what would you do in this situation

[BMaston12]

if you knew someone who was abused and raped but they were too afraid to report it would you help them to report it i would because i know how that feels i was raped over and over by my step father for 8 years until i had to go to the er and they did a pelvic exam on me and found out that i was raped repeatly now i try to help people who have been threw the same thing i think who ever it is a women or a man they should punish to the full extent of the law i also beleive that what goes around comes back to you or it should they should castrate the person i really am not a viloent person but what these people do is totally wrong and most of them get away with it or get a slap on the wrist like my step father did he got 5 years probation and 5 years of counseling  plus then turned around and did it to my sister also

Sorry to hear about your struggles, but I to have been a victim of a Father who sexually abused me. I have witnessed to women about such things and it does make them have more courage and self-esteem b ecuase they are not alone. It is not YOUR fault. As for the abussers, their time will come and I have seen some of it come back to him. We haven't spoken or seen each other for 20 years, but I hear things from my nephew. His life is not so rosy as he had planned and schemed it to be! I did feel a great releif when I confronted him with his deeds against me. From that moment on I felt free and finally could live my life. Everyone who has been abused needs to set themselves free from the guilt and oppression of the stigma of being a victim.
BMaston12

[msmoneybags48]

Having been in your shoes (I was molested by the husband of my cousin at the age of 9), I would help that victim to understand that the person is sick and it is not her fault.  When it happened to me, I blamed myself for the longest time.  I wanted to know what had I done to cause this.  My torment was put to an end when we went to visit my cousin and he tried to force me to go outdoors so he could do it again.  I did the logical thing; I ran to her and told her what he was doing.  He threatened to kill my cousin; when I disclosed it, they left that night.  She was supposed to go to college, but her family helped her buy a bus ticket to Cleveland, Ohio and she got away from him too.  The more I tell this, it helps me to heal.

[gaylasue]

It is everyone's human and moral obligation to report crimes they are aware of especially crimes against children.  I could not live with myself if I knowingly allowed crimes to be committed against others and did nothing to help.  My prayers for you and your recovery.