Below is the fourth submission to the Community Forum for Survivors submitted anonymously on 10/5/2018.

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Survivor’s gender identity: Female

The survivor’s age at the time sexual violence was perpetrated against them: 5

The survivor's age now: 62

The survivor’s description of sexual violence perpetrated against them:

"Raped as a child by my father.(told my mother who blamed me), 16 - raped by a maintenance worker at our apartment complex (told my mother and landlord of the apartment complex who blamed me) and when I was 22 at an office Christmas party in the United States Air Force - also ignored."

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