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Kathleen • 18.

Can just make a quick (not so quick) remark about this photo? It may be boring but it is important. Alright this photo was taken when I was in grade six. Six, remember that. And it was my profile picture. Alright, so when I was in grade six, I had text plus. The instant messaging app. It's lame. I know. But getting to the point here, there were boys on there. And not just boys, but men too. And at the time, I wasn't aware of what a "nude" was. Or a "dick pic". Or even anything that falls under those phrase or words. So I decided to join a group chat. Of course you all know what those are right. Right. So, I joined the chat. I'm pretty sure it was named like "Sports" or something, I can't remember. Anyways, so I joined it. There were no fingers on this group. Filters meaning, well, filters. If you know what I mean. So there weren't any. So there were men and women and boys and girls all on one group. And there are many of these kinds of groups on text plus, I mean, it's a world-wide thing. So, I joined it and talked to people. People I didn't know, and of course I was so young, and didn't know what to except on those kinds of apps and groups, so I continued with it. But one day, in grade six, this one guy got my username on text plus, and decided to text me. Now, I didn't know this guy, and I didn't know how old he really was. Judging by the picture he had, he looked about a year or two older than me. But he ended up being twenty two. Anyways, that day, we talked about stuff, and the entire time I thought he was my age. He started flirting with me, and calling me "babe", and "sexy", and saying my tits were huge, and my face beautiful, and saying we wanted to meet me or "hook up" with me. And this entire time I thought he was my age. Until one day, he got "horny". I would think most of you know what that is. He started saying these things to me that I didn't or couldn't understand. He told me he wanted to "fuck me" and rub in places I wasn't comfortable with. He told me he wanted to "bang me", and that he was "cumming". This was all stuff I didn't understand at the time. After all, I was in grade six and clueless to the real cruel world. And on top of that he asked me for nudes. A freaking eleven year old. Of course I didn't, but why ask in the first place. He kept asking and asking. Almost every day. It got extremely annoying. And the more he asked, the more he got horny. He told me that he would stop asking if I sent pictures to him and that he would stop talking to me. And, in all this commotion, he decided to send me a picture of his dick. His goddamn dick. To an eleven year old. And of course I was confused. Like, I knew what a dick was, but I hadn't ever seen one. Maybe because I was eleven. Now this happened more than once. And with many guys. More than one time. And all that time, this man had been twenty two years old. A goddamn twenty two year old sending nudes to an eleven year old. This really disgusts me. At this day and age, we are really sending sexual pictures to minors. Minors. We think that it is okay to expire young people with sex. To even expose themselves to minors. This is disgusting and we need to change it. Now. Please pass on this message to end sexual harassment, and exploitation. Because you've heard it from me, and many more to come if we don't change. Thank you for supporting me, and the many others who have been sexually harassed in their lives. #metoo