THREAD by DM, wants to remain anonymous:
"Prefer to remain anonymous, I’m in therapy from years of abuse. Brought up in a household of domestic violence, my mum left my dad eventually and we went to grandparents for a while." 1/ #STFUSaturday
"Prefer to remain anonymous, I’m in therapy from years of abuse. Brought up in a household of domestic violence, my mum left my dad eventually and we went to grandparents for a while." 1/ #STFUSaturday
"Age 8 Grandad exposed himself, got me to expose myself, escalated to touching (until my Nan clocked it so it stopped). Aged 10 my friends and I were flashed at by an open air swimming pool. We thought it was funny at first but then he started to follow us." 2/ #STFUSaturday
"Aged 12 a man grabbed my (hardly developed) breast as he walked past me, I was so shocked I just froze. He kept walking but when I turned he was looking back and smiling." 3/ #STFUSaturday
"Aged 14 young man masturbated late at night on a train when only the two of us in the carriage, I stared out the window but could see him reflected in the glass as it was dark, he stared at me the whole time." 4/ #STFUSaturday
"Aged 20 man in a pub who kept trying to chat me up, picked me up (fireman style) and ran out of the pub (I was giggling at first; I thought he was just messing about), threw me up against a garage door, got his dick out and tried to get me to put my hand on it. 5/ #STFUSaturday
"Again I froze, then burst into tears. That seemed to shock him and he let me go. I’ll stop there but it goes on (have been subjected to many more uncomfortable sexual situations) and I’m still anxious to be alone with any man unless I know him really well." 6/ #STFUSaturday
"I never reported any of these - most of my female friends have similar stories. Thanks for doing this, women rarely get to share these experiences so many people don’t know how ‘normal’ a part of our lives it is to be fearful of male sexual violence." 7/7 #STFUSaturday
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