challenging institutional disbelief around domestic & sexual violence and abuse
So I went over with my friends to our friends’ house. We were invited by them to come over for pancake night and at that moment it seemed like it was going to be fun, so we went. when we got there, we were having a lot of fun, they made the pancakes and I more »
I went out with this guy to a hotel and we were just kissing and we began to undress and I went down on him but I didn’t want to have sex after because I just didn’t feel good about it and I said no to him when he was on top of me and more »
The importance of survivors voices and thinking about ‘dual roles’ (survivors who are professionals) The book Not My Shame is available here. Inspired by our participation with the Write to End Violence Against Women awards organised by Zero Tolerance, we are now collecting examples of good journalism about domestic and sexual violence and abuse to make it clear more »
How can we use investigations into Jimmy Savile and grooming gangs as a catalyst for change? Please watch The book Not My Shame is available here. Download this post as PDF? Click here
I’ve been with my partner 10 years. When he drinks he puts emotional pressure on me to have sex with him by sulking if I say I don’t feel like it or makes comments like I hardly get any. So I give in and agree to the sex because I feel guilty. That’s not rape more »
A year ago I went to comfort a friend who went through a break up, we drove around for a while and then we ended up at his parents barn. Well it started out with him just fingering me which I felt a little uncomfortable about but not to the point of freaking out. Then more »
I really need some help with this. It happened this weekend. My friend, Dominic, was going to go to a mutual friend’s party and I agreed to go. The party was close to my boyfriend’s house (About a 15 minute drive) and the boyfriend agreed to drive me there , so I wouldn’t bus it. more »
One night me and my boyfriend were having sex, but it began to hurt so I told him to stop and he didn’t. I didn’t push him or scream and he didn’t force me down, but I said no a few times and he just replied ‘shhh it’s ok’ but eventually he did stop after more »
My husband and I have been separated since January, however neither of us can afford to move out and we have agreed to still actively be a family with our son (3). We live in a small 2 bed so we still share a bed a night, 90% of the time this is not a more »
It was an ordinary night out in the bar we went home with these people that seemed nice then went back to someone else’s after a few hours he stared and stared at me the whole night then when we were finally alone I was feeling so tired he kept rubbing me and trying it more »