#MeToo: Speaking Out Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment
#MeToo At first I really didn't want to discuss the incidences. There have been so many of them in my life that to tell you I've been both sexually assaulted and harassed seems almost a non-point. I've been sexually assaulted more times than I can count but let's keep it to perpetrators. The first time I was sexually assaulted I was five years old. The person who assaulted me was a friend of my uncle's and he coerced me by promising to read me a story. I'll spare you the morbid details of the account or maybe I am actually sparing myself from going back down Nightmare Lane. The second time I was sexually assaulted it was a much older man and my father's boss, I was 9 years old. . The third time it was my ex-Stepfather, someone who many people in my "family" still consider to be "family." This is probably one of the reasons why I have issues with my relatives - those who could call someone who raped me repeatedly a family member confus...