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I was sexually assaulted twice.
Once when I was a teenager.
I never filed a police report and it took me 30 years to tell me parents, she wrote.
If any survivor of sexual assault would like to add to this yo do so in the replies.
She followed up with the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport, and soon found herself joined by many fellow survivors.
Hey,@realDonaldTrump, Listen the fuck up.I was sexually assaulted twice.
Once when I was a teenager.
I told the first adults I came upon.
So when I was raped at 15, I only told my diary.
When an adult read it, she accused me of having sex with an adult man.
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The first time it happened, I was 7.
I told the first adults I came upon.
They said Oh, hes a nice old man, thats not what he meant.
So when I was raped at 15, I only told my diary.
When an adult read it, she accused me of having sex with an adult man.
To people saying Why didnt he/she report it?
When something so evil happens to you it takes a long time to process it.
In our victim-blaming culture it takes incredible courage to come forward.
The victim is treated like the perpetrator.
I gave the cops his license plate number and description.
They didnt come to take a report and never contacted me again.
