Is it normal to be quiet when almost raped?

Hey! I'm a girl, 18 years old. This happened to me a month ago or so, but I think about it from time to time so I want you to tell everything.
I was going back from work, at night.
Had to go home by metro. Okay, I went inside and had to go through a hallway, there was nobody around. And a man comes from behind, covers my eyes with his hands. I was thinking that it was somebody I know. Maybe, from work. But he started kissing my hands! Ew, his spit was on my fingers!!!!And then he wanted to kiss me in the lips, but saw me and my scared eyes and was like "oh..." Like he though I was somebody else. But, of course, I do not believe. Like, it was obviously some kind of a rape act.
I just looked at him, and went away. I didn't even say a word! I didn't cry or scream, just nothing....
So, is it normal???

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  • Karmasbitch

    The shock is what kept you quiet. Its normal, unfortunately. Good luck

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  • I think it is normal because you were in shock that it was happening.

    Plus there was nobody around right? Meaning screaming wouldn't of done anything but maybe made him attack you.

    What did this dude look like?

    You should probably report it to the police so no other girl does get raped.
    Get a cop down there with you and see if you can identify him.

    Also, be careful he may seek you out again knowing you take the subway home alone.
    Maybe carry mace.

    Seriously don't ever be alone if you can help it, stay near exits to get away and always be aware of your surroundings so nobody can sneak up on you.

    He could of easily raped you.

    Fucking creepy shit. Sorry they are creeps in society and this happened to you :(

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  • Sexual assault, however it may of been a misunderstanding, not an actual intended assault, as you said he looked like he thought you were someone else.

    Sexual assault is not the same as rape, however. Rape did not happen in this situation, you were not raped.

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    • richardbturgid

      Really... U couldn't think of anything better to say to someone who survived this situation...

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      • -Sigh- Just shut up, will you?

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        • richardbturgid

          -Sigh again - stick ye cock in a light socket with the power on will ya?

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          • .....-Sigh-

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  • "I don't love her. And I feel a great weight shall be lifted. I shall ascend on my ladder to god with the space cunt in hand. Jesus, please look the other way for now until my evolution. The time when I shall blacken the sky and the streets will run with the blood of those I consume. Perilous times for all, but I will become this time itself. I travel the path of white light through the mouth of infinity"

    -Tommy, king of all cats.

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    • Who the fucked thumbed this up?!

      It doesn't make any damned sense!

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      • Sounds nifty though Tommy.

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        • Yeah I suppose it does have a certain something.

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          • Troll!!!!

            Hahaha, it's actually quite derivative in parts.

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    • myboyfriendsbitch

      Looks like you survived last nights apocalypse.

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      • I am the apocalypse.

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  • jibarov

    Shock and fear made ​​you quiet

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  • richardbturgid

    Everyone's reaction to this type of situation is expected to be different, and there is no prototype of a 'normal' reaction. Perfectly normal.

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  • Tommythecat.

    And this was maybe the shittiest thing I said to an op. I met someone who was falsely accused once and it was just shit. I'm sorry I made fun of you, and yes it is the real Tommy the cat. I don't know you and shouldn't have jumped to conclusions, I don't know what happened so I'll take your word for it instead of judging. I hope you're ok. I haven't been myself for a long time (long before I joined IIN) and I really feel badly about some of the things I've said to some people on here.

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    • You should.

      People deserve better and just because you think you're being funny many people get hurt by things you've said.

      :(

      It's nice that you apologize. You should go to every thread you've been nasty on and apologize and delete your negative posts.

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      • Tommythecat.

        I can't delete them as I deleted that account, and many of the nasty things were said to trolls in jest. But I don't really think I'm being funny, I'm an angry and mixed up person. But for the first time in a long time I thought about OTHER people and realized it's just not who I want to be.

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        • "I'm an angry and mixed up person. But for the first time in a long time I thought about OTHER people and realized it's just not who I want to be."

          Excellent :)

          You're making progress.

          Choosing to be good takes an effort but it's well rewarding and let's face it being bad is so easy and boring. It's just lame and selfish.

          If there's anything you need advice on or would like to chat about let us/me know. I'm sure many people would be glad to help you.

          :)

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          • Tommythecat.

            I just cant believe how easy it is to become a total jerk and take everyone forgranted. Im leaving IIN for good today so I can make a go of it, but thanks for the encouragement, it means alot to me. Goodbye.

