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[fstdt commenter Snoogins' testimony]

Today seems to be one of the days where I can talk about this without being triggered, so here it goes.

I was very young when I was raped. There is a twelve year age difference between my assailant and myself and he was a minor when he assaulted me. Do the math. The horrible, horrible math. Instead of taking him to the police he was taken in front of the church elders. I never got justice. In fact, I was told that if I did not forgive this monster that God wouldn't forgive me. I was threatened with hellfire and damnation until I stopped talking about it and "forgave" him.

I consider myself lucky. Not only did I survive, I kept partial fertility. Many survivors who were my age when it happened lose the ability to have children. My daughters are my precious jewels.

It gets a little easier to deal with every year. A lot easier since I left the patriarchal, fundementalist church malarkey. My current counselor (an atheist and male feminist) is a blessing. And I have Christian friends I wouldn't trade for the world.

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