April 15th, 2019

Accepting myself and my story after…

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I’ve been thinking about sharing my story for some time and I am still uncertain about whether I should share it. I struggle with a lot of shame surrounding the abusive relationship that ended with my rape, and the emotionally abusive relationships that I had after the incident. I am...
April 15th, 2019

Too Trusting

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I was raped by a mutual friend. My night started off at a housewarming party for my best friend. She went to sleep, but I decided to go out with a couple girl friends and some guys they knew. I didn’t know the decision would change my life forever. We...
April 15th, 2019

raped as a lone solidier in israeli...

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Hi Linor I was raped by the חובש on my base in the army. Unitl today – almost daily I think about it. At the age of 18 I was a young naive virgin from Australia. I moved to Israel by myself. The guy that raped me, ALL the girls...
April 15th, 2019

Coercion is never consent

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I have spent my whole life a victim. From early childhood trauma to emotionally abusive paternal figures. For a long time I responded to my trauma the way so many do. I partied to hard, let myself be used by the men in my life. I developed an eating disorder...
April 12th, 2019

23 with a secret

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I begin writing every time a new story inspires me but I can never find the words to tell the world what happened so many years ago.I always ask myself why am I not as strong as these other women? Why can’t I ever get the words out my mouth?...
April 9th, 2019

A Message from the Director

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April 7th, 2019

This will be painful

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This will be painful. This will bring up things I don’t want to talk about. But I think it needs to be said. I think it needs to be written out. It’s therapeutic in a sort of way. This is the story of my stolen childhood. It started a little...
April 5th, 2019

Victim of sexual assault

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April 3rd, 2019

Im 16

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April 2nd, 2019

I Choose

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April 1st, 2019

Raped by my Stepfather

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This is something I have not shared in years. Everything started when I was about 6 years old. My mother married my stepfather when I was a baby and I had known him almost all my life. One day, my mom went to work and my stepfather was on the...
April 1st, 2019

I still see him on campus

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April 1st, 2019

Raped by my Stepfather

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March 31st, 2019

Useless tears

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March 30th, 2019

It was normal

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March 29th, 2019

My First “Boyfriend”

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My first “boyfriend” raped me. He was two years older than me. We met at a park; he was the first boy that ever showed interest in me. We texted for a few days, and he convinced me to let him sneak over to my parents house in the middle...
March 26th, 2019

My case is different from yours

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March 25th, 2019

It just happened

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March 21st, 2019

Never Forget

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March 19th, 2019

No Stranger

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March 18th, 2019

I buried the pain

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March 17th, 2019

40 years

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March 17th, 2019

I thought he was a brother

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March 16th, 2019

What happened to me?

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March 8th, 2019

Death before birth

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March 7th, 2019

Self Worth

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March 6th, 2019

I knew and trusted him

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March 5th, 2019

Afraid No More

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March 4th, 2019

It wasn’t my fault

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February 24th, 2019

Am I really that broken?

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February 21st, 2019

Dear Coward

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February 20th, 2019

To the man who stole my independence

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February 19th, 2019

Sexual Assault Does NOT Define You

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January 27th, 2019

That wasn’t too bad now was it?

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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...
January 23rd, 2019

He knew what he was doing

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January 23rd, 2019

Raped by my boyfriend

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January 22nd, 2019

Healing in progress

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January 21st, 2019

My Daughter’s Story

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January 12th, 2019

Sexual Abuse of Minors

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January 9th, 2019

Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...

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January 9th, 2019

I didn’t realise until now

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January 8th, 2019

This will be painful

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January 6th, 2019

Black Girl

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January 6th, 2019

Black Girl

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As a black child she grew up with many black women An atmosphere of mostly females and children A plether of differences yet many the same someone points the finger but no one takes the blame Attenion seaking variances of competition with the appearance of being soft For the man...
January 5th, 2019

Need help

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January 4th, 2019

College Rape

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January 2nd, 2019

Why didn’t I do anything?

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January 1st, 2019

I was kidnapped, beaten, knocked out and...

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December 31st, 2018

No one owns your story but you

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December 31st, 2018

My so called “best friend”

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December 26th, 2018

Someone I should be able to trust

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December 20th, 2018

He was a trusted friend, until he...

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December 17th, 2018

My little girl

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December 12th, 2018

Not like the rape you always hear...

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It happened the summer going into my sophomore year of high school 2015. I was 15 and I lived in a very small and very bad town. Our middle school, yes I said middle school, was in the top 5 drug filled schools in 2 metroplex areas. Everyone new the...
December 11th, 2018

Them

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Two times i have been assaulted . One time by someone i didnt knew and one time by someone who i thought he liked me. Was 14 when a stranger molested me. I lost myself completely I was afraid of every man But on the other hand i wanted their...
December 10th, 2018

Alone and depressed

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I found this website a few days after everything happened. That was exactly one year ago as of today. I don’t like to admit the words out loud. It makes me feel dirty and makes my chest collapse until I can’t breathe. Over the last year I’ve gotten really good...
November 29th, 2018

New Years Eve

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Almost two years ago now, I was raped on new years eve. One of my best friends from high school was having a house party and I was home from my first year in college. All of my close high-school friends went. Before the ball drop, S (what I will...
November 28th, 2018

The times when rape culture has got...

