Because you gave me the wrong stamps I am RUINED I learned about rape when I was 9 years old I was watching degrassimwith my sister an older cousins whomwere visiting from Florida. I asked my sister what they were talking about 'when someone forces you to have sex with them'. I remember hearing the word sex and smiling embarrassingly at my cousin who adverted his eyes. I asked what is rape not knowing if it was a noun, adjective or verb. 'Lo rape' it sounds to ordinary like it would be in one of those books they use when your learning to read Sam runs. Sam eats. Sam rapes. I went to sleep away camp for the first time about a week later. It was 2 1/2 weeks in Vermont. When I got there I was nervous but silently eager to make friends. I got
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My instructor, Alex, was a 19 year old college student who'se grandmother lived down the road from camp. I noticed he liked me when he sat next to me at lunch 2 days in a row. He brought me lollipops and a stuffed bear which I told him I was too old for. He carried me around on his shoulders. When I learned what rape was I would think at people, trying to make them here my thoughts 'I was raped'. But then I would think that's ridiculous no one wants to rape a 9 year old. I don't know if it's because I've always liked male attention or because the Degrassi characters were so attractive. Maybe I was too young to even comprehend sex let alone rape..we had a 4th of July dance that night and our counselors painted painted out nails. At the dance Alex let me stand on his toes while we danced like I did with my father. He told me I looked pretty, something he did often but this night he was on a mission. He asked me if I wanted to see his grandma's house (she was on a cruise ship) when I said yes he picked me up and walked me out of the dance. Out of camp. Down the dirt road into a huge white house in the middle of a lawn decorated with flowers and
My instructor, Alex, was a 19 year old college student who'se grandmother lived down the road from camp. I noticed he liked me when he sat next to me at lunch 2 days in a row. He brought me lollipops and a stuffed bear which I told him I was too old for. He carried me around on his shoulders. When I learned what rape was I would think at people, trying to make them here my thoughts 'I was raped'. But then I would think that's ridiculous no one wants to rape a 9 year old. I don't know if it's because I've always liked male attention or because the Degrassi characters were so attractive. Maybe I was too young to even comprehend sex let alone rape..we had a 4th of July dance that night and our counselors painted painted out nails. At the dance Alex let me stand on his toes while we danced like I did with my father. He told me I looked pretty, something he did often but this night he was on a mission. He asked me if I wanted to see his grandma's house (she was on a cruise ship) when I said yes he picked me up and walked me out of the dance. Out of camp. Down the dirt road into a huge white house in the middle of a lawn decorated with flowers and