Personal Experiences
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Latest Submissions ...
- Tired of Being Blamed (3/9/2018)
- So confused – is my husband abusing me(content notice) (2/26/2018)
- Whatever the details are, it’s always the perpetrators fault (2/26/2018)
- Random Thoughts. (1/31/2018)
- Feeling guilty about being sexually assaulted (1/23/2018)
- Was I raped (1/23/2018)
- I didn’t say no (1/23/2018)
- Silenced (1/22/2018)
- Family is like a terrorist cell (1/4/2018)
- Boyfriend doesn’t believe I was assaulted (1/3/2018)
- My so called friend (1/2/2018)
- I got raped, boyfriend said it’s my fault. (12/6/2017)
- 29 years ago but it feels like yesterday (12/5/2017)
- Long time Ago… (content note for rape) (12/5/2017)
- victim not recognized (content note for rape) (11/24/2017)
- Domestic abuse (11/23/2017)
- im so confused. (content note for rape) (11/23/2017)
- Truth (11/17/2017)
- was it rape? (11/10/2017)
- Blaming and shaming (11/10/2017)
- Angry at my boyfriend’s attitude towards my experience of sexual violence (11/8/2017)
- Narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, crazymaking via Twitter (11/7/2017)
- I was sexually assaulted by a coworker (11/7/2017)
- Is this rape or am I overreacting? (11/6/2017)
- Man behind the mask (11/6/2017)
- I think I was raped (11/2/2017)
- Is it unconsented if he was my boyfriend (10/27/2017)
- been assaulted by ex. friend (10/26/2017)
- I don’t know whether this was rape and I want a verdict so I can stop asking myself and trying to remember. (10/25/2017)
- I think they all knew and it had happened before (10/24/2017)
- Not too sure what it was that happened? (10/9/2017)
- Is this abuse (9/5/2017)
- if it wasnt rape, what was it? (9/5/2017)
- Am I overreacting? (8/22/2017)
- Was this Rape (8/18/2017)
- What do I call this? (8/17/2017)
- He stole my virginity (8/17/2017)
- who’s crazy? (8/11/2017)
- My Boyfriend Blames Me… (8/7/2017)
- No one beleives me (8/7/2017)
- I said No (8/7/2017)
- IDK What To Think (8/4/2017)
- I don’t know if it was rape (8/4/2017)
- I consented to protected sex only (8/4/2017)
- long story (8/3/2017)
- my boyfriend blames me for being raped (8/3/2017)
- I was robbed. (8/3/2017)
- I am still so angry, I can’t breathe sometimes (8/2/2017)
- Was it rape? I feel responsible and guilty for not seeing through it sooner. (8/2/2017)
- Smith (8/2/2017)
- My partner was raped and I think he needs help! (8/1/2017)
- enough already. (8/1/2017)
- I was raped when drunk and my husband is blaming me. (7/31/2017)
- He was 21, I was 16 (6/19/2017)
- I didn’t think this would actually happen to me (6/13/2017)
- Boyfriend raped? Do I tell him I think he was raped? (6/13/2017)
- He said I lead him on (6/12/2017)
- I said no like five times to my husbands best friend but I didn’t stop him (6/12/2017)
- I couldn’t bring myself to accept that I was raped (5/30/2017)
- I said no but still let it happen to get it over with (5/26/2017)
- Survivors Voices (5/24/2017)
- catalyst for change by @northern_thirty (5/22/2017)
- Sulking and drunk pressure mistake (5/19/2017)
- Was it rape? (5/19/2017)
- is it assault? my boyfriend is blaming me for “being weak”. (5/18/2017)
- Is It Rape? (5/18/2017)
- Was I raped? (5/18/2017)
- I said NO but it didn’t help (5/16/2017)
- Looking To Be Found (content note) (5/16/2017)
- Marital Rape is Real (content note) (5/15/2017)
- I don’t know if I was raped (5/11/2017)
- Was i technically raped? (5/5/2017)
- What did he do to me? What do i do?? (content note) (5/5/2017)
- Beginning to recover (5/5/2017)
- Raped 8 years ago…and again three weeks ago? (5/4/2017)
- Slept with a dude off Tinder. Stopped sleeping with him. Got stalked, now he assaulted next guy (4/28/2017)
- not completely sure if it was rape (4/28/2017)
