How Revealing!

This a safe space to share your experiences of sexual assault, gender-based violence, sexism and bystander intervention. You can post anonymously, be of any gender identity and need not be someone who has directly experienced it.

How Revealing seeks to help reduce victim-blaming and shaming, and the stigma and silence surrounding gender-based violence and sexual assault. You can also look up support organizations if you need.

Justice is denied

I am citing two incidents of sexual assault that I reported to Chandigarh police. The first incident occurred in 5th August 2022 in Shimla. The same man tircked me and lied for a meeting again in Chandigarh on 26th August 2022. The second incident of sexual assault occurred on 3rd August 2024 in ...
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Sahiba

Female

Night

Shimla....

Subway harassment

So I'm actually in India on vacation (with my dad) and yesterday we took the metro to visit some famous place here idk. On the way back I was standing in a crowded metro and there was this guy standing infront of me. We were standing face to face ...
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Female

Evening

Kolkata

My life has been a series of ups and downs.

I know that my following is very small, but I thought I’d do this anyway. I’m a 21-year-old diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety, and psychosis. I take multiple pills a day to keep functional, and writing helps me feel more comfortable. My life has been a ...
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Female

Bangalore

Cycling training

I am in college 1st year and I wanted to learn cycling badly. When I came back from hostel during holidays, I hired a trainer for the same. He seemed like a nice man. He told my parents that he was a Brahmin and had two daughters himself so there ...
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Female

Morning

Delhi

Not safe from family members either.

I was around 8-9 years old. I went to my nani's (grandmother's) house during holidays (i was the eldest child there) and my moms cousin brother who was around 18 at that time called me while i was playing with my cousins saying my mom was calling me and ...
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Female

Tribal policeman got away with molesting dozens, maybe hundreds on the Hoopa Res...

It had taken many months for me to trust a local tribal police officer named T. T was funny, and he would often buy me small gifts. My parents had a business and he would stop by to make sure that everything was alright, and do patrol checks. He would ...
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Sad

Female

Evening

Hoopa I...

I was sexually assaulted by my sister's boyfriend

I was sexually assaulted by my sister's boyfriend and I feel guilty that I still haven't told her about it. It happened while I was sleeping, her boyfriend was lounging on the same space I sleeping at. I was woken up to his hand holding mine while he ...
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adobo

Transg...

I was in 5th grade when this happened to me for the first time.

I was in 5th grade when this happened to me for the first time. I used to study in a boarding school in which classes 5th till 12th lived in the same building and shared washrooms too. I remember it quite well, it was Saturday night and on Saturday nights ...
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Male

Night

School

Hospital Weirdo Update

For those of you who read my original posts, "Hospital Weirdo" Parts 1 & 2, here’s an update on that situation. On February 24th of this year, I came across a Facebook post from my local police department. It said that the guy from the hospital had been ...
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Pebbles

Female

I ran and ran

I was a sophomore in high school as i was abandoned by my friend group at the time so they could go get pizza. I wanted to watch the game as my friend was playing in it, but they just left without telling me. I was alone and the anxiety ...
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Female

Night

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