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            • howaminotmyself

              Goodluck and godspeed.

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            • Awesome!

              You are welcome for the encouragement.

              I congratulate you on your new effort of becoming a better person!

              It takes time to change one's behaviors and patterns but you certainly can do it.

              Remember the true test of character is when you really want to do something 'wrong' but you do the right thing anyway.

              Here's a good stress relief:

              Take a hike to the top of a mountain then look out at the view and yell :

              "MOTHER FUCKERS YOU WON'T BEAT ME!"

              Don't let the bastards grind you down. It's the game they play.

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  • (s)aint

    Sadly there's people that has gotten raped that were so scared/shocked that they didn't do anything but just say "No" and then lay still because of fear.

    Sadly in this shit country I'm unfortunately living in you apparently have to be able to kick and scream even though you might be scared to death when there's 6-8 guys around you if the rapist/rapists is to get sentenced.

    Glad that you came through it safely!

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    • What?

      Aren't you in Sweden?

      Had no idea there were such issues there?

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      • (s)aint

        You kidding me!?
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19592372 I tried to find a somewhat believable source, otherwise you can just goggle some your own.

        Rape is usually a crime that you commit over and over again unless you are stopped, and in Sweden we rather set someone free than sentence them if there isn't bulletproof evidence.
        If you are younger than fifteen, you can't get punished- Just sent to some kind of juvenile.

        And I'm NOT saying that I blame all immigrants but there's a larger majority amongst them than Native Swedish who commits crimes like these and Sweden has a VERY generous politic when it comes to Immigrants.

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        • Here in the states we don't get news about Sweden, much at all. We could look it up on the net but it's like…. why? It's not a country on our radar so to speak. All US guys think of when we hear 'Sweden' is really hot blonde babes whom we'd like to fuck.
          Sure it's ignorant but it's typical. Sweden virtually doesn't do anything that concerns us here in the states.

          "I tried to find a somewhat believable source, otherwise you can just goggle some your own."

          That report says some interesting things like if a girl had been repeatedly raped by her husband for a year then finally reported it each time is counted.
          So if she said it happened every day for a year then the count would be something like 365 rapes.
          Here in the states it would probably only be one count so the numbers for Sweden could be 'falsely' high or numbers for other countries 'falsely' low. You pick. Point being it makes Sweden look much higher than it could be.

          Have you known many girls that got raped?

          What were the situations?

          You country supports sex at age 15 and there's nothing wrong with that but it does seem to point to sex not being taken that seriously.
          As a side note, I think my country takes it too seriously.

          I think there's a huge difference between a 'date/friend' 'rape' type scenario and a complete stranger violently attacking you then raping you.

          After all so many girls/guys do the meaningless sex FWB thing it might be hard for the authorities to take that kind of 'rape' very seriously especially without evidence or proof. One shouldn't punish another without proof and evidence.

          For example, let's say every Friday night you come over to my place and we fuck each other silly. We've been doing that for many months because you love riding my big dick and I love fucking your cute little pussy. It's our thing ;)

          Then last Friday you came over and we drank a little too much and you passed out before I got it in you but since you got me all horny and worked up sucking my dick I still fucked you really well and had a great time. You occasionally would moan in ecstasy during your drunken stupor but you never once said "OK LET'S FUCK". as often is the case. Girls typically don't say to a guy

          "OK I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR DICK INSIDE ME NOW SO WE CAN FUCK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME SO I'M SIGNING THIS CONSENT FORM WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO FUCK ME."

          Then let's say you get mad at me for still fucking you after you passed out and you said I raped you.

          Honestly.... If we've been fucking every Friday doing the FWB thing for months and we both love it and you just happened to pass out before I got it in do you really believe that was rape? We both had every intention of fucking and we've done it at least 50 times before. I had no idea you'd get pissed that I still did what we normally do every Friday and have a great time.

          Would that be rape?

          Hell no.

          But technically it would be classified as rape.

          It's stupid.

          "If you are younger than fifteen, you can't get punished- Just sent to some kind of juvenile. "

          Well being sent to juvie is punishment but it's probably not very harsh. And I'd assume it stays on their record so authorities would be aware for future reference.

          Your society over there seems much looser about sex than the U.S.

          Isn't the age of consent in Sweden 15?
          Meaning I (a grown man) could have sex with a hot young 15 yr old if I were visiting your country and it would be legal?