- No Became Yes, and I Didn’t Know (4/28/2017)
- Rape? What happened to me? (4/28/2017)
- My ex hangouts with my rapist. (4/27/2017)
- Was it my fault? Was it even rape? (4/27/2017)
- Was I raped, even if I didn’t say “no” (4/26/2017)
- was what happened wrong? (4/26/2017)
- The Games People Play (4/25/2017)
- No longer silent (4/25/2017)
- I’m still not sure how to explain (4/24/2017)
- Am I to blame? (4/19/2017)
- What happened here? (4/4/2017)
- It was ok, till it wasn’t anymore. (4/3/2017)
- Was this rape? (3/31/2017)
- Tortured and silenced. (3/28/2017)
- Is he really a victim? (3/28/2017)
- Marriage and abuse (content note) (3/27/2017)
- Rape survivor; my story in photographs (3/22/2017)
- Sex abuse (3/21/2017)
- Struggling to cope (3/21/2017)
- I Didn’t Want To Do It (3/20/2017)
- His mother texted him saying “why did you get back together with her?” (3/20/2017)
- Marital Rape and Domestic Violence – sought help, found more pain (3/14/2017)
- Drunk and in a relationship (content note for rape) (3/8/2017)
- What did you do (3/7/2017)
- My husband doesnt believe me (3/7/2017)
- Marriage and Rape (3/2/2017)
- Don’t know what to do (2/25/2017)
- Domestic abuse/coercive Behaviour (2/22/2017)
- A very grey area (2/21/2017)
- inner child and abuse (2/21/2017)
- I fought racism and misogyny to become an MP. The fight is getting harder by Diane Abbott (2/15/2017)
- Victim Blaming (2/14/2017)
- Multiple sexual assaults (2/14/2017)
- Was i raped ? (2/13/2017)
- i was raped and my boyfriend blamed me for months (2/9/2017)
- I said no, but didn’t fight it hard enough (content note) (2/9/2017)
- Rape ruined me (content note for graphic description) (2/8/2017)
- Ongoing victim blaming (content note) (2/8/2017)
- anonymous (content note for child rape) (2/3/2017)
- Incredible guilt and shame (content note) (1/25/2017)
- confused (content note) (1/24/2017)
- I’m not sure how to cope (content note) (1/20/2017)
- Lulu (1/19/2017)
- Ms – a personal experience of victim blaming an 11 year old girl by defence QC (1/18/2017)
- I don’t know if I was raped (1/12/2017)
- Grey (1/11/2017)
- escaping (1/10/2017)
- I said no but he didn’t listen. (1/6/2017)
- My boyfriend accuses me of doing gross things when I actually did not when I was raped (1/3/2017)
- My Boyfriend Blames Me For My Rape (12/20/2016)
- My girlfriend blames me for my past sexual abuse (12/15/2016)
- I’m sorry I’m so weak (12/14/2016)
- I don’t know what to do now. (12/14/2016)
- Boyfriend raped and then cheated on me (12/13/2016)
- School (12/5/2016)
- Victim blaming (11/24/2016)
- Trapped (11/17/2016)
- this is what domestic violence is all about (11/16/2016)
- Follow up to – you blamed the wrong person (11/15/2016)
- My story (11/15/2016)
- Dealing with a not guilty verdict (11/10/2016)
- i am so tempted to blame my girlfriend, but i know very well it is wrong (10/31/2016)
- Raped And Blamed (10/26/2016)
- My brother (10/19/2016)
- Trauma theories make oppressed people sick (10/18/2016)
- Protect n Serve Who? (10/18/2016)
- Toxic masculinity and rape culture (content note for rape) (10/17/2016)
- Walk in the woods (10/16/2016)
- I said no (content note) (10/13/2016)
- My ex fiancé blames me and accused me of lying about it (10/12/2016)
- End Demand campaign (10/10/2016)
- You can’t escape your past, but you can walk away from victim blaming (content note for graphic depictions of rape) (10/4/2016)
- All victims need to be rescued (9/26/2016)
- I Think It Was Rape (content note) (9/22/2016)
- I got raped again and my boyfriend doesn’t care cause he says it’s my fault (9/20/2016)
- I cant tell my boyfriend that my friend assaulted me (content note) (8/31/2016)
- Let down by the system (8/16/2016)
- Was it rape? (content note) (8/14/2016)
