challenging institutional disbelief around domestic & sexual violence and abuse
i am a survivor. After 6 years of marriage 2 kids i was just tired of it all. He was more of manipulator and messed with my head and emotions. He changed who i was and what i wanted in life. I wanted to kill myself every day and didn’t know what happy meant anymore. more »
In the summer of 2016 I was sexually assaulted one night on my way home. So I have a boyfriend and he lives a little far from me so I have to travel quite far to visit. I have a buncha other friends who live near him which I used to see too. So we more »
I had been hanging out with this boy. I already told him about my rape when I six by my father, but when I told him he started laughing. I told him I wanted to watch movies only. He started kissing me and I told him to stop but he didn’t. After numerous of times more »
I met this guy a couple months ago and we hung out a few times before we even kissed. We both knew we didn’t want anything serious but I was a virgin and he said he didn’t want to ‘tske my virginity’ or whatever. I was of the mindset that I wanted to have sex more »
I have written the attached and I wonder if it’s the sort of thing you could share on your site? I’ve written my real name above but woukd like it shared anonymously. For everyday victim blaming – One Night with my ex There has been a lot written on social media today about the show more »
For several years I was gagged from speaking or finding help. Men saw me as an easy target. Ambien is a dangerous sleep aid and men took advantage of that amnesia to rape me. Between the victim blaming a smear campaign and a vicious divorce I’m so grateful I made it through alive. How sad more »
I am in a horrible situation. My husband comes from an abusive upbringing. After years of acknowledged abuse toward me and my daughter, he escalated and physically harmed me. in the first days, his family was supportive. Then they turned on us. 25 years of knowing these people and we are thrown out like trash, more »
It was in my first two weeks of college and my roommates and I went down town. I was decently drunk and I didn’t know exactly where we ended up, but it was some apartment house. I was talking to this kid and began to lean on him, but I didn’t mean to and I more »
I had a friend that i hung out with about a month ago and we weren’t into eachother in a sexual type way. It was our second time hanging out and we decided before we seen eachother that we were going to go to the movies and watch a movie but when he came to more »