knew, but slapped my face an called me a liar. She called all the women liars. He was phycally abusive and...
April 20th, 2016
Travel
2
So, I know, there was a recent article about an Italian woman who travelled alone and was raped and killed. I read the comments on the stories. So easy to blame the victims… Four years ago at 26, I thought I was invincible. I went wherever whenever, leading me to...
March 13th, 2018
Lotus
2
For my 23 birthday I wanted to do something special for myself, and let go of what holds me back. In the last year so many things have happened and changed me as I am. Iโm done hiding something that doesnโt define me, that wasnโt my fault. At the young...
February 25th, 2017
I want to be better
2
My name is Hannah I am 20 years old. I believe it started when I was really little. I don’t remember much from my childhood maybe suppressed memories or something. I do remember some things though my biological father would randomly touch me innapropiately when I was little by saying...
May 15th, 2018
Someone so close to me
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This only happened a year ago. My uncle who always would make sexual comments to me from age 6-still today raped me. We had this cookout where we invited our family and my uncle came. About halfway through I went to go use the bathroom and he cornered me and...
February 24th, 2018
Rape
8
I was raped the first time when I was 2. It began a lifetime of torture and abuse at the hands of several perpetrators. I am now 34 and the last time I was raped by one of these men was in 2016. I am trying to speak out but...
January 23rd, 2019
Raped by my boyfriend
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I was 15 when it happened and my boyfriend was 18. I’d met him as he and his mum worked with my mum. we started dating and were told not to do any funny business, then we went out to watch the Christmas Light switch on and as it finished...
October 23rd, 2016
Molestation
1
I was 14 years old when the first assault happened. My older brother, Will, came into my room at 3 am and picked me up and took me to the couch where he slept. I was half asleep but conscious enough to remember what happened. After laying me on the...
June 21st, 2015
Domestic Abuse
2
When I was 15. I was in an abusive relationship for a year and 2 months. He made me feel like he was perfect, like I would be nothing without him. At the start he was the only one that could make me smile when all I wanted to do...
May 31st, 2015
Raped By Boyfriend
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Hello, to whoever is reading this. This is the second time I’ve ever told anyone about what happened to me, but my friend has persuaded me to talk about it. I was 14 at the time, (a year ago) and I was going out with first boyfriend (who was 17.)...
June 21st, 2018
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
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I know I am seeking a sense of validation but it is hard for me not to. Part of me still does not believe that I was raped and I am wrong for saying that I was. Another part of me says that the more times I tell it to...
July 7th, 2016
Am I
2
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...
April 22nd, 2016
Smoke Together
1
I had just entered high school and i felt comfortable with more freedom and extreme stuff. I had some friends and in my country weed is really in-fashion… I found a person that was only 2 years older than me, he was handsome,fun and he started selling me the strongest...
October 23rd, 2016
I Remember Being Happy
2
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...
November 15th, 2017
Raped Multiple Times
1
I am an Indonesian, and I was in my third year of college when I was raped, by a good friend who had been a my friend for around 3 years. We hung out a lot back then, mainly because both of us needed some companies while doing our final...
June 23rd, 2014
When I Was 8 Years Old
1
It is a miracle I am alive. I come from a family in which my step mother and father molested, raped and raised me behind closed doors with the secret of rape… Among the dinner parties with friends and family around.. my brother and I suffered in silence. We had...
January 5th, 2015
Stolen Innocence
1
My mother and father got divorced when I was two years old. My mother was a single mom with two kids so she was always working trying to make ends meet and making sure we had food in our tummies. I admire my mother for this. My father remarried, had...
June 5th, 2015
Was It Rape?
2
When I was 16 years old I finished my part time job and decided to hang out around the town with two of my friends. We met some boys whilst we were there that were in our year and the year above and managed the older ones to buy us...
September 21st, 2021
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
1
Why? Why would you do that to a six year old girl? Why would you do that to a six year old girl in green and blue striped shorts? Why would you assault her? She couldnโt stop you. She didnโt stop you. She didnโt understand. She looked up to you....
July 21st, 2017
I blamed myself for so long
1
Rape. That’s something that I always heard of, but never really thought that it would happen to me. Everyone assumes rape is forced and you’re being held captive, it’s not all that. When I was 14, I started dating this guy. He had asked me multiple times before if I...
