Rape Crisis Scotland

Welcome to our new blog!

This is a feature completely new to the Rape Crisis Scotland website and is an area where we hope to discuss topical issues relating to sexual violence, and actively engage visitors to our website in those discussions.

You are welcome to post comments below at any time, or to suggest further comments for discussion. Please be aware that the comments are moderated and there will be a delay between the submission of your comment and its appearance on the website.

There have been 6 comments so far

1. shonagh

   20 Jan 12, 7:57pm

   I was raped 16 years ago and like the women above think about it everyday i thought that i had move on and was dealing with every day to day life but just over year ago my flashback came back and panic attacks i feel im going mad and want it to stop not to forget as i will never forget but to go back to living my life again

2. Anonymous

   15 Dec 10, 3:45am

   My beautiful young daughter was brutally raped and sodomised by an evil convicted drug dealer. Today we sat in court when the "bastard verdict" of not proven was given. My daughter has been left absolutely shattered as we all are and feel she's been raped all over again. I now know and can fully understand why so many rapes go unreported, we will never understand why such a verdict was given as all the medical evidence of her injuries were present. I have no faith in our justice system at all, and I worry for the terrible effect this will have on my daughter.

3. lorraine

   15 Oct 10, 4:46pm

   i was raped 15 years ago and i still think of it nearly every day. i was fortunate that my rapist was sentenced to 4 years in jail. i dont hate him i feel nothing for him which many people cant understand

4. Jen

   20 Sep 10, 12:41pm

   Margaret, I thought that was really brave of you to speak out. Similarly, I was young - 12 and it was 25 years ago this month. It took me 3 years to go to the police and I was treated like a slapper. At times I think I am coping but as my daughter started to approach her teens, I have found it increasingly difficult - I am really anxious about her safety. When I last went to RC I felt under pressure to prosecute and as that had been unsuccessful when I was young I didn't feel I could go through with it again and stopped attending.

5. Christopher David Buchan

   09 Aug 10, 2:38pm

   From a young child my heart and soul has been fighting to protect and councel many girls and ladies who have been abused by evil men who thinks its ok to take advantage of God's precious gift to mankind. I would love to work full time helping,protecting and loving victims of any violence towards women and girls. When I was about ten I myself was sexually assaulted by a young man when I was on holiday in Peterhead. The man befriended me and then took me into a graveyard and then assaulted me. I can't remember most of it now. But he got away with it because family members kept it quiet and did not report it.

6. Margaret Airlie

   22 Jun 10, 8:20pm

   I was hoping to be able to signpost this site from my Facebook page - but as I am apparently the first person to comment, well ... About me - I was raped when I was 19 and I am that myth - the virgin raped by a stranger. It took me over 30 years to go to the Rape Crisis Centre in Glasgow. For the first time I met people who understood. I, for myself, will not be silenced or anonymous any more, which is why I am using my real name. For all that I am shedding my own anonymity, I hope that any woman visiting this site will feel confident enough to respond, knowing her anonymity will be protected. Let's talk.

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