Sexual Harassment Stories and Experiences

Lynndy    

     When I was a sophomore in High School, two guys whom I thought were my friends began making comments about my figure and how I was just really gorgeous. 

     I was like, “Thanks for the compliments.” 

     But then the next day they both came up to me and started grabbing my breasts and other inappropriate places.

     I thought nothing of it at first, but they kept doing it to me.  I kept trying to push them off and they kept holding me so they could touch me.

     One day, one of the boys had come up to me and acted as if they were going to give me a hug.  Instead, he gave me a hickey.

     All I remember is that I had a huge mark on my neck and knew I needed to hide it before I went home and my parents saw.

     My parents were clueless about the harassment.  I finally got brave enough to tell school officials and they took report after report for four months.  Then it was taken to the extreme when the boys started to verbally harass me every day at school.  This all lasted for months.

     Finally, the school suspended one of the boys for one day and the other boy got away with it.

     I ended up dropping out of school because I could not stand to be near anybody.  I am still afraid of going near people I have a hard time being social.

     I never pressed charges against the boys because I was afraid of what may happen if I did.  My parents never knew until I was 16 and several months after I had dropped out of school.  I have been experiencing nightmares for the last 3 years of my life and am really scared to get close to anyone because of the harassment.

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