Speak Up!

Anonymous, Canada
     My son had been sick and was staying with my mother and stepfather for a few days.   When my mother had to go to my great aunt’s funeral, I went to pick up my son though I stayed over for one night.
     When it was time to head to bed, my stepfather carried my son [...]

I hate stalkers
     I suffer from depression, and I joined an online depression group my friend participated in. 
     I shared my stories on online posts, and a guy decided to befriend me.  He was studying counseling at a Christian school.  I didn’t count on him being of any professional help, but I decided there was [...]

 Katie,  New Jersey
     I am 15 years old, a sophomore in high school.
     One day I missed my bus home from school and I saw this guy that I didn’t know but I did know that he took my bus too. I started talking to him, and he said that since I didn’t know how [...]

Maryan, California
     This happened a year ago, when I was a junior in High School.
     At first I didn’t pay much attention to what was happening. There is a guy who goes to my school. I started seeing him every where I went, i.e. if I went to a store or a burger restaurant. I [...]

Anonymous, Sydney Australia
     My boyfriend’s step father has been sexually harassing me for over five years.  When no one was around, he would say things like ”You are so good looking. You must have men and women coming onto you all the time.”  He would ask about my sexual success and details about mine and my boyfriend’s [...]

Rachel, Alabama   
     I have been married to my husband for 14 years this month. In October 2007, my world was turned upside down.
     My father-in-law came to my house around 9am…I recognized his distinct knock. I had just turned on the shower and decided I was not about to redress and answer the door.  But when I [...]

Humiliated 
       I used to work in a mostly male industry, carpentry, mold-making, machining, etc.  Since the men there were of an old-school type, I endured severe sexual harassment all the time. One time,  a guy put his hand up the front of my skirt and another tried to take my bra off.  Plus, there was [...]

Stephanie, Wisconsin
     When I hear the words “sexual harassment” institutions like school or the workplace are the first settings that come to mind; yet unwanted and inappropriate sexual situations can pop up in so many more locations. 
     Last night, I was at a friend’s house for a small party.  At about midnight I decided that since [...]

Nina
     It was the night of my friend’s huge birthday party, when I was a junior high school. I was so pumped to be going, especially after hearing my crush of several years would be there. I got dressed -to-impress and headed for my friend’s house. Not to my surprise, the house was full of [...]

Vanessa
     A minister of my church would tell me constantly that God was giving him dreams that we were having sex.  He even asked me if I was shaved.
     Another pastor at the church told me to masturbate and told the other men of the church.  He even went as far to joke to the other men that [...]