- Raped for a second time, boyfriend does not believe me. (content note) (7/27/2016)
- Say No More To Child Abuse, Child Explotation and Domestic Violence (7/25/2016)
- Violated (7/4/2016)
- Victim Blaming and speaking out (6/29/2016)
- Losing the man I love after revealing I was raped and blackmailed (6/27/2016)
- Being blamed for being assaulted (6/23/2016)
- two poems one to my ex husband and the other to all women who have been abuse all over the world (6/21/2016)
- Husband shames me for sexual assault but claims he doesn’t (content note for depiction of rape) (6/15/2016)
- bullying and manipulation and how unkind people can be (6/13/2016)
- abuse (content note for rape) (6/9/2016)
- What matters in life to me after my voice is being constantly denied by the public bodies … (5/23/2016)
- will abuse go from childhood abuse to domestic violence to institutional abuse (5/23/2016)
- Follow up to ‘No Justice = No Closure’ (5/17/2016)
- No Justice = No Closure (5/16/2016)
- Have the police done their job properly (5/16/2016)
- Not My Shame (5/15/2016)
- chance encounters (5/11/2016)
- it’s a shame that the human rights act in this country are not adherred to by the public bodies who are supposed to look after the vulnerable person (5/5/2016)
- CPS never communicate with the victim (5/2/2016)
- It’s been 10 years and it still haunts me (content note for rape) (4/29/2016)
- Were you really ever my friend? (4/25/2016)
- my life with my rapist and the pain its caused me (4/19/2016)
- Ending self blame (4/17/2016)
- fighting for my babies, when no one fought for them or me! (4/14/2016)
- No Justice Still (4/14/2016)
- is it considered rape? (content note for graphic description) (4/14/2016)
- Endangered a child that does not exist (4/13/2016)
- why are police officers so cruel unkind uncaring and pretend to be someone else isn t that illegal (4/13/2016)
- 10 years… (4/12/2016)
- I was assaulted and my friends won’t speak to me (4/11/2016)
- bullying hate crime police not being believed making out im crazy. (4/9/2016)
- Police abuse (4/9/2016)
- No support for victims (4/4/2016)
- My Abuser is the One Everyone Believes (4/3/2016)
- You blamed the wrong person (3/18/2016)
- who’s at fault? (3/17/2016)
- How should rape be investigated (3/17/2016)
- Boyfriend believes I carry some blame, what to do? (3/14/2016)
- Lack of support after assult by friend. (3/7/2016)
- Saying NO (2/25/2016)
- How I Feel (2/24/2016)
- I Said No He Kept Going (2/23/2016)
- Police and stalking (2/7/2016)
- Raped, pregnant and partner says I must have cheated. (2/1/2016)
- The Effect of Secondary Victimisation for Domestic Abuse Victims in the Form of Organised Social Exclusion (2/1/2016)
- I was blamed for his violence (1/28/2016)
- When therapy goes too far (1/26/2016)
- I’m not angry, I’m just hurt. (content not for sexual assault) (1/23/2016)
- will life ever be different bullying escalating and will i be free hope so. (1/22/2016)
- The pain, abuse and bullying for stnading up and telling the truth. (1/14/2016)
- We can be heroes? Not anymore (1/11/2016)
- When “I believe her” becomes a problem. (Content note for graphic sexual violence) (1/9/2016)
- Should is a dangerous word. (1/7/2016)
- I was stalked and my male friend either condoned it or denied it. (1/5/2016)
- Do we create our own reality? Really? (12/31/2015)
- abused by dad. (12/29/2015)
- Family Courts and DV (12/23/2015)
- mommy dearest (12/17/2015)
- fed up!!!! (12/14/2015)
- Rape in a New Relationship (12/9/2015)
- An abusive man (11/30/2015)
- Sexual assault survivor who was victim blamed by a close friend. Need some advice please/ (11/23/2015)
- I was raped (content note for graphic description of rape) (11/13/2015)
- From ages 10 to teen years, classmates abused me. No one stopped it. (11/6/2015)