March 7th, 2016
My Husband Was My Attacker
1
After stupidly falling for a lie to get me back in his grasp, I spent 3 months being held in a motel room against my will by my extremely abusive husband. 3 months of abuse that turned quickly into near nightly sexual assault. Finally, after realizing I was pregnant and...
April 7th, 2017
Raped After School
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Hi, My name is Vanessa i am 17 years old. I am going to talk about my story and what had happened to me while i was in school. One day my Boyfriend but now ex and i got into an argument over something stupid. We kept fighting that day...
November 27th, 2024
I know when I see a rapist...
0
The stalking, gaslighting, victimizing, and of course sexual abuse, were never okay with me. But you just don’t get that because you’re a predator.
July 31st, 2018
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
2
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...
June 8th, 2023
Unethical or illegal?
1
Last year my partner and I worked for the same business. It was a small business near a small town and it had no management or HR of any sort – only one man owned and ran it, even though it served thousands of people each year. I hit it...
June 12th, 2016
Do NOT Trust Strangers
2
I was 19 at the time. Moved to a state across the country for a job. Met a few people there I hung out with daily. Went to one of the bars with them one night. We had met up with some people they knew. We had ordered a drink...
June 24th, 2023
I was taken advantage of when drunk
1
I was good friends with a girl (whose name shall remain anonymous) her alcohol supplier, E (we’ll call him E) had started texted me on instagram, flirting with me, complimenting etc. Me and this girl snuck out at night to meet sometimes. August 31st, 2022 we planned to sneak out...
June 14th, 2017
Raped
4
Growing up, I had a wonderful mother who was always around, and I had a father, who was never around but still visited twice a month. This father I had, he loved my little sister, he loved our whole family… except me. I don’t know what I did but, he...
March 15th, 2018
It was in a society that told...
1
I was 16, a young homosexual teen whoโs society would probably blame me instead of him. He was my first actual โtrue loveโ. But we coudnโt publicly show out love (no holding hands/kissing/other form of affection). So one day,my mom went to my grandmotherโs house to sleep over. So i...
December 21st, 2015
Not A Trustworthy Man
2
I always looked up to my uncles as father figures when my father was not around (he worked a lot). I never once thought that an uncle of mine, a father figure to me would do such a thing to me. Two or three summers ago, my aunt and mother...
June 20th, 2016
Naive College Freshman
1
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...
October 2nd, 2017
Everyone loves him
4
I’ll make this short because he’s still here and I’m not going to escape. Writing this as I’m visiting with a friend because she has access to the internet and usually, I just don’t. The first time I met him I was fifteen, and it was facilitated by my mother....
September 26th, 2018
We met at the bar
2
He bought me a drink and we played shuffle board. All the while laughing and flirting. He was very charming. We took an Uber back to his place. We go inside and start making out. The drinks are all hitting me and feeling good. As we start to have sex...
September 10th, 2016
It Happens All Too Often
2
After my first sexual assault, I wanted to talk about it. I wasn’t afraid to tell people. Maybe its because I had such a supportive family and they told me over and over again that I didn’t do anything wrong. They encouraged me to tell people exactly what happened so...
November 8th, 2016
Invictus
3
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...
December 23rd, 2014
Blaming Myself
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I am 20 years old and it happened when I was 17. I was at a party, the kind with drugs and alcohol. I got too drunk and passed out in the basement. When I came to the boy I had been flirting with all night was on top of...
October 26th, 2017
Keep it to myself
1
One afternoon I walked home from the bus, to find my brother and 2 of his friends watching a porn. They made rude comments about I’d look good like that. I tried to go to my room, but they tackled me. They all raped me, but technically, my own brother...
September 23rd, 2016
Rape
1
I was raped by a family friend. Someone I thought I could trust. I was wrong. He kept me in a room at my mother’s home all night long. I felt like I was going to die, or I wished it at the time. I wanted to go to the...
February 10th, 2015
Raped and Never Forgotten
1
I was 18 and went to a so called friends house that I have known for 16 years. It was her birthday and she brings over two of her guy cousins and 3 girls. Everyone had been drinking a large amount and smoking but me .. I decided not to...
