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Sexual violence, rape and abuse survivor stories
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21 Years Old in Woodland, PA | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence Story from Woodland, PA I was 20 years old and I was going through a tough divorce from a military relationship. “Paul” was my best friend and was helping me through the divorce or so I thought. My family was on vacation and I had let “Paul” stay...
14 Years Old in Koshkonong, MO | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence story from Koshkonong, MO When I was 9 years old, I was sexually abused by a boy 5 years older than me (he was 14). It was on the bus. I told him to stop, and he would not stop. He touched my breasts, and my vaginal and butt area. I was ashamed,...
15 Years Old in Oxford, OH | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence story from Oxford, OH I was 14. I had a best friend. I loved her very much. She had 4 sisters and 3 were triplets, all aged 10. 1 sister aged 11 and my best friend was 13. She was a year younger than me. Her family was like my family. I went to all...
16 Years Old in Terre Haute, IN | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence story from Terre Haute, IN When I was a freshman in high school (I am a junior now), one of my ex-boyfriends transferred to my school. I had dated him for 3 months a couple of years before and he had been violently possessive. We started hanging out...
33 Years Old in Bloomington-Normal, IL | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence Story from Bloomington, IN At 21, I was happy and successful. I had a loving family, great friends, a man who loved me, a good job, a nice car, and I was living on my own. One of my male friends asked if he could stay with me while his apartment was...
17 Years Old in Bartlett, TN | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence Story from Bartlett, TN When I was fourteen, my “boyfriend,” who was eighteen, came over to my house. My parents had gone out of town, and I was staying at a friend’s house, but I went back to mine to hang out with “Kyle” for a while. We were lying...
14 Years Old in Plano, TX | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence story from Plano, TX My father drugged my sodas every night and then unclothed me while I was asleep, touched me and took photos of me. Then later on he would trade them online. He would tape me in the shower without me knowing, would be very...
16 Years Old in Wichita, KS | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence Story from Wichita, Kansas When I was 12, I was in a relationship. One night he wanted to have oral sex. I was not ready for that. He then left me with a scar and some bruises and took my virginity by rape. Are You A Sexual Violence or Abuse Victim...
17 Years Old in Marlton, NJ | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence story from Marlton, NJ I was dating this guy who was a senior during my junior year of high school. We were driving around one night, he lived on the opposite side of town of me where it was dark and a lot of trees and not too many street lights. He...
15 Years Old in Mountain Home, ID | #WeShatterSilence | Let This Story Be Heard By Clicking Share
We Shatter Silence Story from Mountain Home, ID I thought a harmless night of hanging out with these two guys that I just met would be fine, but I was very wrong. I was given alcohol and drugs, and was taken advantage of. I distinctly remember trying to push them off...
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