- Never thought that police could treat you so badly again and again (11/5/2015)
- next of kin 2 (10/29/2015)
- When somebody does something bad to you. (10/27/2015)
- Victim blaming (10/17/2015)
- The Harsh Hands Of The System (10/8/2015)
- Serial abuser of women (9/25/2015)
- Black Dot Awareness Campaign: Irreparable Damage (9/23/2015)
- Join the dots (9/22/2015)
- 13 is an odd number, let’s make it rape number 14 (content note) (9/14/2015)
- Humberside Police revictimisation of a rape and DV Victim (9/9/2015)
- On my therapist (9/7/2015)
- Thanks for kicking me while I was down (9/7/2015)
- Assault (9/5/2015)
- victim blaming at its worst (9/5/2015)
- Farewell to Denise Marshall (9/4/2015)
- Too scared to say this to your face!! (8/31/2015)
- ‘In the public interest.’ Victims deserve public interest too. (8/27/2015)
- next of kin (8/20/2015)
- Raped by Mr Floppy (content note) (8/19/2015)
- The Term “Historical Abuse” – From The Viewpoint of an Abuse Survivor. (content note) (8/12/2015)
- you say im crazy…… (8/10/2015)
- just one of many moments (7/28/2015)
- male violence explained by my boss (7/27/2015)
- i was raped and my boyfriend blames me (7/26/2015)
- Raping a child and again as an adult being blamed for both (7/24/2015)
- Forced to Keep the name of my Rapist (7/24/2015)
- bullying and being blamed by the bullies (7/17/2015)
- Why not him? (7/16/2015)
- Ruth’s Story (7/16/2015)
- Hit me more why don’t you (7/13/2015)
- still not being believed (7/2/2015)
- Complex Trauma theorists are victim blaming (7/2/2015)
- Please help! (6/30/2015)
- Verbal abuse, emotional rape (content note) (6/29/2015)
- Boyfriend believe rape was my fault (6/28/2015)
- Blamed in online forum (6/28/2015)
- Miss (6/24/2015)
- dont label me, till you’ve been me! (6/23/2015)
- The judge tells me (6/20/2015)
- when will people see me (6/9/2015)
- Victim Blaming in Family Court (6/6/2015)
- Why didn’t I just walk away? (5/13/2015)
- 77 years ago (5/13/2015)
- It was never my fault (5/12/2015)
- Coercive sexual abuse in a marriage (4/21/2015)
- Fault lines (4/21/2015)
- my husband raped me in my sle (4/19/2015)
- Battered Sibling is Actually a Syndrome (4/19/2015)
- This thing with ‘victim’ and ‘survivor’ (4/12/2015)
- I was raped. (4/10/2015)
- Trigger Warning for sex and consent. Below age of consent is below age of reason (content note) (3/27/2015)
- Unjust Justice: Why anonymity for rapists is wrong (3/25/2015)
- i was failed, BUT I WONT FAIL! (content note) (3/21/2015)
- That day and the years that followed. (3/10/2015)
- drug rape (content note) (3/2/2015)
- my boyfriend blames me for my rape (content note) (2/16/2015)
- I was raped (content note) (2/10/2015)
- Boyfriend is blaming me (2/8/2015)
- Ongoing victim of dv (1/29/2015)
- MRS (1/27/2015)
- “I wish you’d wear more clothing” (1/20/2015)
- Trying to rebuild my identity (1/13/2015)
- A Medical Student’s Experience (1/7/2015)
- Why I’m sceptical about the new domestic violence legislation (content note) (12/19/2014)
- I was raped (12/11/2014)
- I was assaulted and blamed for what happened. (12/10/2014)
- I don’t know what to title this (content note for rape) (12/8/2014)
- My husband laughed and blamed me about being assaulted (12/6/2014)
- Pakistani women – A call to arms (12/3/2014)
- wrongly blamed from social workers with little knowledge on the signs of emotional and psychological abuse (11/6/2014)
- Social work Dept blames victims (11/3/2014)
- Why? (11/3/2014)
- Rape victim gets herself into a ‘silly situation’ (10/26/2014)
- Why does my boyfriend take it out on me, when I was raped? (10/26/2014)
- Howay the lasses (10/25/2014)
- Being taken advantage of is assault (10/21/2014)
- Dear Luke (10/16/2014)
- Forgiveness (content note) (10/13/2014)
