Virginia Bennett
Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read

The people judging these crimes of rape have clearly never experienced such an incident themselves. At age 13, I was molested by a “family friend”. It didn’t go as far as rape, because I tore myself loose & ran to tell my mother. He had come up behind me in our stable & began caressing my breasts. However, let me tell you that it took me years to recover from that incident. I couldn’t bear to even look at this person, when I saw him at gymkanas or horseshows for years afterwards. I can’t even imagine what rape would have done to me.

P. S. Most people find me calm & easy-going.

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