How Revealing!
This a safe space to share your experiences of sexual assault, gender-based violence, sexism and bystander intervention. You can post anonymously, be of any gender identity and need not be someone who has directly experienced it.
How Revealing seeks to help reduce victim-blaming and shaming, and the stigma and silence surrounding gender-based violence and sexual assault. You can also look up support organizations if you need.
I was raped in my boarding school.
I was in 5th grade and he was in 11th grade. I was studying in a prestigious boarding school in Assam. I was abused every day for an year untill I left that school.
He was huge and the first time he touched me was in the showers.
I was ...
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It almost seems it never happened
There's something I just wanted to get off my chest and finally share because it's been on my mind for a while now, and I have no idea what to do with it.
Like, I don't even know whether this is the right platform for sharing something ...
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I’m always angry
I’ve always been in some ways quite a tempered person. But- it seems as though my rage has only grown. It never leaves me- it just moves. Either to my heart, or my hands, or to my chest. And I don’t think it’ll ever ...
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I still remember
The summer I was 12, going into 8th grade, I was in the pool at camp, night swimming at camp. It was the most exciting night activity, I had been excited for a long time about it. I was on a counselor’s shoulders, doing a chicken fight, when I ...
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He used to justify his actions by saying that he was preparing me for the worst ...
I was in class 10. I used to study mathematics. I had a strong sense of belief in my teacher because I was started studying maths under him from an early age, from class 6. He used to be my guardian in some sense. My parents held a high esteem about him. ...
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Online Harassment and verbal abuse
I was looking for jobs on online platforms, and I got a call from a number and answered it and he said he was an HR from Infosys and said there was a job opportunity. He explained everything and asked me to pay 1500rs for the application fees. I declined ...
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This person used AI to edit my images and threatened to send it to my family
I was in my own house. This person used AI to edit explicit images and videos of me and threatened to send it to my family and friends if I don’t send him money. He doxxed my location and would teach me a lesson if I didn’...
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"You have never refused before this, then how are you being so cultured today su...
Okay, I have never written about this incident in detail with which I'm about to write, because you know what, I AM TIRED OF BEING THE PERSON WHO SUFFERS WHILE HE'S OUT THERE ENJOYING HIS LIFE.
So an incident happened (I don't even know why I'm ...
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My heart dropped. What did she mean ?
I was 14. A typical teenager who was into sports and loved going out and socialising. I used to attending coaching sessions for badminton. I made a friend in that academy who was a little older than me. She had an older brother. I used to visit her house quite often ...
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Who are we supposed to feel safe with?
I was maybe 12 or 13. I was studying on the terrace of my home. The terrace was visible to everyone in the street we lived in. It was a bit on display. It was early evening, before sundown. At that time of the evening, many people living in the street came ...
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