November 19th, 2013
A horror that lasts a lifetime
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When I was 21 I was kidnapped, held in a small space, beaten, tortured and repeatedly raped. At one point I must have left my body because I looked down on what was happening and told myself that I was going to be killed if I didn’t figure out what...
March 17th, 2016
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
2
I was in a relationship with a guy from 2 days before my 14th birthday to 4 month before my 15th birthday. All together we were together for a total of 8 months. In that time, I was constantly being hit and whenever he would get high, he would use...
November 29th, 2011
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
2
I had always wanted children…. I had always been afraid … I was afraid they will be hurt … I was afraid I would hurt them… I was afraid I will Not protect them …or ill protect them too much … I was always afraid … And then it happened…....
September 18th, 2019
Raped in the Air Force
2
My first duty stationed 28 years ago, i was sexually assaulted by my first supervisor and violently raped by an officer in my unit. The violence of that raped, ruined me for a long time. Suffer from severe PTSD and after 31 years i am being forced out of the...
July 29th, 2016
I Just Started High School
3
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...
December 20th, 2019
To the men who hurt me
2
Things can change all in an instant and you will never know until it is too late. I’m 22 now and I will try to keep this short and sweet. At 5-6 it all began with someone 4 years older than me showing me his privates. Within the next few...
February 8th, 2015
Rape of My Partner
1
My partner was raped 10 years ago by a man she at the time trusted. He drugged her at his home. His wife was there and carried her home saying she had passed out due to alcohol but on the way back to her home raped her. She knows this...
February 1st, 2017
Be Careful Who You Trust
4
The first time I was raped was my sophomore year of high school. After a football game at an after party. I was having fun with a group of friends when I got a migraine so I went to find ibuprofen. My friend said he had some in his room...
February 4th, 2017
Thank you
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Dear Brave Miss World Community, For the last two years I have had the privilege of reading and responding to many of your posts. It is an honor to hold space and watch healing unfold as survivors share their experiences, many for the first time. I wanted to take a...
March 22nd, 2018
I was born for this
5
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...
December 31st, 2015
Childhood End
3
When I was a child, my mother was always gone to meetings. She would come home after I went to bed and my step father was at the bars and was away till late. I would go home from school and watch TV and do my home work. I was...
August 15th, 2014
Kibbutz
1
I’ve just finished watching your amazing documentary, it’s taken me a couple of months of knowing about it to finally be able to press play. I’m so pleased I did, I cried for you Linor, I cried for myself and I cried for all the strong women who spoke, and...
February 20th, 2018
Childhood of assault
3
“Do you want to do it?” My 8 year old stepbrother asked my 8 year old self. “Do what?” I asked. He instructed me to lay down and he took out his penis and started rubbing it on my stomach. I had no idea what was happening. I had just...
June 7th, 2016
Gang Raped
1
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...
June 30th, 2014
Married My Rapist
3
I watched the project on Netflix. I saw Joan Collins. She is the first person that I have heard of doing what I did. I was a virgin and had planned to remain a virgin until I was married. The guy I was dating knocked at my apartment door which...
September 20th, 2017
St. Louis Riots
2
you look at all those reports of protesters in St.louis demanding justice, its just an excuse! I see those protesters taking everything from the store under my apartment, and it aint owned by whites or police! I see them take everything from my apartment, and I aint white or police!...
December 17th, 2014
Stand Strong
1
My heart goes out to all the survivors sharing. I was drugged and raped over 25 years ago as a girl. My friend, her father was a very sick abusive man who was drugging her and others and photographing abuse. It was truly horrific. There were two against me and...
October 8th, 2016
The Fight We Can All Win
1
On January 23, 2015, I came out and told my very own story, who I once called my father. It was the hardest thing to do, because I had never told a single soul. A year later and a new job later, I found someone I could trust who had...
August 18th, 2019
Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
2
Bonjour chรจre Linor, Je suis en train de regarder Brave Miss World. Merci! Je tรฉmoigne car j’en ai peu parlรฉ dans ma vie. J’avais 4 ou 5 ans. Je vivais avec mes grands-parents et ils me posaient parfois le samedi chez la voisine qui me gardait pour aller ร un...
September 15th, 2009
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
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There are those that find themselves Many times over In situations of abuse A pattern, repeated time and again The victim doesn’t understand The blame must be hers Stupid, stupid girl After the abuse When the bruises are gone The sore places on her body have healed She is left...
