My question is have you ever been raped or anybody you know like a friend or neighbor?
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I HAVE BEEN RAPED BY MY EX STEP BROTHER
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You are absolutely not responsible for your rape.  Child molesters are methodical and manipulative.  Rape is about control and violence.  You could not have made it happen if you wanted to.\n\nI'm so glad snickelfritzcje could help you.  I'm glad you're feeling stronger and that this forum enables you to be brave enough to talk about it.  I hope that you grow in confidence so that you can seek counseling.\n\nI know many of us seem stuck on that idea, but I hope you gain the courage you need to work through this with a real live person with some background and training who can give you the help you deserve.\n\nI thank God for your help and healing thus far, and I beseech Him for your continued success and healing.
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No.  I've been raped and cannot comprehend why you would ever falsely accuse someone.
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I was raped when I was 17. I am 21 now. I still havent gotton over it. I dont think I ever will. BUT I do not let it rule my life anymore.  I have good days and bad days... but the point is I still have days.  Its always gonna be there there you cant change the past. but it doesnt have to define you....\n\nIn a moment I found myself a victim.... In a lifetime I am finding my self a SURVIVOR
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Uhhhh, you assaulted a guy w/ water??? I think you're in the clear. If you have no witnesses, then it's a case of your story against his story. And then nothing.
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Being raped is very degrading to a women it takes away her pride self respect makes her feel worthless, and ashamed. The women who don't report rape is out of fear from the assailant or being ashamed. Ashamed might not be the correct word to use. you get the point though. I don't know what I would do. I would hope that I would have the courage to report it so it wouldn't happen to someone else.  I had a friend once she was in her mid 40s she waited until she got married to have sex. She was 18 on her wedding night her husband tied her to the bed and sodomized her. she came from a family that taught you that your husband is the law and what he does to you is his business and you didnt question him. She is no longer married to him thank goodness. For anyone out there who has been raped my heart goes out to you.
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I'm really sorry to hear what happened to you but....\n\nCall the cops, let them give you a rape kit, and  (especially if they are conviced you were raped) PRESS CHARGES.\n\nWho cares if this was a friend, or a friend of a friend! PEOPLE LIKE THIS ARE NOT FRIENDS AND NEED TO BE STOPPED!!!
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I've dated a rapist, a player, and a youth pastor that preys on young girls(before I even knew that these guys were)\n\nYou call them jerks?  I'd say so.  By the way I didn't technically date the youth pastor...long complicated story and the rapist is in jail because I put him in there haha!
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That's a new one on me! From my experience in talking with women in the past that have been raped it is a horrible experience and sad to say stays with you the rest of your life some people slough over things when something bad happens to them they may just be hiding the pain inside for no-one to see I think anyone male or female whom has been raped should see a rape counselor at least once just to be sure they are ok mentally. With counseling you can begin to get over it but if someone just burys a violent event like rape under the rug someday it will come back to haunt them full force most likely
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i was raped and molested for years by a step sibiling until the time i started my period. when i met my husband i was very open with him about this and he assured me that to him i was still a virgin because it was not my choice to not be. that was very important to me because i had always wanted to only make love to one person who would be my husband. god bless you for even having the courage to discuss this. i never told anyone even my dad until the last few years. honey you a brave soul and if you feel it in your heart than that is all that matters.
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I have been there. My ex-wife accused me of abuse..the part she didn't tell was she had a boy friend and she wanted lot's of $$$$.\nThank God she didn't win..it was thrown out of court..I wish I had it on video tape. She became confused in her story. I could have got some very serious time in jail. I could have sued the hell out of her..but I let it go
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i think u may faced a try of rape from someone to u \nor a friend to u faced rape \ni agree with u , u have to take ur causion \ni think that is all because of movies and news that show rape and murder to people \nits the effect of media and some idiots who do crimes\nwhatever its hard to overcome it because u have to take ur causion
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Truthfully I was attacked by a female when I was 24. She found out I was sexually abused as a child and when I met up with her the next time, she told her daughter she wasn't allowed to play with  my daughter because "people who were abused, abuse others". I confronted this woman by telling her I would rather cut off my right arm than harm a child and how dare she place such a devastating label on me, especially to her 4 year old daughter! I called her a bitch when she wouldn't apologise. The next thing I know, she hit me in the face with a coffee mug. The next ten minutes, I beat the living idiocy out of her and it took four guys to get me off of her.\n\nI have been hurt verbally in my life and I can deal with it, but, you hit me and Michelle From Hell comes out!\n\nTen years later, her daughter became a drug addict, the mother lost her looks, money and career because of drinking and their entire family is messed up. Mine on the other hand is great! Well, except for my illness. \n\nCat fight? Well, how about the second (I have only fought twice) fight. I packed a nice picnic lunch, went to my boyfriends house to get him and find him having sex with my best friend in a van I loaned him!\n\nI said a few choice words and when that "woman" threw a big gulp coke at me and hit me with the cup, I took her by the hair, naked, and rubbed her face in the dirt like the dirty little piggy she was. \n\nThey both were written out of my life that very day. No loss.\n\nHope these were good reasons to beat the snot out of someone.\n\nOh...and I wouldn't call this a fight but, a man was trying to pull me out of my van to rape me and I cut him across the hand with the ever present knife I kept at the time. I don't run in bad circles, this guy was a stranger on the street.\n\nSliced his palm wide open and would do it again to protect myself!\n\nSo, that said, attack me and the poop hits the proverbial fan.
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It is very traumatic. Some people react different than others. For instance, I was arm robbed by a guy with a gun, there was a cooworker on the back who never saw the gun. However she is so traumatic that asked for a transfer to another store (even after counseling and a few days off) while I just show up to work the very next day. The brain is hard to understand, but anybody who has been sexual abused should seek help immidiatly, no matter how that person feels.
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I'm straight, but I love the story of how my best friend came out to me, if you'll listen. I was the first person she ever told. We went for a walk (for no "apparent" reason) and she had me sit down with her on an empty bench in the hotel near where we were living. She started talking, talking in circles, dropping hints and getting really upset. I was so worried about her. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew it was something sexual. Was she raped? Was she pregnant? If she had been raped, I would break the guy's face, but she wasn't the type to get pregnant. Then it clicked in my head. I asked her if it was ok for me to guess what she was trying to tell me, and she nodded. I asked if she was trying to come out to me, and she didn't move. I asked again, and she nodded. I hugged her so tight! I told her how relieved I was, how I thought something bad had happened. She told me how she had been keeping it hidden for so long, and if she hadn't come out to me, she never would have. We're so close now, I go around calling her my sister. The one problem is that we both like the same type of girl, so if there's a nice bi girl we both like, there may be a discussion... ;P
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The information seems to say a lot of rape is done by acquaintances... people that you know in some way.  I think trying to keep oneself out of vulnerable situations.. like drinking and drugs.  It maybe a stereotype but it seems like there is more violence in association with sporting events.  I think I remember reading about the statistics of violence against women going up during the "Super Bowl".  I think trying to be around people you trust and in "positive" social situations as much as possible. I would not be overly concerned about living or doing activities by yourself if you act and behave in a aware and self-sufficient manner.  A person is not always in control of another's behavior but don't let this keep you feeling fearful.  Be aware, be prepared to be self-sufficient in all situations and act with strength and self-determination.
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I have only done it once...I don't know if the guy was joking around or serious. Whichever it was, it was just disgusting. It was a while back, and his question pertained to him doing child molesting. I'm sure I wasn't the only person who reported him, and I sure do hope the Yahoo! Answers team sent the police to knock on his door. Yuck...the freaks that are out there...