I was raped by a friend, whom I’m not friends with anymore. I was drunk, half-asleep, sad, and away from my then-boyfriend. He had a girlfriend too. We were at a sleepover and I asked him to accompany me since I wanted to sleep already. I didn’t know he thought it was a booty call. I was half-asleep when he took off my pajamas and went in me, I never said yes. I woke up to the thrusts and told him to stop. He didn’t stop. I had to push myself out and off the bed for it to stop. Some of our friends thought I allowed it to happen and it reached my boyfriend. He thought I cheated since my rapist told a lot of friends after the incident. I was scared to tell him the real thing and I tried, and I did.
But it looked like I wanted it in the eyes of other people. I never wanted it. Please don’t stop speaking out about issues like rape. Rape changes your life and leaves a scar behind no matter how many times you try to heal yourself. Thank you for making yourself a voice for people like us who are still afraid and traumatized since talking about our stories already brings back the trauma. Let’s end rape culture once and for all, for the sake of everyone.
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