The thing I kept thinking through all of this was, okay, I didn’t, but what if I had? Would it really matter?

Your story inspires me, and I think you are very brave to post all of this up on the internet just to help other people. I am thirteen and in the past year I have been through a lot. One of the things was that people were saying I had gotten fingered. I didn’t actually, but rumors spread that I had been. For one thing, it wasn’t true. Then a lot of my very close friends (at the time) believed it, some of them even spread the rumors. I had people one, two, three and even four years older than me passing me in the hallway calling me ‘slut’ or ‘whore’. This went on for months. The thing I kept thinking through all of this was, okay, I didn’t, but what if I had? Would it really matter? Would it make any difference in these people’s lives if I did? I wasn’t ready to go that far yet, and I still am not and I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. I also don’t think there would be anything wrong if I was ready, and had. A lot of other things you post in your story later on I find it very easy to relate to and I feel I understand a lot of what you went through. I think our stories are very similar and I was so relieved to find out, you know, maybe there is something wrong with this and it shouldn’t be happening. It’s not my fault, but rather the people who made me believe it is. To finish up I would like to say a huge thank you to you for The UnSlut Project. It really has made a huge difference to my life and I found it very comforting and reassuring to find out I am not the only person going through a lot of this stuff. I also keep a diary and I hope one day, I can look back on it, and understand the lessons I learned, and try to help other people based on my experiences, just as you are now. You are now one of my biggest role models and next time I encounter something similar to what happened to you, I will think “Emily got through it, so can I.” Thank you<3