- Letter my mother in law wrote whole family after my husbands arrest for abuse (10/13/2014)
- I Didn’t Realize I Was Raped (Content Note) (10/7/2014)
- Male Violence; it’s really not as bad as you make out…(Content Note) (10/3/2014)
- I’m always making an issue (10/1/2014)
- London ambulance treatment of possible date rape victim (10/1/2014)
- WHY (9/26/2014)
- Melanie Shaw & the consequences of child sexual exploitation (9/20/2014)
- Because of what I was told ‘rape’ meant.. I kept quiet for years. (content note) (9/17/2014)
- A daughter needs her dad to show her that not all men are like the ones who hurt her (9/16/2014)
- It is NOT mine (9/14/2014)
- Gone Girl (9/12/2014)
- Forensic Psychologist (9/12/2014)
- P (8/4/2014)
- Inside A Sacred Temple (7/31/2014)
- It wasn’t rape (7/29/2014)
- Let down by everyone… (7/28/2014)
- 50 Shades of Flashbacks (7/25/2014)
- My friend sexually assulted me, where do I go from here? (7/23/2014)
- “Well, that’ll teach you to be more careful” (7/18/2014)
- Privacy invaded by my parents (7/11/2014)
- Boyfriend was raped (7/10/2014)
- Catch your breath (7/10/2014)
- The Grey Area of Rape (content note) (7/9/2014)
- letter to my ex (7/7/2014)
- Reporting Rape to the Police (7/4/2014)
- Barriers to Reporting Rape. (7/2/2014)
- Girls should “stay out of harm’s way”. Yeah, no. (6/30/2014)
- Trauma & Recovery: Miscarriage, Rape & Domestic Violence (Content Note) (6/25/2014)
- my poem (surviving) (6/21/2014)
- More Information?! (6/11/2014)
- Harassment at Uni (6/11/2014)
- Am I worrying about nothing? (6/6/2014)
- Sick of the shame and blame game (6/3/2014)
- Why didn’t you say no? (6/2/2014)
- Why don’t ‘those women’ just stay away from abusive men?! (5/30/2014)
- The Blame Game (Content Note) (5/27/2014)
- Living in the shadow (5/23/2014)
- My partner used the internet to abuse/spy on me (5/22/2014)
- I was sexually assaulted by my partner (5/22/2014)
- My Experience of Emotional Abuse (5/21/2014)
- Changing (5/20/2014)
- False arrest (5/19/2014)
- sexual assault? while in a relationship (5/19/2014)
- Rumors of rape (5/16/2014)
- my real life hurt (content note: physical abuse) (5/9/2014)
- When is ‘consent’ not consent? (5/8/2014)
- Neglected (4/29/2014)
- Why is my rape not acknowledged (Content Note child rape, rape, sexual abuse) (4/28/2014)
- Rape victims: seen and not heard (4/15/2014)
- The Problem Is You (content note) (4/14/2014)
- Abandoned with my trauma (4/12/2014)
- I mattered less than other victims (4/5/2014)
- Consent in Institutional Sexism (4/5/2014)
- The Island Ape (4/4/2014)
- Reporting Domestic Abuse to the Police (3/27/2014)
- Unicorn hunting = assault? My boyfriend doesn’t think so. (3/27/2014)
- Gang Raped at 15-Fiancee Says I Wanted It (3/19/2014)
- My first relationship was of domestic violence, sexual assault and rape (3/13/2014)
- Another one lost and found (3/4/2014)
- Foreign wife that never fit (3/4/2014)
- Boyfriend’s reaction to my rape disclosure (3/3/2014)
- I guess it can happen to anyone (Content Note) (3/1/2014)
- Sexually abused by uncle (while in a relationship with my mom) and cousin. (3/1/2014)
- The “moral obligation” to report is rubbish!! (2/28/2014)
- Is my husband right to blame me? (2/28/2014)
- Shamed, blamed, and betrayed (2/27/2014)
- Safety advice (2/25/2014)
- I was raped and my boyfriend is blaming me (2/25/2014)
- Family Believes Abuser, Not Me (Content Note) (2/24/2014)
- Shamed (2/21/2014)
- Child Rapists – How Police Protect their own. (2/21/2014)
- The Right Victim (2/20/2014)
- Unwavering guilt. (2/20/2014)
- Abused age 4 (2/19/2014)
- Reporting Rape: Never Again (2/19/2014)
- Protective Child Services (2/19/2014)
- No, it is not a ‘witch hunt’! (2/18/2014)
- Suffering Still (content note) (2/17/2014)
- Raped age 6 (2/17/2014)
