I said no! #metoo (trigger warning)

Recently there has been an influx of people coming out and talking about episodes of sexual assault, harassment, rape, and molestation. Women are making these claims but does everyone say no? Can a girl say no when their mouths are covered so they can't talk? Can they say no when they have had drugs slipped into their drinks rendering them unconscious? Are they taken serious when they are children and being taken advantage of? Are women the only victims?

This has recently become a hot topic and many people are speaking out about the abuse that they have been subjected to. Some are punished while others walk free with no consequences. Most times women (and men) suffer in silence because they have been threatened or they feel ashamed that they were taken advantage of.

An eleven year old girl sat watching television well after her parents went to bed. She wasn't supposed to be up that late but she really wanted to watch the show. It was common for her to sneak out to the living room when they were asleep to watch her show. One night the roommate comes in with his puppy. It is a cute puppy, a little bundle of fur. He asks if she wants to pet and hold the puppy. Of course! The girl didn't think anything of it. He was safe. He was a friend. Then he came over to her with the puppy. He had to. He was holding the puppy. She sat there with her legs crossed excited to hold the puppy. This was not the man's intentions. He came over with the puppy and sat on top of her. Her legs were in the cross-legged position and couldn't move. He sat the puppy down in her lap but his hands didn't leave under the puppy. They began to slip up the girls shorts. Touching her in an area that was wrong. No one should ever be there, especially not a man who was way older. She was supposed to be able to trust adults. His hands went further, into her. Touching her in ways that were foreign. As he leans in to do who knows what the girl claims that she doesn't feel well and that she is going to be sick. She pushes him in a manner that he understands he needs to move or he is going to be covered in vomit. Only she doesn't have to get sick. She runs to her room and shuts the door. Climbing into her bed she cries knowing that she can never tell anyone. No one will believe her. She keeps quiet. She never tells her secret. She keeps it from everyone and he gets to go on with his life. She never trusts. She cries. She hurts. She never tells.

A sixteen year old goes to a party with her friend. It is at a house that she has never been to but she knows people there. It is friends from school. Her closest friend is with her. She can't drink despite there being alcohol. Her new medication says there could be adverse reactions. She makes it clear to the host and his friend. She is offered a drink, told there was no alcohol. There is no reason not to trust these guys. They are friends.They would never hurt her. The night goes on and everyone has a good time. More friends show up. Her first friend from when she moved is there. It is a great night. A guy comes on to her. But she doesn't trust. He doesn't push and moves on to the next person. She continues to have a good time. She thinks she feels fuzzy because she had to take her medicine. She thinks that is why she is beginning to feel tired. She falls asleep on the couch by her friend. He would never let anything happen. She wakes up and her pants are unbuttoned. The house is dark except the fire burning to keep the place warm. The dim light allows her to walk to the bathroom. She goes into the bathroom and tries to figure out what happened. She has no idea. She goes back and goes to sleep. She is alone. Her friend is on the floor further away. The next morning she wakes up and most of the people are gone. The host asks if she is okay. She has no idea why and says yes. He asks if she remembers last night. She doesn't. He asks about her friend and her heart drops. She remembers her pants being unbuttoned. The host had come out and her friend said she consented. Said that she had okay'd relations. Said that everything was okay. She was unconscious. She never consented. She doesn't remember. She has to face her friend. They are supposed to hang out. She calls him and says she is sick and she will see him Monday. He ignores that and comes to her house. She cries. Tells him that she can't believe he would do anything to her. Tells him she never wants anything to do with him again. She's hurt. She was taken advantage of. She's been betrayed. She doesn't trust. She shuts down, harms herself. She wants to physically feel her pain.

Did this girl survive? Did she make it through the hurt? Did she ever learn to trust? Did she ever open back up? Does she have any problems from everything that happened?

What do you think?

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