I was drunk, incredibly and ridiculously drunk. My friend and I were walking back to the dorms after a long night out. I guess it was my...

I was raped as a child. From eight years old, and this went on for many years. It started out brutal and violent before turning into a...

I was 10 years old old when I was playing at a friends house and he decided to take it upon himself to pin me down and touch my chest. He...

I was groomed for rape for a long time before it actually happened. Walking alone, in cities that weren’t my own, whistles from men in...

I was sexually abused by my stepfather from the age of 8 until I was 12, I finally told my mother and grandmother this year at the age of...

When I finally got the courage to report, a female detective told me that my assault was “just foreplay” and that my rape could have been...

Chapter One The waiting wasn’t the worst part, but it was a close second. The girl opened her bedroom door and called for the dad to...

I was abused for a long time by my ex. He wouldn't care if I cried or if I begged him to stop. When I found the courage to report him,...

To the man whom I swiped right with on one of the billion dating apps: no, I do not want to have sex with you. To the man who catcalled...

One day at a party a friend of mine broke up with his girlfriend. He was crying so some people were in a circle to comfort him and I was...

I had a relationship with my boyfriend for 4 years. It actually was the perfect relationship, and he was the perfect boyfriend, which is...

I am a survivor of rape and sexual assault three times over. Only those closest to me ever knew. It was a secret I held in shame. What...

Lotus Petal February 9, 2018 Brionna I don’t really know how to start this poem. I try and try and try. But I always seem to fail. I am...

I remember feeling special and loved. He would whisper sweet words into my ears and buy my special gifts. He cared for me in ways no one...

I need someone to hear my soul cry. I need them to hear the deep pain that he forced upon me. My stepdad raped me. Nobody wants to hear...

My story is not something I have shared very openly. It feels shameful. It's not my shame to hold though it is his and I am working on...

All I know is his name was Blake. He was 21 and high and I was 15 and blacked out drunk on the floor in his room next to a friend that I...

I was 12 years old when it first happened. My body froze up and I didn't know how to say "no." For years all I felt was shame; as if I...

When I was about five or six years old, someone who I trusted raped me. I would go over to my neighbor's house multiple times a week and...

Bruises and blood. That was the physical aftermath of the sexual assault. But the psychological damage was so much worse. I repressed the...