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Editor's Note: This post contains language and details of sexual violence.

When I was 17 years old, I was sexually assaulted by a boy I was casually dating. 

It happened in my father's living room on a terrible moss green-colored couch with massive cushions that refused to stay in place. The boy and I were cuddling under a pale white blanket, watching a movie I've long forgotten the name of. But what I can't ever forget is how he slowly smoothed his hand down my stomach, inching his fingers under my waistband. 

I immediately froze. Then, I pushed his hand away. And again. And again.  Read more...

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