The story of a teenage girl who reported her rape but nothing happened

[Bettie]

6. There are probably hundreds of stories just like this

out there.

There are some men and boys who believe that it is their absolute right to do whatever they want to young women.

Sadly, they usually get away with it and if the woman or girl says anything, they are dragged through the mud, ruined.

Hell, my rapist was my father. I went to our minister and told him. He called my father and forced me to apologize to him for making up such tales after giving me a lecture about how my sinful nature was clearly showing that I "wanted" such things to happen. Yeah, at three, when it started, I was such a temptress. At twelve, I learned that I just had to gut it out and wait until I could get out of there.

At least my humiliation and punishment wasn't public, but I never walked into that church again. I've never attended a religious service that wasn't necessary (in-laws are church goers) to keep family peace.

Victim blaming. If you are not-white, not-straight, not-male, not-christian...you are at fault for whatever happens to you in our society and that is sick.