#BeenRapedNeverReported: Powerful Stories And Conversation

Today, we at The Huffington Post Canada have no words. Today, they're yours.


Countless women and men have shared this week their stories of rape and sexual assault with a powerful Twitter hashtag, #BeenRapedNeverReported.


The hashtag was created by former Toronto Star writer Antonia Zerbisias and Montreal Gazette reporter Sue Montgomery, who shared their own stories of rape. There's not a lot of space in a tweet, but words have so much power. And words previously unspoken out of fear or shame must not be ignored, whether one or thousands speak them at once.



We are dedicating The Huffington Post Canada's front page and Living page on both our desktop and mobile sites to these important stories. Visit our desktop site here, see some of the #BeenRapedNeverReported tweets below, and follow the live conversation on Twitter now.

Trigger warning: The tweets below contain information about sexual violence which may be triggering to survivors.

Below, we are are also asking what you think should be done to support survivors and prevent assault. (fill out the form). Let's keep this conversation going. We'll share your thoughts back with you in the future.

This is our front page for @HuffPostCanada for the next full day.
And this is why.
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— yumke (@yumke) November 2, 2014

To the thousands who have shared on #BeenRapedNeverReported: your stories are courageous beyond words. Thank you.

A 6y/o believes it when a monster says “if you tell anyone you’ll be taken away from your family.” #BeenRapedNeverReported

— Jason (@Jason_Alabama) October 31, 2014

The first question the police asked was, "what were you wearing?". I was 10. #beenrapedneverreported <3

— NecronomikaBlack (@VeronikaSwartz) October 31, 2014

It's taken me more than 10 years to understand that it wasn't my fault. #BeenRapedNeverReported

— Zebra Mom (@ZebraPrintMom) October 31, 2014

bc we had been friends. bc i trusted him to not cross my boundaries. bc coercion is dismissed/used against victims #BeenRapedNeverReported

— bad glitch (@sidebae) October 31, 2014

#beenrapedneverreported because the rapist was "too good of a person to ever do that!"

— buy my mixtape (@frxley) October 31, 2014

I told my boyfriend and he called me a whore. Broke up with me. #beenrapedneverreported

— Sharita J. Lee, MBA (@MsSharLee) October 31, 2014

#beenrapedneverreported Was drinking and too terrified to fight back. #neveragain

— Colleen Macdonald (@comacd) October 31, 2014

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