I’m still coming to terms with it
Rachel, England
When I was 14, one of the guys in my school started to harass me. He’d rest his hand on my leg, touch my rear, run his hand up the inside of my leg . He’d ask if he could check if my ‘fadge’ was real.
He’d try and back me into corners, but most of the time this was in plain view of other people.
This went on for nearly a year before I told a teacher. They ’spoke’ to the boy, but nothing happened and it carried on for another year before I complained to someone else.
It did go further this time, but because we would be leaving school in just a few months, the boy was not removed. He was asked to write out a letter of apology. That was all.
For the next few months I denied what happened. I was his friend. The harassment stopped but he was still around.
I was a child. I was scared, I was vulnerable and I was let down by the people who were meant to keep me safe. I never reported the harassment to police, I never told my parents and two years later I’m still coming to terms with it. This is one of the worst experiences of my life.
wow i would also be scared:(
I totally understand how u feel, i went though the same thing in my shcool for awhile, talking to the teachers didnt help at all and i was to scared to talk to my parents, i wish i did – it seems like when this kinda shitt happens in a school no one really cares if its out in the open, they sit there and watch – waiting to see how far its gonna go, well i dont anymore, everytime i see a girl or guy looking really uncomforable when someone else is doing something, i try to get them away by saying i need to talk to them – then i tell the other person to stay there and thats its between me and the one im trying to get away….way more over half the time they thank me, and most of the time its people ive had to help before, i always tell them to go talk to their parents and a few of them have!! I told 2 of my guy friends a few years later and the 1 that lived in Texas was the only 1 out of the 2 that didnt laugh and wanted to rush down here to kick the guys ass! Im sorry this happened to you and i hope 1 day u can forget all about it and live ur life without it in the back of ur mind!