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Christine Hills's avatar

From this star gazer and rock collector, I am so very sad and so very angry for your 11 year old self. You are a brave woman to let this out and I hope it will help others.

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Jodi S Conway's avatar

Oh Elissa, I'm so sorry and so angry. This has happened to young girls for eons hasn't it? In third grade, my male babysitter (the son of my mother's closest friend) showed me his penis and wanted me to pet his "teddy bear." In college, a man masturbated 10 feet behind me while I sunbathed on my Boston roof top, and at 13 years old, the husband of another of my mother's friends sexually assaulted me while I babysat for their two sons. Will girls and women ever be safe and protected?

This country has become a dumpster fire and we are so damn tired of fighting.

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