- Child Sexual Abuser (2/14/2014)
- Darkness Descends (2/12/2014)
- The Abused, their confessions and the vital importance of “we believe you” (Part 2) (2/11/2014)
- The Abused, their confessions and the vital importance of “we believe you” (Part 1, Content Note) (2/11/2014)
- Estrangement after emotional abuse (2/10/2014)
- Bullying – common after rape (2/8/2014)
- CPS drops case (2/7/2014)
- Parent Alienation after Domestic Abuse (2/6/2014)
- Leaving (2/3/2014)
- There is no excuse – 50 years on (2/1/2014)
- An experience of teen domestic abuse (1/31/2014)
- Feel like a fraud victim (1/18/2014)
- Raped & blamed for being ‘pretty’ (1/12/2014)
- Reactions (1/3/2014)
- Nothing’s changed (1/2/2014)
- Medical care, domestic violence & the impact of being a migrant (12/18/2013)
- My complaint to the Metropolitan Police (12/18/2013)
- Kind of not very good Haiku (12/14/2013)
- Notts police “poem” (12/14/2013)
- Normalized…(Content Note – Rape) (11/29/2013)
- I’m proud that I got through it. (11/28/2013)
- ‘Strong Women” can experience violence (or why I can’t stand the ‘strong woman’ stereotype). (11/19/2013)
- everything feels mixed up (11/18/2013)
- Thank you (11/15/2013)
- I believed the lies about me were true (11/14/2013)
- Never call your child a liar (11/13/2013)
- Acknowledging Anger (11/8/2013)
- Victim Blaming (today’s NaBloPoMo) (11/5/2013)
- I finally gave my silence back to my boyfriend (11/2/2013)
- Self Blame (10/30/2013)
- My Voice for My Friend (10/29/2013)
- Found My Voice (10/27/2013)
- More abuse by the system that should be protecting us (10/25/2013)
- How the police dealt with my rape case (10/20/2013)
- CAFCASS portray perpetrators as victims (10/20/2013)
- Victims and self-blaming (10/9/2013)
- Don’t ask why we don’t leave. (10/7/2013)
- Marital Rape, more positive: it’s good to leave. (10/6/2013)
- Strength Courage & Wisdom (Content Note: Rape) (10/5/2013)
- Marital Rape (Content Note) (10/4/2013)
- Taking action against bullying, resulted in bullying. (10/3/2013)
- No Discussion. (10/2/2013)
- Abuse, Support & the ‘System’ – Part Two (9/30/2013)
- Abuse, Support & the ‘System’ – Part One (9/30/2013)
- Not Guilty (9/29/2013)
- Switching Off Autopilot (A Tribute to the Therapeutic Quality of List-Making) (9/28/2013)
- time for change (9/28/2013)
- Rainbow (9/28/2013)
- Looking Back and Moving Forward (9/25/2013)
- Policing other women (9/24/2013)
- i am being abused and am trying to get out (9/17/2013)
- Victim blaming at work (9/16/2013)
- My experience with Domestic Abuse and the UK Courts (9/15/2013)
- Can’t take much more (9/12/2013)
- Mr. Paul Perfect (9/9/2013)
- Once, Twice and the rest. (9/6/2013)
- Stockholm syndrome (contains graphic descriptions) (9/5/2013)
- Bullying Barristers (9/5/2013)
- Child Abuse Victim (9/3/2013)
- My Name Is Hope, And I Survived (Graphic Content) (9/2/2013)
- anger avoidance (9/2/2013)
- My Experience as a Child (Content Note) (8/31/2013)
- Making Victims of Victims (8/30/2013)
- All In The Family (8/27/2013)
- Abuse in a Long-Term Relationship and Recovery (8/25/2013)
- “Why didn’t you report him sooner???” and double standards (8/23/2013)
- Victim blaming from the police (8/22/2013)
- #SVMyths and sexual abuse (Graphic Content) (8/22/2013)
- Advice needed – should he be upset with with me? (8/21/2013)
- What do I blame myself for? (Content Note – child sexual abuse) (8/19/2013)
- Punished For Being a Victim (Content Note – Graphic description of rape) (8/19/2013)
- On Sex As Affection And Validation In Abusive Relationships (8/18/2013)
- Rape in a relationship (8/17/2013)
- My rape was My fault (8/15/2013)
- Judgement (8/15/2013)
- Guilt (8/12/2013)
- Priest (8/11/2013)
- Emotional Abuse, Parental Responsibility and CAFCASS (8/11/2013)
