Aphrodite Wounded: Late Teen - Early Adult Partner Rape Stories

Here are stories from women who have experienced rape in late teen - early adult relationships.
If you are a survivor of partner rape, I hope you find validation reading these stories.
Please keep yourself safe as you read - if you have not already read the section containing advice about reading the stories, please go here to find it.
If you would like to submit your story, you may do so here.

Here is a list of the stories. You can click on a woman's name to go to her story, or alternatively you can go here to browse stories in sequence.

Aaby's Story ("Rape. The four letter monster that when spoken, leaves a vile taste on the tongue.")
Abi's Story ("I hated it as he would take so long and I would pray that I could get aroused so that it wouldn't hurt so much.")
Alice's Story ("Our son is now 4 months old, and the last four months have been hell for me. He berates me, calls me "bitch, slut, whore.")
Alison's Story ("The violence made me feel deeply ashamed but the sexual abuse made me feel simply worthless.")
Analiese's Story ("I have a hard time saying that I was raped. I even hesitate to type the word rape.")
Ange's Story ("Can you call it rape if you don't scream? I know the answer to that but I can't help feeling who doesn't with someone there.")
Anonymous' Story ("I've written this as a way for me to get out some emotions and try and help my mind get around what's happened to me")
Anna's Story ("He broke up with me, and, his reasoning was because I wasn't good in bed. Well gee, I wonder why...")
Clairey Lou's Story ("he raped me without a condom and I got pregnant.")
Cristi's Story ("I finally called the cops on him in February and went to a domestic abuse shelter with my kids (we had 2)")
Debs' Story ("Well, Dave, it was rape, with or without force. You are a rapist. Dave is a rapist. And that is the end of this silence")
Demi's Story ("I’ve been pregnant, beat, raped, and beat again.")
Elisabeth's Story ("He also took a Polaroid of me when I was naked, handcuffed and blindfolded. He then had intercourse with me.")
Emma's Story ( "It's amazing that i'm still here after all i've been through")
Hannah's Story ( "Is it right for the person who says they love you to hit you? to rape you? The answer is short and contains two letters, NO")
Imogen's Story ("My mother believed he was just a lost soul, not some creep assaulting her daughter")
Jessica's Story ("I file for child support and put a restraining order on him. Since then I've tried to coparent peacefully with him, doesn't work").
Kathy's Story ("At least now I can retell the story knowing full well that what was done to me was wrong and it was not my fault.")
Katherine's Story ("I know deep down inside that I was a victim, it wasn't my fault but I survived, I'm still here aren't I?")
Kat's Story ("I didn't think anyone would believe me because he was older and seemed like a good person").
Kat Oz's Story ("I know from my own experiences that it is possible to heal. Nothing really triggers me now, I feel kinda whole!!").
Kiera's Story ("There isn't a single day that goes by that it still doesn't affect me in some way but bit by bit I am taking back my life".)
L's Story ("Part of me is still trying to rationalize, so that I'm not a victim. But the part I channel because I know it's right, says it was rape.")
Larissa's Story ("It is hard to identify abuse when it is not physical. It is hard to understand that it damages you and dictates your behavior.")
LynLee's Story ("I never screamed for help. For a long time I didn't feel like my story really counted as rape.")
Lyra's Story ("I was raped." These were possibly the hardest words I've ever had to say. ")
Marie's Story ("Rape is silent. Something you tell noone. There are no black eyes to hide, no blood to clean up ")
Mel's Story ("He could never rape me whilst looking at me the coward! ")
N's Story ("He never physically hurt me, but when I said no, he would stop for a minute maybe before he continued.")
Ranae's Story ("Right after he started looking at porn, he started to get rough.")
Sally J's Story( "After a month or so, I ended going back to my rapist because people had convinced me it didn't happen the way I thought. ")
Shattered Heart's Story ( "I've learned how to separate myself from my body when he's inside of me ")
Sky's Story ("Eventually the thing that gave me the courage to leave was my fear of what the children were witnessing.")
Sophie's Story (" My heart feels broken and my soul is worn....")
Tarah's Story ("I would have had a beautiful baby boy now but he also not only took my innocence from he took my son away")