January 7th, 2017
Black and Blue
2
My story is a little different than the ones Ive read. And for a long time I didn’t see it as rape because of what I was reading. I now realize that I was raped an I need to go forward. The first step is to share my story. I...
January 9th, 2019
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
3
April 21st, 2019
My life as a survivor
2
Hi this all began when a time of innocence and being a child at that time was easy and I had no fears of what life was all about my first time I was touched by a guest in my parents home for a party no one noticed what was...
July 21st, 2018
Because of you
2
i used to be an innocent child that now no longer exists because of you i use to be a happy kid always talking to everyone protect myself from everything and move freely and then you came an took everything from that kid I became afraid of everyone that reminded...
September 4th, 2018
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
5
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...
January 2nd, 2016
Despedida
1
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...
June 20th, 2014
Life Spiraled
1
When i was 14 i had a boyfriend who i only knew via phone calls. We made plans to see each other for a night so i lied to my parents and went to meet him at the mall. When he showed up he was with his entire family. Parents...
February 7th, 2015
Returning to Mexico
1
First of all, I am very proud of any rape survivor. I’m proud of how strong we all are and how much stronger we become through this experience, even though the healing process is so hard and takes very long. But we can do it, and in the end we...
May 24th, 2019
The Statistics that Changed Me
2
2 sexual assaults and 1 rapeโฆ the statistics of my story. I canโt promise that this story is pleasant, but I can tell you that power and growth comes with telling it. So sincerely, thank you for hearing me out. October 2017 I was in Chebut, Argentina(a part of the...
September 7th, 2009
ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง
1
ืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืืื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 ืืืื...
December 26th, 2019
Ms.
2
I was raped by a co-worker when I was in my mid-20’s. We were at a work function, we were all drinking, then about 10 of us went to his place to continue the party. He grabbed me on my way out of the washroom and dragged me into his...
April 10th, 2025
She was never the sameโฆ
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She grew up in Philadelphia in a working class area and found her first love living a few blocks from her. Denise loved him very much and went on a Jersey Shore vacation but came home a shell of herself. Her first love took her life and made her mother...
September 9th, 2015
He Was a Cop
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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...
July 18th, 2024
SA in school
2
When I was 13 I met I was playing in the school orchestra and I didn’t talk to anybody, I was very shy. So this 15 year old boy keeps talking to me. At first I didn’t feel bad actually it was good company for a while but at the...
March 10th, 2016
Betrayed By My Husband
1
I had been verbally physical abuse and sexually assaulted by my husband Michael in such a way and so many times but he intimidated me always, that I had never said anything cause am afraid of him. This past Christmas couldn’t took it anymore, and decided I will confront him...
March 21st, 2020
Unfair
1
I was 16 and dating an older guy who was an alcoholic. He was always drunk and making accusations, talking about how his ex-girlfriend hurt him, and so on. I was in tenth grade and dealing with drama I shouldn’t have been. One day I called him and he wasn’t...
August 24th, 2009
ืืื ืืฉื ื ืขืืืืืช ืืงืืืืื
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ืืืืคื ืืืื ืืชืืืืื ืืจืฉืื ืืช ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื ืืฉืืจืืืฉื ืฉืื ืืฉื ื ืืื ืื ื ืืจืฉืื- ืื ืคืฉืื ืื ืืืื ืืกืคืืง. ืื ื ืืื ืืชืื ืืกืื ืืื ืืืจ ืฉื ืื ืจืืืช- ืจืืืช ืืื. ืื ื ืืช 25, ืืืืจืื ื ืกืืืืชื ืืช ืืชืืืจ ืืจืืฉืื ืฉืื. ืืืจืืช ืืืื ืฉืื ื ืืืื ืืืื- ืืืืจื ืืฉื ืื ืชืืื ืืืืืชื ืฉืืช ืื ืืืืืืช ืฉืื...
August 10th, 2016
Molested and Confused
1
I am 23 years old now, wit a daughter of my own and I could never imagine how anyone can touch a child inappropriately that they raised, but somehow my stepfather managed. A couple months after I turned 18 our family was going through some tough times. Our electric was...