- Fighting the system (8/8/2013)
- Happiness does come with time (8/8/2013)
- What happens to human rights when you’re the victim? (8/6/2013)
- The “benign” pedophile (8/5/2013)
- Fathers4Justice, Mumsnet and Me: #shoutingback (8/4/2013)
- My experience (8/3/2013)
- CAFCASS & The Family Courts (8/3/2013)
- Changing behaviour to avoid abuse (8/2/2013)
- My experience as a teacher dealing with sexism, bullying of girls and victim blaming (8/2/2013)
- Abused for defending Criado-Perez (8/1/2013)
- The ‘perfect victim’, internalised self-blame and our coping strategies (7/31/2013)
- 6 year old put in special needs class for sexual assault (7/26/2013)
- The Family Courts & ‘Rights’ of a Father (7/24/2013)
- No excuses for abusers (7/24/2013)
- My Mother (7/24/2013)
- The Truth About Rape: It Can Happen to Anyone (7/23/2013)
- An apology (7/22/2013)
- The Day I Lost Everything *Content Note* (7/21/2013)
- My boyfriend blames me for my sexual assault. (7/20/2013)
- Who’s To Blame Really? (7/20/2013)
- I can’t remember when it started. (7/19/2013)
- Domestic Abuse in a Lesbian Relationship (7/16/2013)
- First….love…?! (7/15/2013)
- ‘Embarrassing’ emails (7/11/2013)
- all about him (7/10/2013)
- The Legacy of Domestic Abuse (7/9/2013)
- Silent No More (7/9/2013)
- victim blaming when reporting (7/6/2013)
- Dressed like that it’ll be your own fault if you get raped in an alley (7/6/2013)
- A perfect victim (6/29/2013)
- Social Work & Victim Blaming (6/27/2013)
- from worthlessness to worthy (6/24/2013)
- But I let him in (6/23/2013)
- The police became my “good Samaritans” – not the church (6/22/2013)
- “So, you consented.” (6/22/2013)
- Some reflections……. (6/21/2013)
- Shame of being a victim (6/21/2013)
- Wigan Safeguarding or Colluding? (6/20/2013)
- Social worker (6/19/2013)
- Women Cause Male Violence (6/19/2013)
- Made to feel like the perpetrator (6/19/2013)
- Breathing In Victim Blaming (6/19/2013)
- My Mother, Misogyny & Men (6/17/2013)
- To be believed (6/17/2013)
- No, I dont deserve to be raped. (6/16/2013)
- I hope my story count for something . . I was groped and why I did nothing (6/16/2013)
- My Experience With Sexual Assult (6/13/2013)
- K’s Story – Through The Eyes of a Friend (Graphic Content) (6/13/2013)
- Becoming/Unbecoming – A True Account of Fictionalised Events (6/11/2013)
- Playing the blame game. (6/11/2013)
- Its all so messy and a long time ago (6/10/2013)
- Behaviour Change (6/9/2013)
- I never told anyone because I was drunk (6/9/2013)
- Social Workers Fears (6/8/2013)
- WY Police (6/7/2013)
- Blamed for my assault (6/7/2013)
- A risk to children (6/7/2013)
- Time to speak out (6/6/2013)
- Break the silence (6/6/2013)
- Using the word ‘victim’ (6/5/2013)
- How You Dress (6/4/2013)
- He punched my baby (6/4/2013)
- Project Unbreakable (6/4/2013)
- Nobody believes me because of what my abuser was. (6/3/2013)
- Curiosity (6/3/2013)
- Children’s services and victim blaming (5/30/2013)
- Domestic Abuse, Grooming and victim blaming. (5/30/2013)
- my mother (5/30/2013)
- Helpful Boyfriend (5/29/2013)
- My Response to Nick Ross – How could I have prevented my rape? (5/29/2013)
- The Subtle Oppression of Women by Comedy (5/28/2013)
- Use of the term ‘child p0rn’ (5/28/2013)
- I am that drunken rape victim (5/28/2013)
- Sexually assaulted by my psychiatrist (5/27/2013)
- Abducted & abused at age 7 (5/27/2013)
- Victim Blaming Runs Too Deep (5/26/2013)
- Let’s hear from the ‘real victims’ – a response to Nick Ross (5/26/2013)
- Forget Dinner/White Label Dating (5/25/2013)
- Supporting the true victims (5/25/2013)
- victim-blaming, Sussex Police (5/24/2013)
- F.E.A.R. (5/24/2013)
- Why did you not… (5/24/2013)
- ‘Helpful’ Suggestions (5/23/2013)
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