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When at a party, highly intoxicated, a boy thought it was okay to take kissing to mean forceful fingering, to mean trying to have sex even when there was blood everywhere, leaving her with a fear of sex contributing to a psychological problem called vaginismus, preventing her from enjoying sex...
November 27th, 2018

Rape without remorse

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It’s been 3 weeks and 6 days since that night. 3 weeks and 6 days since you took away my self respect, my self worth and the only ounce of self esteem I had left. This is a letter to my rapist. I never thought it would be someone I...
November 21st, 2018

Molested by my cousin

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I was 6 years old girl at the time and I remember everything clearly. the only person that new for a long time was my older sister who was “touched” by him too once. however what made want to talk about it is the fact that I have told my...
November 20th, 2018

Hope after repeated rape

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November 18th Thirteen years ago, that date changed everything, even though I didn’t realize it until months later. At 24 year-old, I was a virgin. My best friend’s husband had a childhood best friend, who had been talking on the phone with me for a few months, when everyone pitched...
November 16th, 2018

Family of Lies

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I remember the day it began. I was 6 and my two older brothers said we would play a game. My mother and father were off at work starting at 4am till 8pm and grandma always took long naps during the day so my brothers who were 17 and 12...
November 14th, 2018

Six months in the making..

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I visited this website one week after I was raped in search of story like mine to convince myself what happened to me was rape. Six months ago I went out for the last weekend at college with my friends for a “girls night”. I was drugged at a local...
November 13th, 2018

Lost My Virginity In Rape By Jehovah’s...

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I was barely 17. Living on my own and fairly naive. Had a job at chicfila in Clayton Georgia USA. He was 36. Ex con. Jehovah’s witness and my boss. He raped me repeatedly over the course of two years. Forced anal when I said no. Choked me unconscious and...
November 12th, 2018

it was 1 am

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it was my first bonfire party and i was so excited. i live overseas during the school year so summer is when i get to reconnect with friends. i drank, a bit, not enough to do any damage and i found myself talking to the boy that everyone was whispering...
November 11th, 2018

Dream Job, Turned Nightmare

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It had been my goal for three years to join the yachting industry, but I had to finish college and then graduate school first. Finally, in May, I was free to pursue my passion of living life on the sea. I took the expensive required courses, and the day after...
November 8th, 2018

Scars

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I can still remember it so clearly. The taste of alcohol on my breath the morning after. The humiliation I was putting myself through. I couldn’t bring myself to accept it, I had read about it before and had even taken an online class before attending college, I remember thinking...
November 8th, 2018

Losing my virginity

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I was on my first ever night out when I got speaking to a group of boys who then took me back to their house. I do not remember willingly making the decision to go back to the house. When we arrived one boy took me to this room and...
October 31st, 2018

Raped by My Ex

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I loss my first virginity back in April 22, 2018 from my ex boyfriend. When I first loss my virginity I felt mad, sad, depressed, stupid, and confused. The next day when I woke up around 7 o’clock in a morning he raped me again I still felt confused, tired,...
October 31st, 2018

Married to my Rapist

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I was married to who I thought was a good man. We were together for 8 years, and I knew that he had once had a drinking problem but had conquered it. He began drinking again shortly into our marriage and, unbeknownst to me also started a cocaine habit that...
October 26th, 2018

Rape by family

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Growing up in the country with my mom and her boyfriend with my brother. My mom always let her boyfriend do anything he wanted to me when I was younger. She wound take me to my grandfather’s house and it would be the same way as it was at home...
October 26th, 2018

Victim Shaming

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SVU’s Detective Benson & Tutuola vs. Real NYPD Detectives By: Tiffany V. Stiles 10/19/2018 Along with millions of avid viewers, I’ve been a fan of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for almost 20 years. The compassion these characters have for victims of sexual assault is unparalleled to the strong...
October 25th, 2018

The Boys Club Continues

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I decided to share my story after reading another woman’s story on this site…she was brutally gang raped by police and contemplating suicide. Please “don’t let them win” by Suicide. I know it’s your choice to take your life or survive…. I know the helplessness against the Blue Wall. I...
October 25th, 2018

Healing My Faded Scars

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CH came into my life cleverly disguised as the man who would make my dreams come true two years later. He eventually sought out opportunities to deliberately inflict harm on me. His public plastic mask covered up his icily calculating eyes and a sickening smirk that said otherwise. He knew...
October 25th, 2018

Almost raped, forever traumatized

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When I was in my early 20’s, I attended a convention. The last night, there was a ball with alcohol and dancing. I met a guy that seemed nice and he bought my drinks and we danced. When I was ready to go to my hotel room, which the convention...
October 24th, 2018

Believe it or Not, It happened to...

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was raped 29 years ago. I was Party Raped, Gang Raped, whatever you want to call it. 1989 I was 14, and raped by my ex boyfriend and 2 of his friends (who I had never spoke to). I will save all the details. I was Drunk, beyond drunk, and...
October 24th, 2018

Survivor Video – Alison Botha

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October 23rd, 2018

I Didn’t Know I Was Raped

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Upon the eve of my 21st birthday my boyfriend of the time (who was everything to not date in a man) raped me. We went to a bar and were drinking. I am not even a fan of bars. I wanted to go camping, but he insisted. (Side Note: After...
October 22nd, 2018

It is not my fault

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The first incident I can really vividly remember was my freshman year of high school. I went to a school that required us to wear uniforms and I had to take the metro to school every day. I was sitting down by myself and a guy got on the train...