April 18th, 2015
Never Going To Happen To Me
1
After a year of constant abuse and rapes I couldn’t get out of bed no matter how much I wanted to leave. I had no job, no car, 6 pets, no money, no food and no home. Leaving seemed to be a luxury, not an option at the time. It...
September 26th, 2016
Unhealthy Relationship
1
I already knew this guy, he was a friend of my friends. One day we all hung out and he said he had feelings for me, and that those feelings have been there for quite a while. I thought he was the mos amazing guy ever by the way people...
February 25th, 2015
Drugged and Gang Raped
2
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...
June 6th, 2014
Army
1
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...
March 22nd, 2016
New Years Eve Party
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It happened on mew years eve and i went to a party with my cousin chris and his girlfriend vanda. So when i got to the party there was so many liquor and then vanda asked me if i wanted any. i said no because i’m 16 then i said...
April 8th, 2018
I thought he liked me
1
We had gone on dates, I thought he liked me, I liked him. I was 18, he had met my family and made me feel special. I said no and he did it anyway, I laid there looking away, I didnโt fight, I should have fought. I cried after it...
June 23rd, 2014
Virgin Rape
2
In 1971, I was groomed/tricked by a male student from Chicago’s south side who was at a community college located in southeastern Washington State on a football scholarship. I was 18. I came from an abusive home: my mother mentally, emotionally and physically abused me from my age of 2...
January 9th, 2018
Being Done
1
My young childhood was mostly good. My mom, who did 80% of the parenting, died unexpectedly when I was 10. My dad attacked me from ages 12-15. My younger brother and I were in and out of the foster care system (we got sent back to him). Mercifully, we were...
July 28th, 2017
Politeness Serves No One
2
I had just started college; this was about ten years ago. I was leaving a frat party on my own. A male friend of a friend texted me to ask what I was doing and if I needed someone to walk me back to the dorms. I had only met...
October 31st, 2017
Rape
3
The Closet K.M.B. It was 1986. I was 19. I had a fake I.D. that I bought from the back of The Rolling Stone magazine. I was obsessed with Samantha Foxโs song, โTouch Meโ. It was also the year that I was raped in a closet, in my hometown. It...
May 21st, 2019
raped by my own brother
3
I was maybe 11 or 12 when i got raped by my brother. He would put me in his room and take off his pants and tell me to touch his penis and I was so scared i did. then he would take off my pants and touck my private...
June 10th, 2022
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
1
I grew up in a family of domestic violence and alcoholism. I was abused physically and neglected throughout my childhood. When I was 12 I felt the calling to be a nun when I grew up. My parents divorced and my dad had custody of three girls, including me. When...
February 18th, 2015
Raped at Camp
1
I was 9 years old at a campground my whole family went to every year, literally since I was a baby. The two teenage boys that raped me were neighbors from the adjacent campsite. They were sons of a minister. It happened when I was walking enjoying the woods. The...
June 5th, 2014
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
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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...
November 18th, 2014
De Los 6 a Los 12
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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...
July 17th, 2016
I Want to Live
3
When I was 5 years old I slept over my cousins house. She wanted to play doctor. I never played before. Her mom walked in and sent me and my sister home. We never saw her again until we were older. Her mom blamed us but it was her idea....
September 21st, 2015
Raped By a Family Member
2
I was sexually abused twice by a cousin when I was 8 years, although I do not remember anything from my childhood this painful event has been in my mind since it happened, I can remember everything: colors, smells, ambiances. Years passed by and somehow I got close to this...
September 7th, 2009
ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื…
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ืืืฉื 3 ืฉื ืื ืขืืจืชื ืืชืขืืืืช ืืื ืืช ืืฆื ืื ืืื, ืืื ืืื ื ืืืข ืื ืืืื ืก ืืืชื ืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืืื ื ืื ืืชื ืืืชื ืืื ืืืจืชื ืืืื… ืคืฉืื ื ืชืชื ืื ืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืื… ืืฃ ืืื ืื ืจืื.. ืืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืื ืืกืคืจ ืืชืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืชื ืืฉืื ืืฉืืง ืจืง ืฉื ืฉื ืื ื… ืื...
