Not-so-grand Finish.
I was having the best time on my walk. The skies are so blue today and the sun is out. It felt so nice to feel the cold breeze against my skin.
I was coming home singing, walking on the sidewalk, when I look to the side and there's ...
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remembering.
I don’t remember how it started. Only how it ended.
It ended with my ability to forgive, but the memories will stay with me forever, marking me as their own. I am not my trauma, but it undoubtedly defines me. In one way or another, I am ...
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My sister‘s half brother raped me as a child
I am a male and I have a half sister and she has a brother I am not related to him but he used to come over to my house a lot with her. He was 11 when the incident happened and I was 6. He and I would hang out and ...
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Growing up isn't what I thought it'd be.
When I was in my freshman year of high school, I was stoked. What 15 year old girl wouldn't be? New responsibilities, new school, new friends, and most importantly for our story, a new Cross Country team.
On my new team there was a guy, lets call him James. I ...
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I was raped and I am not a woman.
I was raped & I am not a woman.
I was raped and it was 'she' who did that. A male was raped & assaulted by a female.
These lines are certainly bold enough to raise eyebrows and hurt the stereotypes existing in our societies.
A man who is expected ...
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My first boyfriend
Being sexually assaulted by my first boyfriend was the most confusing experience of my life. I missed red flags I didn't even know existed, dismissed certain things as normal as I didn't know any different. The only representation of an actual relationship I had was from the media, ...
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Everything changed about me. Except for a few things .
I was 13 or maybe 14. All I used to read was detective novels. Thrillers. Some Enid blyton. Some Nancy drew. I had gotten my periods. I knew much about the reproductive process but nothing about predators. I had conservative parents who taught me nothing about sexual assualt or harassment nor how ...
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Violated, ashamed and in pain
I was on a night out with a female friend and a gay male friend. I was 17 so technically not allowed to be in the club but had a false ID. We were having a great time and met these 2 student males, one was studying law and the other I ...
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My foster parent
I was 13 and had just sat at a DCP (Department for Child Protection) office for 7 hours waiting for a home to go to. I had just been kicked out of an all girls boarding school for trying to kill my self. I had been dropped at the office with a ...
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High School Rapist
I’m currently 17 and will be 18 in August, and I'm a year 12 student at my school. I was a victim of sexual assault in September and October last year. My friend and I met up at his place to rehearse our drama scene for an assessment and he ...
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