I
was sixteen at the time. My high school ex-boyfriend was constantly getting me
to have sex with him. I tried protesting the first few times but he ignored it.
It got to the point where I gave up trying and just let it happen. Now I hate
myself for not standing up for myself.
I'm
too ashamed to tell my parents what my ex-boyfriend did to me, especially
because they really liked him. Memories of what happened were triggered this
year, and I began to do miserably in all of my classes. Right now I'm barely
passing. Socially, I became very quiet. I began mumbling rather than talking
and I hardly left my room.
[Note
from the editor: This is one of the many anonymous anecdotes and survey
responses collected for the dx/dt project that were not used in the
film. They are being posted here as contributions to the discussion of
sexual violence, relationship abuse, and stalking in the MIT community.
Thank you to each of the authors of these posts for your willingness to
speak out.]