August 13th, 2015
Deja Vu
1
When it happened, I didn’t want to believe it. I tried to convince myself it just had to be a nightmare. It couldn’t possibly be happening. Not again. Not by him. He was my best friend. When I was raped the first time around, roughly four years ago, he was...
October 7th, 2016
Piece
7
I have no memories before rape. The first memory I have is being raped at 3 years old by my mom’s boyfriend and his dealer cousins. My first memories are of anguish and confusion. Broken trust and a broken body. That wouldn’t be the last time my mother allowed others...
November 13th, 2017
Bad Morning
1
I woke up next to this guy. I don’t know what we did. I didn’t stay to find his name. I am in pain. I am not a virgin. I left him a post-it with my contact info. I need a call to discuss this. I want to back up...
February 25th, 2015
Drugged and Gang Raped
2
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...
November 28th, 2022
i just want to tell someone.
1
we dated for like a month a long time ago in march/april 2021. we broke up late april and stopped talking after that and i started dating someone else again. in late august me and the other person broke up and kaya found out so he started texting me again...
January 15th, 2017
Ya perdonรฉ pero nunca olvido
1
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 13th, 2016
Blamed Myself
1
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...
October 22nd, 2017
3rd Grade Boys
2
I was in the third grade when a classmate ran up behind me, put his hand down the front of my shirt and squeezed my chest and shoulders and yelled, โNice shoulders BABE!โ I yelled at him to stop, but he and his friend had already ran off, giggling as...
April 1st, 2021
Sex doll
1
After work one night I was drugged by a co-worker. I woke up in his bed naked. He was not in the room. I felt 2 emotions very heavily and immediately. Shame and wrong. I remember looking around for my clothes in a panic. I don’t remember how I got...
August 10th, 2014
Halloween Nightmare
1
I was raped at the age of 22 while in college. It was my senior year and all I was looking forward to was running well and making the grades in school. I was on the varsity cross country and track team for my university and when October came it...
June 1st, 2015
Myself
1
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 10th, 2018
A person to trust became my worst...
1
It was supposed to be one of the most exiting weeks of my life, a step into adult-hood i had dreamed about all of summer. Freshers week. The week everyone is supposed to let go of all inhibitions and have an amazing time with new friends and people who you...
November 28th, 2014
Was It Rape?
1
I was working a summer camp as a teacher and when the four weeks finished I went on a road trip with a friend from the camp. We were met in a campsite by our Supervisor in the camp. He was about 10 years older than us and I really...
November 14th, 2010
Erase and Rewind
1
ืืืื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...
January 17th, 2016
No Justice
7
I was 15 when I got raped. I consented at first, I mean it was supposed to be a rebound that’s how I got to the guys house. I met him through others. And he lived near a place that I volunteered for. Everyone told me he’s insane, but I...
April 6th, 2015
Confused and Angry
2
I’m currently enrolled in a Philosophy of Love and Sex class at university and we were discussing sexual assault. The lecture really opened my eyes to something that had happened me earlier in the year and I’m pretty pissed and confused about it now. Friends from my previous university were...
November 15th, 2017
Beyond a story
3
Dear Linor, I attended your movie showing in Monaco this past weekend. The irony was I attended thinking I was going to see a Princess Grace movie. Something light, beautiful, and with a story. I attended to honour Princesse Grace who is in the hearts of everyone she has touched....
July 15th, 2020
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
3
As the evening began on December 18th, 1976 I was a normal 15-year old kid. It was a week away from Christmas, the house was decorated and it was a festive time. I loved going to school, having sleepovers, going to church. I was Christmas shopping for my friends and...
March 24th, 2015
75 Percent Humidity
4
You never want to be the person who admits to being raped twice, but I’m that woman. It was at college and I was a virgin. The assailant’s family had a lot of money and were well connected. He was never prosecuted. The second time, I blamed myself because who...
December 29th, 2015
Was I Abused?
2
I’m 14 years old and I’m concerned that I was abused by my brother as a child. I don’t remember how old I was, I barely remember anything, but I know my brother was old enough to understand what was happening. I remember that because he had braces and I...
September 17th, 2016
I Lost My Virginity
2
My new boyfriend had taken me to his father’s warehouse way out in the middle of a rural area “to show me where his father worked.” I had on a plaid thick wool dress down to the knees, up to the neck, and down to the elbows. He got out...