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          • (s)aint

            Understandable now that you say it. Sweden is just a tiny little country in the middle of nowhere, probably best known for ABBA (Music) and hot Swedish women, yeah.

            Yeah, I read that report as well and I really can't tell IF Sweden has a larger number of rape than other countries, probably less than places where it still isn't a well reported crime like India or the continent of Africa.

            Now let's count ... I knew two girls (One by a "friend" and another one by her dad) Then I know about one who got into a similar situation such as the one that you described, she and a guy had been FwB's for some months BUT she wasn't always in the mood for such activities! She got drunk and fell asleep at his place with her clothes on- To wake up with them off.

            If you ask me that is to take advantage of someone in a fragile position. The situation you described would pretty much be the same I think. I would not personally view it as rape if it had happened to me , committed by someone whom I had allowed to fuck me before . ( I have this "rule" if we are fucking (May it be BF or just a FwB) I'm always willing and they are free to use me if I'm asleep too!)

            Sex is probably taken rather lightly in Sweden. During the last years or so there has been an increase in group-rape , committed by 5-8 guys at the same time or the likes. These are more often than not committed by immigrants. As a woman I steer clear of middle-easterners , sure I might miss out on some great friends but I really do not take the risk with associating with people known for having a poor view of women.

            Another one of my friends were almost raped, but she managed to call out for attention.

            These people doesn't have much in common, either . All different styles of clothing and personalities and etc.

            I will however agree with you that there IS sadly a lot of cases where women agrees to have sex and then changes their mind and call it rape, THAT is something that I frown deeply upon. I knew a chick who came crying to her friends that she had gotten raped ...the first time they believed her ...the second they were chocked and the third ...well, they knew that she was doing this exact thing ( Fucking and then regretting it)

            Yeah, age of consent is fifteen. So a fifty year old man could fuck a fifteen year old without this being a crime. Morally most people would label him as gross and vile though. But it would not be a crime.

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            • Hi, I wrote a few replies below but I wanted to ask you this too :

              After I wrote those replies I've been reading about Swedish girls and how they are apparently very masculine in their personalities.
              Rude, obnoxious, loud, verbally abusive or vulgar, etc.

              Hardly feminine at all.

              Is that true?

              Is that how most Swedish girls are or a lot of them?

              Here in the states the only girls like that are East coast girls (New York) and it's very unattractive.

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            • Hi and thanks for your replies :)

              "Yeah, age of consent is fifteen. So a fifty year old man could fuck a fifteen year old without this being a crime. Morally most people would label him as gross and vile though. But it would not be a crime."

              Do a lot of older guys fuck 15-17 yr olds in Sweden then?
              If it's legal I would think so.

              To me, if everyone is consenting and happy to do it then there's no crime or immorality.

              I'd be surprised if you labeled him as something bad. I think you're more sexually open than others.

              ' Now let's count ... I knew two girls (One by a "friend" '

              What were the circumstances where they messing around before he had sex with her or were they on a date or did he just force his way on her out of the blue?

              Does the girl still have contact/talk to the guy even if occasionally?
              How does she feel about him now?

              " and another one by her dad) "

              Does she still have contact with her dad or has she disowned him?
              At what age did it start? Was she ever willing or allowing it or did she tell him 'no.'?

              I'm thinking she probably still has contact with her family including her dad but each person is different and views these things differently.

              The dad thing is something kind of perplexing :

              Of course if a girl thinks about her father fucking her most girls would immediately say "EWWWWW GROSS!!!" because that's what we're all taught to think, feel and say.

              But if you remove your own emotional personal biases about sex which were taught to you by religion/government/society and you think about it logically those feelings and responses don't make sense. Besides social programming/influence it could also be because the parental units are the ones limiting your freedom and imposing restrictions/control which people generally frown upon.

              Let's think about it :
              A parental unit's job is to teach their young about everything in life and to give them the skills to live a happy, successful, skilled and fulfilled life. That includes sex. Why would something so important in life that can provide such pleasure, fun and enjoyment not fall upon the parental unit to teach?

              Why wouldn't a parent want their child to have great sex and learn how to do it well, safely and have fun?
              Why would a parent want to toss their child out in the wild basically knowing nothing about sex and not having any experience doing it subjecting their child to the potentially physically dangerous and emotional traumatic situations?
              Date rape, rape, STDs, pregnancy, emotional game playing / deception, etc.?

