I write this with reluctance. I have only told my parents about this and not even told my two sisters. However I feel the need to share this. It at least shows that I have some right to discuss male sexual violence

It was January 1984. I was about 12 years old. I was coming home from a hospital appointment at about 6pm one Friday evening. This was a Turners Syndrome related appointment.

As I walked up the street to near where I lived, I turned round,a teenager of about 15/16 was masturbating at me (by which I mean he had his penis out on display and was . He then rode his bike up along side mw and tried to talk to me. I tried to ignore him and turned on to the street I lived on. He then said ‘You know I’m a rapist’ and tried to pull my underpants down. I screamed and ran off

I did not speak about this experience to my parents for almost three years. I had what I recognise as some sort of breakdown as I took to my bed for almost two weeks. I finally told my father about what had happened and he told my mum. I have never spoken about it since. it is not because I feel ashamed. It isn’t the sort of thing that you raise in conversation

I feel guilty that perhaps I should have told the police as perhaps this teenager may have tried the same thing again. I consider myself lucky that nothing more serious happened to me.

I do think that this experience has had an effect on my decision to be celibate. I also am writing this because I want to show that I know that a person’s sex and genitals matter. I see the appalling Staavers on her blog say she has never experienced sexual violence and yet she bullies and harangue’s radical gender critical feminists who have either first hand experience or have worked with many girls and women who have experience of male sexual violence. It was not a person with a vagina who wanted to rape me and it was not a vagina he used to threaten me. A person’s genitals matter. Yet I will be called ‘Cis-sexist’ and a bigot for pointing this out and accused of having ‘cis-prviledge’

According to US government statistics 91 % of victims of sexual violence are female and 99% are male. I see certain people in the trans community (not all I stress)- I am looking at you Dana Lane Taylor/Miss Sudo and covert men rights activists like Ally Fogg try to deny this. Well women are wise to this attempt to uphold male supremacy and we will not stand