July 21st, 2019
I took me 7 years to realize...
1
When I was 15 years old I moved to an elite school, known as the school where all the top grade students went, I was a tad bit proud of myself. It boasted of excellent curriculum, highly educated teachers and 100% results. This extra ordinary faculty also had the pedophile...
September 10th, 2017
I can say it now
4
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...
September 2nd, 2020
This Is Me, my fight song
1
College has started, around this time I was a college freshman fully moved in and Saying bye to my parents. I felt so cool living on my own in my own place, doing my own thing and the best part was, I was playing soccer. It was everything and more....
July 8th, 2021
Dad Raped Me
1
1) this man โcasuallyโ crossed my boundaries. When I told him to stop, he did, but throughout the encounter he continued to ask me if I would like it if he did the thing that I told him explicitly he could not do. I never mentioned this interaction being poor...
July 24th, 2014
Repressed Memory
2
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...
July 11th, 2014
Didn’t Know Until Later
1
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...
July 28th, 2014
ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
0
ืืื ืืื ืื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 3rd, 2015
No One Believes Me
1
I was raped when I was 4 or 5 years old. It has affected me terribly all these years but because I kept it a secret no one believes me. I love my husband very much but I hate sex because of my past. I’ve told him my story but...
October 28th, 2015
Justice
1
Just need to express my anger about something that happened many years ago. I am a secondary survivor I would say. I was not physically raped by this man but my niece was at the tender age of 9 until she was 11. She is 47 now. I found out...
November 19th, 2017
Just Violated
2
I need to post here. I read your posts with a friend who needed to heal, and now I need to heal. A stranger grabbed me in my garage, took my purse for money, and violated me. I am hurt, physically hurt, mentally hurt. I was opinioned that she was...
January 9th, 2017
My Story
1
My story began late June… I was sitting in my room by myself reading a book as usual since I didn’t have any friends left in the town i lived in. At age 17 most high-school girls are surrounded by friends but I kept my distance on people and who...
December 13th, 2021
He was my best friend
2
He was my best friend of 8 years. I was really leaning on him for support as I had just experienced my first sexual assault like 6 months beforehand. I was really struggling mentally so he offered to take me out for a night and we went into the city...
October 25th, 2018
The Boys Club Continues
2
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...
November 28th, 2017
Surpris ร la Maison
1
A week after my marriage, I had moved into Pantin, outside Paris, with his mother and son. I had my premier day at new occupation. I remove my stockings, and wanted food. My stepson grappled me to my knees. After a fight, I felt him enter inside me. He only...
March 5th, 2018
Liberating Moment
1
I watched your documentary today and it was liberating. I too was a victim of rape. I was molested from age 11 to 17 by my biological father. He also molested my 2 younger sisters. My mother when she found out stayed with him. I have went through so many...
August 10th, 2022
Middle school sexual harassment
2
Hi, my name is Valeria. When i was in middle school i was constantly cat-called and sexual harassed. people would ask me to do things (I did a couple times until i caught on).
April 22nd, 2018
Forest floor
1
I was 10 years old, my father had recently flown across the country for a job and i had been spending a lot of time with my cousins so i wouldnt miss my dad too much, it was september. I had just started my 5th year… I was walking through...
May 28th, 2015
The First Time
3
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...
February 10th, 2018
Is Healing Possible?
6
I don’t know why I’m writing this here, I probably should have written it in my diary like I use to. I was sexually assaulted when I was a child, molestations most times, attempted gang rapes sometimes. I succeeded in blocking out the memories throughout my teenage years but the...
April 7th, 2023
Child Molester
1
I was nine when it first happened, my cousin would try to touch me. I would push and kick but he was 16 at the time which meant he was stronger than I was. This would continue for a few months, I didn’t feel safe around anyone so I shut...
March 22nd, 2015
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
7
As a young girl, I was molested by my mother’s boyfriend son. I thought it was okay to let a little boy play down there, but then later on in life it was not. At the age of 16, I was walking home and saw these guys walking up behind...
January 28th, 2018
Metoo
6
Born A Girl When I was 10, I noticed men looking at me differently When I was 10 to 12 men and boys of all ages honked their horns, whistled and yelled profanities at me When I was 13 my friend and I were walking home in the daylight, when...