How many of us have been molested? And how many of us have spoken about it? I've had guy friends who were molested as children too. I was..for a period of 6 years approximately. It started when I was about 6 years of age, and ended only when I attained puberty. That too it might not have ended there, but for the fact that I had been exposed to sex education and now understood that what was happening was wrong.
I was so scared of all men, including my dad and grandad, that I refused to be alone in the room with any man. However, this is something my parents still don't know. Maybe they guess, but I haven't told them in any case.
Getting back to being normal and not flinching when a guy touched me has been a long and tedious process. I still get uneasy if I have to be with a guy alone in a room for whatever reason.
I'm glad it happened, by the way. Because now I know that I'll ensure it never happens to my kids. I also have confidence in myself because I stood up to my molester and told him to back off or I'd report it to my parents. Yet for all my platitudes, it'll haunt me forever....
