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RSS Feeds`We never forget these things`: Ellie readers share their #MeToo stories
(The Star Religion)

 
 

11 december 2017 12:33:48

 
`We never forget these things`: Ellie readers share their #MeToo stories
(The Star Religion)
 


Within 24 hours of sharing a personal story of sexual assault that happened to me at 15, I received more than 40 #MeToo stories from readers. And more since. They come from everyday people, not involved with celebrities, high-powered politicians, media moguls, etc., currently getting outed as abusers.No, these are stories that happened to children, innocent teens and young working people, some violated in their own homes, others accosted by strangers. The writers of these stories remember the details, even into their 60s and 70s.Here are the voices that need finally to be heard. If, at last, we are truly experiencing a social revolution ending the shame and silent acceptance of sexual assault, rape and sexual harassment; And if we are also ending the ages-old hypocritical culture of protecting perpetrators, these people you’ll now read are on the front lines of historic change. #MeToo: “She said, ‘Please don’t tell your dad or he’ll kill him.’ ”I was almost 7. My parents, sister and I went to a rented beach cottage with our next-door neighbours and their two sons.My parents returned to work in our hometown and left my sister and me with this family. The following day, the older son became ill and his mother took him home for treatment. This left my sister and me in the company of the father and younger son. That night, we three children slept in the living room on cots. During the night I awakened slightly while being carried to the father’s bed. I still recall that he reeked of alcohol although I had no experience with that smell then.He put me into bed beside him and made me touch his erect penis for what seemed like hours. I thought I must be having a nightmare. He later carried me back to my cot.We were taken home the next morning. I told my mother what had happened. She said, “Please don’t tell your dad or he’ll kill him.” I didn’t understand why nothing was done.Years later, my m ...


 
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