32.

So,

I want to put this out there:

When I was a child, I was sexually molested by my babysitter.

He was in the armed forces, and had worked at a day-care center.

He molested my friend from across the street.

I only told my mother and father about one to two years ago.

I have told some friends. Sometimes, in the past, I’ve used it as an excuse for inappropriate behaviors. Still, it was real.

Nonetheless, working with victims of domestic violence, I have found that there is a general reluctance to accept me as a compatriot. It may simply be personal, but I feel like the more likely aspect of what is occurring is solely a by-product of status as a male.

I feel left out.

All of the time.

And I believe that no one cares to address that at all.

There is a specific agenda which refuses to include other facets of interested members within the fight against domestic violence. Mine is a tiny minority, but no less worthy. My class is run by women, women students, women professors, and a women-centered focus. Rightfully so, but the biases seep through.

Where it is coming from, why they react and act the ways that they do, – all of those questions are unasked. I believe that it’s because they perceive me as ‘the enemy.’ I’m not. I just fee like I was not really given a proper chance.

Ethics Committee, I need your support,

A Nonymous