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I was 7 the first time I was cat called.

I was wearing shorts as it was summer, they were cat calling me because of my birthmarks. I have one on the back of each of my thighs.

The 'men' cat calling me couldn't have been any older than 17 or 18. One of them has a sister my age. We were in the same class.

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I was 10 the first time I was slüt shamed.

She was a nun. I was at the beach, wearing my bathing suit and shorts.

She told me to 'have some respect for myself and God, cover your breasts and shoulders'

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I was 14 when I was SA'd.

She gr00med me after my SA, because I didn't think I would be believed. She Sa'd at least twice more.

I felt such shame over it, that I didn't get help until three years later
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I was a child.
It was never my fault.

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