Article: Disclosing sexual victimization.

There's no tellin'

I HAVE TOLD and all my worst fears have been realized as others have done telling of their own.

You sure have told me alright. You have told me I am crazy. You have told me I am oversensitive. You have told me it wasn't so bad. You have told me my rape story turns you on. You have told me that I chose my pain. You have told me that you never would have tolerated such abuse. You've told me that my story is too intense, overwhelming.

Yeah, I guess you told me!

Many times and in many ways people told me not to tell. Each time you told me not to tell, you have also told my 4 year-old, my 7 year-old, my 9 year-old, and my 15 year-old selves not ...

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