challenging institutional disbelief around domestic & sexual violence and abuse
I often find myself thinking about one of my past relationships, which was definitely abusive in all meanings of the word, when I’m depressed, and something has stood out to me that I never really thought about before. I’m currently with a different guy who is very sexually dominant and sometimes pushes me into having more »
We were camping, he was drunk and he kept grabbing my breasts I’d push his hands off and 2 seconds later they’d be back. I told him maybe we shouldn’t and don’t do things you’ll regret and then he asked me to go in the camp with him, I know I’m an idiot and that more »
I was friends with benefits with this guy for 6 months. We always used protection. Most of the time I didn’t even have to remind him to bring it. Well one night were in bed kissing touching and getting intimate. He gets on top and starts kissing me and I feel him about to slip more »
Pretty soon after i hooked up with this guy, currently involved with, and havinga history of five years with, I chickened out and wanted to leave. I sensed in him things i could not tolerate living with, including his ability to claim righteousness in every situation, nomatter what he situation. After humiliating me over a more »
I was in campus that day.My cousin asked me to visit him at his house to chill out with him.I was looking forward to spend time with him because he was a ‘good guy’,everyone at home including parents knew him as a good responsible man.After taking supper he asked me to sleep on the bed more »
I was less than a month away from my 20th birthday & a virgin,I was going to a Halloween party for the first time with some friends pretty far from home (i was pretty sheltered). I had been drinking pretty heavily for hours before the party & sending flirty texts to a guy I knew. more »
My rape happened 3 months ago, on May 8th. He was a friend I was in a sexual relationship with, but I had ended things between us months previously, mainly so I could focus on therapy I had begun to try to sort my life out. He didn’t seem to want to understand that we more »
He was a new friend I’d known about a month, we were taking a trip together in the summer after exams. I had experienced abuse and had never been able to have a real relationship. It became clear during the trip that he wanted to be more than friends and I felt something for him more »
http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/20/why-are-sex-robots-which-allow-men-to-simulate-rape-a-bad-thing-6792925/ hi there, im sure you’ve seen the recent articles about the new ‘sex robots’ with frigid setting, but this one took my breath away. If you’re not already, please challenge the metro (a newspaper only barely better than the sun and such like) on this disgusting article that seems to twist the arguments against more »