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When I was 13, I was living with my aunt in Nigeria. She was kind and took me as her own. Her brother was living with us too. He wasn’t a bad person and was, would I say, my friend, although he was far older than me. One night, my aunt was not home, it …
I was sexually exploited by my dad. It started when I was 7. Every night, my father would sneak into my room, cover my face with a pillow, and then slowly open my legs and begin touching my private parts. I was too scared to do anything at that time. I’d be there, hoping that …
I was sexually molested by different house helps when I was younger. Most times when my parents were at work and I was back from school they would have sex with me. At that age, I enjoyed it and sometimes initiated it because I enjoyed the feeling and I didn’t know that it was wrong. …
I was abused between 8 and 9 years old. I was a shy and withdrawn child who often played alone. This young man, a distant relative came from the village to live with us. My dad was a wealthy man with a big house and so all his relatives dumped their children on him. We …
I am a single father of this 5-year-old. On June 6th my son woke up screaming from a nightmare, I ran to the room where my son was sleeping at 3:30 in the morning and asked him what was wrong, crying profusely he told me that his butt hurts, I looked at his butt and …
A friend of mine was raped by four boys. She was only 14. Her mother had locked her out and having no place to pass the night, a friend offered his place. While sleeping he began touching her, telling her how he loves her and would marry her someday. She knew where this was going …
When I was 14, I was raped and didn’t even know it. I was always out with my friends, doing silly stuff that 14-year-olds do, having a couple of ciders between us in a park, that sort of thing. Then I met this boy, who told me he was 16, in a park one night, …
*Warning: this story contains graphic content that some readers may find disturbing* I was sexually abused starting from when I was 6. I’m 21 now and I’m a sexual wreck. When I was 6, we used to live with my older cousin, who was 20-21. She’d babysit me. My mom was always busy, and she …
I saw your story and I just laughed. This happens to males a lot but we don’t see it as abuse. I think I should have been around 7-8 years old, I usually get a fine boy compliment. Mine happened during the holiday when I was around with my parents because I lived with my …
In listening to a survivor’s story, your response can have an enormous impact on that person’s healing journey. I want to point you to some tools—words, actions, and resources—that can help you support someone who shares their personal experience(s) with you. Although you can never take away what happened to someone, you can be a source of …
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