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Child Abuse Story From Taylor

by Taylor (Taylor is a male)
(USA)

I was abused by my mom and cousin. My dad left us a year after my sister Amber was born. I was 4 then and we were poor. My mom got no help from my dad to raise us.

At first we stayed with anyone who would take care of us while our mom worked. When I turned 6, my mom had my cousin Michelle stay with us. Michelle was 11. She would make lunch, take care of us and bathe us. Michelle was so sweet to us.

As the years went on, Michelle continued to care for us and bathe us. The problem with that was she would bathe me with Amber. Throughout these years, while Michelle would bathe us, Amber would sometimes touch me and Michelle would say nothing. By the time I reached 12, Michelle was still bathing me and Amber together, causing me to have an erection when Michelle or Amber touched me. I told my mom I wanted to bathe myself. She replied, "Honey you're still a little boy." But I wasn't a little boy. I started to reach puberty. I was getting pubic hair.

When I turned 13, I noticed Michelle was changing. She would wear tank tops with no bra. I could not help noticing and staring at her. She would flaunt her body at me. That year, Michelle took Amber and me swimming at the quarry. When we got home, for fun Michelle pulled down my swim trunks and said, "My, are we growing up." That night I woke up to Michelle lying in my bed with her hand on my penis. I didn't know what to do. Before long I ejaculated. Michelle told me not to say anything or she would tell my mom that she caught me touching Amber and then go masturbate. This went on for the whole summer whenever my mom worked nights.

As I got older, Amber would sometimes grab me inappropriately when we were alone around the house. I told her that was not proper and she said, "I know what you and Michelle were doing when you were younger."

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Child Abuse Story From Taylor

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Jul 08, 2008
Additional information and a resource to contact...
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Taylor, as a male, you have faced or are facing some unique problems. If you haven't already, please read through the following pages on this site for more information: I don't know how old you are now, Taylor, so in case you are still a minor, I suggest you contact Child Help at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) in order to talk to someone about the sexual abuse and bullying you have been forced deal with. They are staffed 24/7 with professionally trained counsellors who will listen to you. They are not a reporting agency, although they can help you through the process of reporting if you decide to disclose the abuse. Make no mistake, what you've described IS abuse.

Darlene Barriere
Violence & Abuse Prevention Educator
Author: On My Own Terms, A Memoir

Jul 09, 2008
As a guy, I totally get where you're coming from
by: Andrew

Taylor, you were groomed and sexually assaulted- period. Michelle manipulated a young impressionable boy and sucked him in so that before he knew it he was her victim, and then taught your sister to do the same.

You know that attitude out there that it can't be rape or sexual assault because guys want anything they can get? It's complete crap- testosterone is irrelevant. You were a young boy wanting it to stop and your mother failed you and your cousin and sister violated you- your cousin abusing your trust as a figure of authority and your sister using that violation of trust to blackmail you. Both wrong and both inexcusable and that's all there is to it.

If it's still happening, then you need to take a stand to make it stop no matter how old you are- I can tell you firsthand that these things don't just go away with childhood ending- they carry through to your adult life unless you make them stop!

You were abused, you were the victim and there's no shame or weakness in that, it just means you were a kid taken advantage of in a postion of power- the shame is Michelle's and Amber's to bear.

The funny thing about power though is that taking it back is as easy as making a choice. It's your body and it's your call as to who gets access to it-period! You've made the first step by posting here which as a guy and with the way society views any kind of abuse a guy suffers from (compared to women), that requires WAY more guts than it does for a woman to say something- well done! You've already made the first step and the rest will come just as easily.

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