Speak Up!

Laura
     I thought that I was in love with a handsome sweet talking guy. So when the big date came, I went to his apartment and we were both happy together.
     After like half an hour, his cousin came by.  I knew him and thought he was a faithful friend and I always treated him [...]

Eily, Nebraska    
     Most of my senior year in high school, I was harassed by a “friend.” 
     When it started, he would joke that he wanted to have sex in the school’s band room. 
     I didn’t like it, but I didn’t say anything about it to anyone.  I stopped being able to eat like I had before.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jessica, Virginia 
     Well, I went to the movies with three friends (two guys and a girl).  
     First thing, ”J” pulled me to the back rows, tucking me in the corner up against the wall. I couldn’t climb over the chairs because he was in the way.
     Later, J kept on staring at me, and then he started rubbing [...]