When I was 13, one of the young leaders (he was somewhere between 19 and 23) took me in his tent at a camp and tried to have sex with me. I kept saying I didn’t feel comfortable/ok with what he was doing but he kept on going and was trying to convince me it was ok. I managed to get away from him by saying I needed to pee and I found my older brother and his friends and just stayed with them for the rest of the camp.

I didn’t tell anyone until I told my therapist almost 20 years later. But I still haven’t worked up the courage to report it. I’m scared I won’t be believed or people would think/say it was my fault or I “asked for it”.

The group in general was not safe for the few girls. There was a lot of sexually explicit/inappropriate conversation, underage drinking was encouraged, the communal tent on camps was called the “pleasure dome/tent” and with everyone crammed in, myself and the other couple of girls were always encouraged to sit on the leaders’ laps.