[ Warning, mentions of r*pe ]

There have been so many women and men that have suffered from being raped. Many of them have not told anyone, because they blame THEMSELVES. They blame themselves for something that was forced upon them and they could not control. I want everyone —-

That has ever been a survivor of being sexually assaulted / harassed in any way, please know that there are so many people out there, including myself, that are here for you. I want you to know that you did NOT deserve the pain that was forced into you. —

And calling someone a ‘victim’ in this instance, does not feel right and I believe they’re known as survivors. And all because someone doesn’t have ‘bruises’ and ‘signs’ it happened to them, does NOT give ANYONE the right to say “well, at least you didn’t have it as bad” —

NO ONE as NO right to tell that to a survivor. And I want to add this, please don’t talk about rape like it’s a joke. Not to anyone. Not even your closest friend, because you don’t ever know what has happened to someone. It could have happened to your best friend and they —

Probably didn’t tell you. Certain survivors will think it was their fault if you put it in their head. “But their shirt was pretty short” “But she/he is my bf/gf” “they was hella drunk so they wanted it” if someone says the simple two-lettered word, NO, take it. Stop trying —

To continue what you are doing. And don’t ask for an explanation. Don’t say “C’mon. Why not?” Do not get mad at them for not wanting to. Do NOT, please, do not say “c’mon. It’ll be fun” cause trust me, it won’t be. If all you’re going to do is talk bad about the survivors, keep —

Ya dang mouth shut. No one wants to hear you say, “Well, if she/he didn’t really want it, then why didn’t they just stop it?” It does not work that way. And I don’t have any of the names of survivors, but I do want to say I am so sorry for all of the lives that were taken away —

From a rapist. If they took their own life due to the pain, or if the rapist took their life. 1 / 5 women and 1 / 71 men are raped at some point in their lifetime. 91% are women, 9% are men. And 63% aren’t even reported. So watch yourself the next time you want to talk about it —

And blame the survivor. You don’t know who it has happened to. I know this message is long, but it is so important for people to know. I’m going to end it with saying, don’t do it without consent.

I know I said I was done, but also, I saw a tweet saying “if 3 men raped your long term gf/wife, would you still stay with her” and a few men commented “no, she shouldn’t have been without me” yeah, you’re acting like you own women and they shouldn’t leave your sight. They have —

Other lives too, ya know? So mem need to stop acting like their gf/wife’s life revolves around you. Women shouldn’t do it either, but if men don’t like it when women do it, then don’t do it to your significant other. That’s the end fr now.