Were you a victim of sexual abuse as a child? If so, have you considered legal action?
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Yes, I was. I have considered, and rejected, legal action. The burden of proof is on the prosecution, and I don't care to have my character called into question the way they treat victims. Honestly, the process is like being revictimized.
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Indeed. I have considered, thought about it an awful lot and have decided no. Like AR, I do not want to have my character drawn into question. Nor do I like sharing details of such things. I do not need a jury to tell me that he is guilty, and no real punishment they could ever dish out could really satisfy me anyway. I would much rather move on with my life
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I am a victim of sexual abuse. I want the bastard in prison, but because of the abuse and a lot of other things that have happened to me early in life, I am too afraid I would fall apart if I brought him to trial. I also repressed the memory, and I know the defense would tell me I was faking it. I also have so little faith in this criminal justice system that I do not know if it would do any good.
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Yes, I was. I didn't consider legal action because I was the step child and I watched him closely when my sister was born at 18. He never approached her at all and my mother had her hand tipped by my telling her...even though she didn't believe me. I would have torn more people's lives apart by telling then dealing with it and moving past it. My mother had other children. Young children. She wouldn't have survived trying to handle them and I did watch to make sure they were safe.
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yes i was a victim of sexual abuse as a child. . given that i didn't get the courage up to tell my mum until almost ten years after it happened, legal action wasn't an option for me. . but i don't think i would've taken it anyway. . he was my much older cousin, and the family used to rave about how great he was doing in culinary school, then how he was getting all these super fancy restaurants to employ him. he was a favorite, and i didn't want to tear my family apart. . i did consider it when he had a daughter. i felt like his wife should at least know, even if the case didn't stick. . but the statute of limitations ran out by then.
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i was sexually abused when i was 6 i held it in till i was 13 it went to court and he got not guilty. i am 19 now and still livin with the tormant of him getting away with it
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i have jst left school and i got sexually abused by my uncle i hated it and still do but i thought that the police wouldn't believe me if i told them but then when he was trying to get me pregnant i did tell the police it got sorted so tell someone it WILL get sorted
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Yes, but I at most all I considered was confronting my abuser. Despite the changes in society, I don't think I would seek legal recourse, if for no other reason than society tends to revictimize the victim -- whether intentional or not -- because of the shame involved. This is especially true for male survivors. And the resources for male survivors are far and few between. I know my abuser is probably still out there abusing other kids, maybe even his own or his brother's. But I won't go there with a ten foot pole. Not even someone else's. Much too painful for me.
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i was sexually abused by my great uncle when i was 11. I told my mother and her and i went to tell my grandmother (his sister) and she didnt believe me. We decided not to go to the police cause really i dont think i could have handled it. He died that next year and i think he deserved to die the way he did. In pain.
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Yes. I have considered it, and decided against it. I think the worst punishment in the world would be having to live with the knowledge of what you've done to another human being. Guilt is underestimated.
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Yes. It happened in another state than where I live and I guess there is apparently a statute of limitation on child abuse.
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