Rape Survivors Share Why They Stayed Quiet In Powerful #WhyIDidntReport Tweets

The radical left lawyers want the FBI to get involved NOW. Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport Two of his fraternity brothers showed up at my dorm room the next day and threatened to kill me if I told.

— Marley (@drcmarley) September 21, 2018

The #WhyIDidntReport hashtag is so important. I don't want to take away from women's stories, but this happened to me as well. I didn't report because a minister told me I didn't have enough evidence to prove anything and it would just cause a scandal. I was 18. This is common

— Garrard Conley (@gayrodcon) September 21, 2018

He was my stepfather. My mom, his co-pastor, blamed it on demons in the bed. I was 12. #WhyIDidntReport

— Maud Newton (@maudnewton) September 21, 2018

There were 5 other rich, white boys in my boyfriend's college frat room.
I was poor white trash on a scholarship.
I was drunk and drugged and passed around like a fucking bong.
Like a game of hot potato.
I thought he loved me.
I was embarrassed and scared.#WhyIDidntReport https://t.co/CtJekvDFD9

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 21, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport I was 12. He was 14 and my "boyfriend". I told my "loving" Mother I was raped and she responded with 'well, you shouldn't have gone to his house.' I blamed myself.

— Kara Lütz (@ShastaTamp) September 21, 2018

Because I didn't want to admit what happened, even to myself. #WhyIDidntReport

— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 21, 2018

I was 17. Raped by a friend. I was confused. In denial. Afraid. His parents were richer & better connected than my parents. He was a "good" student. Ppl liked him. The only friend I told--responded w: "He wld never do that." I didn't think anyone would help me. #WhyIDidntReport https://t.co/YbCuIMg07M

— Abigail Hauslohner (@ahauslohner) September 21, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport because i was a child. he was my uncle and i was ashamed and felt afraid. i didn't realize someone i loved could hurt me.

— Julia Wilde (@Julia_SCI) September 21, 2018

My mom said she would kill anyone who hurt me and at 9 years old i believed her. I was afraid she would go to jail. #WhyIDidntReport

— Jaime Primak (@JaimePrimak) September 21, 2018

He was the nephew of my father’s girlfriend at the time & was older & stronger than me. It started when I was 7 & I thought he’d hurt me more & that nobody would believe me. It took 4 years to break the silence. He was abusing other kids too, I later found out. #WhyIDidntReport

— deray (@deray) September 21, 2018

I was four, and he said he’d kill me. #WhyIDidntReport

— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) September 21, 2018

I was 15. It took years for me to even *understand* that it wasn’t my fault.#WhyIDidntReport

— Jennifer Korey (@JenniferKorey) September 21, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport: I was drunk, he was a varsity athlete. I couldn't "prove" anything.

I didn't "report" it until I had PTSD so bad I checked myself into a hospital. 3 years later.

I still live with the effects daily.

— Aubrey Diana Blanche 🇲🇽🇺🇸 (@adblanche) September 21, 2018

I didn't understand what had happened to me--I liked an older boy and he told me we had to do something to make us boyfriend and girlfriend.

Oh and also I was eight.#WhyIDidntReport

— Alicia Lutes (@alicialutes) September 21, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport my first assault: because he was a coworker and friend with my then-boyfriend, who told me I shouldn't "make it a thing" and "disrupt the culture at work." After all, he was sorry. He felt guilty. The assault wasn't that bad. I should be thankful.

— Danielle Campoamor (@DCampoamor) September 21, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport He was supposed to be my friend, but he beat me when I said no. This is the first time I've talked about it in public.

— Jen Steer (@jensteer) September 21, 2018

I did, it didn’t matter, I was dismissed, disparaged, & I still get blamed #WhyIDidntReport

— Daryl Hannah (@dhlovelife) September 21, 2018