I've been sexually assaulted by women. I was in line for a comedian and two older women started grabbing my a*s, and when I turned around one of them grabbed my crotch. I had no idea what to do. I backed away a bit and pretended to laugh it off, and that was about it. They kept making comments and "accidentally" brushing up against me and I just tried to ignore it until we got out of the line

It should be more known. I don't care what the gender of a victim is and I feel for those that are unheard because they don't belong to the "mainstream victime gender". A sexual assault is a sexual assault, and it can break the person that is subjected to. No one should feel the need to hide it and not seeking the really needed help because people wouldn't believe it in the first place

My husband was told by numerous doctors/counselors/therapists that he was lying, medication seeking or just attention seeking. Because he's a straight white male, he MUST be lying and just trying to get pills! (This was while he was in a rehabilitation program and couldn't take the "good" pills anyway!)

In the UK, it's reported more in the media. You NEVER Ever see it reported in the media. I'm not denying facts, just differences in culture. Sexual assault is sexual assault.

If it happens to you, speak to someone. Many years ago I used to attend a male who called for ambulances on a regular basis, and when we got there he was normally very drunk, apologized for calling but would never speak about why he was ringing. Most of my colleagues saw him as a pain in the backside. One day, I had the fortune of speaking with his social worker who told me what happened to him - he was gang raped on his way home from work, and when he told his wife she blamed him and left with their daughter. He never had contact with his daughter again. His daughter was killed in a car accident and he only found out 6 months after her death. He blamed himself for everything, and he sadly died several years after from alcoholism. He didn't get the help he needed as not many people took his story seriously. Thankfully, we are a bit more enlightened now (this was nearly 20 years ago now), and victims are getting more help. Be safe, and get help if you need it.

I woke up once to a guy(friend of my roommate at the time) blowing me. I froze, didn't know what to do. For a long time I blamed myself because we had been drinking the night before and said something along the lines of "if I were gay I think you'd be the kind of guy I'd be interested in" and thought that somehow was giving permission. For a long time after that I realized I was not to blame but still too embarrassed to say anything to anyone

I'm told I should "want it" if a girl touches me anywhere. Just because I'm fat and always have been. My girlfriend doesn't care. She knows what's inside. She would never do that, and I would never hurt her either.

I was sexually assaulted in 1971 when I was 17.

Males also physically assault each other at a hight rate, not to mention hom

According to the CDC, 1 in 3 men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact in their lifetime. For women it simply says 'over half'. Both stats are disgustingly high.

First of all, I wanna send you a big comforting hug from Spain. Second, I'd like to tell everyone who think "Why bother reporting it? Nobody cares" that perhaps that could be the first step towards solving the problem. I'm NOT reproaching anything to anyone, I'm just thinking... How did the LGBT+ movement start? When people started talking about it in public, when they decided that they would't be kept in the shadows and ignored or hated for no reason. The same applies for feminism, the anti-racist movement, and so on. Nothing changes on its own; it does when enough people see that there's something that needs to be fixed. And many rights and advancements that today we see as "normal", "worthy" or "justified" began with a chorus of hope seekers. (I apologize if I've made any spelling mistakes, English is not my mother language)

Maybe the assaulters could start assaulting each other. Either they see how bad it is and stop, or they like it and start dating. Either way, problem solved.

To this day, I could not 100% forgive my left and right hand for all the 🔞 🍾 🌋 🚀 💥 in the past...