Young boys can be abused by older
women, and it affects us just as much.
I was still fairly young when I tried
to tell my family. Most of them didn't believe me, or else dismissed it as not
a big deal. I haven't tried telling anyone else since then. Mostly I try to
forget that it ever happened.
I developed intimacy issues. I feel
very little joy when I'm kissing or cuddling with someone because it reminds me
of how I was coerced into doing it when I was a child. All the magic is ruined.
[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 all of the
authors of these posts for your willingness to speak out.]