have you ever been sexually abused, harassed, or assaulted?

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I have a theory that AS people are more vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment in general, and along with this would go sexual abuse and assault. You don't have to give details, you can just vote in the poll.

I wonder how the abuse rates differ between NT and AS in general, as well as between men and women in general.

I remember reading that being a victim of rape is just as common for men as it is for women somewhere (but it was from the internet :s ), not sure how true it would be though....

I do know that domestic violence rates are pretty much equal, with husbands being more-or-less equally likely to be the victim as wives are. Though husbands are more likely to cause serious physical harm than wives are.

Probably a touchy topic. Hmm.

Yes...I have been sexually molested and harrased.

I was molested at age 12,and sexual harrassed from gardes 4th to 8th.

-SpaceCase

No, I haven't ever been sexually abused, and I never plan to be. However, I live with a constant fear that someone will try to molest me, which is why I don't let people touch me without my permission.

I've dealt with a lot of unwanted sexual advances. I think it had less to do with AS and more to do with developing early. Having an hourglass figure at the age of 11 isn't exactly fun.

I've had men expose themselves and masturbate while I was waiting or riding on the bus several times. The bus could be full of people yet somehow, they always pick me for harassment.

Unfortunately I can answer "yes" to two of the options in the first option. One of them was being sexually harassed by a neighbor for YEARS. He would approach me and I would feel completely speechless and "frozen." I told my husband about it but he didn't do anything, I don't know why. So it just continued. It occured to me after the fact that maybe a "normal" woman would have spoken up, reported him, defended herself if at last verbally... told other people, sought out more help. I just felt completely "frozen" by this and my response was to hide. After a while I was afraid to leave my house.

It's not an issue anymore, thank god.

Not sexually abused, thank god. It may be worth noting (following your theory) that I was physically abused for about ten years or so by my adoptive father, and assumed it was normal, or that I deserved it, as this is what I was being told- but I was always, always angry. Some part of me knew it was wrong.

I was harrassed as "gay" because I wasn't really all that concerned with girls and actually had respect for women unlike the "gangstas" at my school. One of my female friends was assulted recently and it is a very good thing I will never meet it.

I have never been sexually abused or assaulted, thank God. The idea of it is terrifying, and I hope that it never happens to me. I have had teenage boys, especially those I don't know/never seen before, say stupid things. That has only happened when I have been with a group of my girl friends, and the dumb boys were talking not just to me, but to the whole group of us. I don't know if that necessarily counts as harassment.

unfortunately, i'm one of the ones who have been--nearly all of my childhood in fact. multiple perps until i was 17 and finally left that h*** house.

then right after i turned 19, i had a third shift job which was great for me because there was hardly any people there, but not so great in that i became a target for a serial rapist who kidnapped me.

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