Sexual Harassment Stories and Experiences

Samantha
     A neighbor in the building was becoming too friendly with many comments on my physical appearances– like “Wow!  You look beautiful,” etc. 
     One fateful day, he blocked my exit from the building, barricading me between two doors and asking me for a kiss. I gestured with my hands to move out of my way […]

Jessica, Tennessee  
     After spending about 4 hours at the hospital, my mom and I decided to go to a used book store.  My mom wanted to get a few DVDs.
     I went off to find some books and as I was walking a few steps towards a shelf, a man bumped into me. He was not […]

Jim, Michigan
     Seems that sexual harassment laws are set for professional/educational types of instances.  I know that it isn’t exclusive of public situations. 
     I was at a party with many friends and acquaintances. The crowd was of a swinger/sexually-experimental mindset..which was fine by me.  Alcohol was involved.  See also: other drugs. 
     I was standing in […]

RainOnMe    
     The super of my building molested me. He sent me a text Friday evening and told me to come to his office because he needed to talk to me. (Please note the office is located in the basement of my building)
     So I went.  We talked and as I was leaving, he kissed me.  I […]

Marie, Michigan   
     I am going through a domestic with my husband for the past year.   He has sex with other women then calls my voicemail and leaves messages with the details. 
     I change my phone numbers, but and he gets them anyway, and he always knows where I am at.
     It’s so sick… and the […]

Kellie, Michigan    
     In late 2004, my brother-in-law was deployed to Iraq.  About four months later, left he began calling my house, making disgusting requests.
     He started out saying that my sister thought that she and I could pose for nude photos…she could send him her photos and I could give my husband mine.  Next, he […]

Kira, California  
     I guess I am here because I feel I need to tell someone what has been happening to me….
     I live in a very bad area, three or four blocks away from a main intersection where hookers always walk around… The men in my neighborhood seem to think that any woman walking down […]

Rebecca, Maryland
     When I was a little girl a very strange man from my church would send me birthday cards every year.  Later, when I came home from college, he began to follow me around church, and would call my friends and family.  (It took two years of being stalked for me to realize I […]

Meagan, Michigan   
     One night, my father let a stranger stay the night on our couch.  While everyone was asleep, the man came in to my room and raped me.
     At the time, I was too young to understand what he had done. I kept that inside me my whole life.
     I am now 15 […]

Marie    
     My mother’s brother was born with a mental disability and has progressively gotten worse over the past 10 years.  I don’t really remember when the harrassment started, mostly because I have tried hard to block out the memories. 
     From the time I was 7 until about 12, I would find myself in extremely uncomfortable […]