              So why then are the parents expected to teach their offspring EVERYTHING except sex?

              Is it only because that's how the religious and governmental powers taught us?

              Typically nobody 'loves' someone as much as a parent loves their child, right?

              Sex is a form of love, admiration, attraction, and one of the most enjoyable sensations humans can experience. Isn't it natural then for parents to want to share and teach that with their offspring?

              Yes? No?

              How is then that the tables are turned when it's someone younger than we're told is ok, or when it's with someone in your own family - even foster (not biologically real parents) family?

              Why is it 'ok' for a young girl to lust after and fuck her girlfriend's father but not her own?

              What's worse:

              1. A foster father fucking his young daughter he raised.
              He isn't related to her at all he only takes care of her.

              or

              2. A biological father fucking his young daughter he never raised and he recently met and became friends with. If he never raised her and they didn't know each other previously he never had the 'father' role to her so they were 'strangers' except biologically related and now they are friends.

              Which is worse or are neither bad?

              I know in certain countries it's more common for fathers to fuck their young daughters and mothers to do the same with their young sons.

              I always thought this was kinda gross but from a logical view point it makes sense and my value system is somewhat from my society so who am I to judge other societies?

              Now we're assuming the younger person was having a good time and wanted to participate but honesty who doesn't love sex? It feels so good.

              Obviously it's wrong when anyone is forced to do something they don't want to.

              I've even heard from girls that got 'raped' that actually enjoyed it because it's like they get guilt free sex and a pass to cheat or just feel good / whatever without any worries. I know not every girl is that way but many have rape fantasies and some live them out. Girls that are married, or in long term committed relationships then some hot new guy comes along and 'rapes' them and the girls love it. It's like free cheating to them and 'not their fault'.

              Just guilt free no strings attached hot sex.

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            • "Then I know about one who got into a similar situation such as the one that you described, she and a guy had been FwB's for some months BUT she wasn't always in the mood for such activities! She got drunk and fell asleep at his place with her clothes on- To wake up with them off."

              This is harder to say but she is at least partly at fault because her relationship with that male was having random sex.

              She knows why she's there and what the guy expects. It's also her fault for drinking and passing out in that environment or anywhere. Some girls need to grow up and take responsibility and stop blaming guys for their actions when the girl leads the guy on and makes him assume they're to have sex. The expectations of their relationship have already been established unless she explicitly said she doesn't want to have sex (again) it's expected because that's what they do and that's why she's there. Now, me personally have never fucked a drunk passed out girl but most guys would.

              To try to understand how guys mostly view sex, let's reverse the role:
              If a guy went over to a girls house that he was regularly fucking but not 'always' in the mood to fuck her and he got drunk and passed out and she sucked his dick then fucked him here's how most guys would feel :

              Typically a guy in the situation would be upset with himself for missing the action :)
              If he woke up naked and couldn't remember what happened he's generally hoping he got laid and had fun but he's going to be bummed out he doesn't remember and couldn't enjoy it. Remember he's fucked this girl many times already and that's why he went to her place, he just messed up and got too drunk and passed out.

              Your situation is similar but different to the one I had envisioned. Maybe I wasn't very clear about it but in my scenario there was already willing oral sex going on, etc. and I was thinking she laid on her stomach and wanted it from behind but then actually fell asleep before he put it in. She was ready to fuck but simply passed out before he slid it in. Maybe the guy wasn't even aware she fell asleep. Both had the intentions of fucking and were willingly naked in bed ready for it but she fell asleep. Her actions gave consent and unless she says otherwise the guy has no idea she's not still down for it.

              Intent means a lot. Why a girl goes over to a guy's place at 'midnight' and takes her clothes off, etc.

              It's too easy for a girl to cry rape or whatever and then people scorn the guy. No proof, no evidence, just some lying girl trying to get attention, make herself feel better or have a story to tell and get attention or whatever.

              Let's also not forget that many people are mentally ill or are on drugs and actually may not remember they gave consent or realize they basically consented in the moment then later regret it as you mentioned.

              Did she really consider herself raped and it a big deal?

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  • all the times I was raped they actually involved fornication..but ya the shock kept me quiet too

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  • dybex

    Sorry to hear that happened to you. Stay positive and don't beat yourself up over it. Whatever you did or didn't do seems to have worked. You'll now be better prepared to react to a situation like that in the future. Most of us won't.

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  • thegypsysailor

    And we all bow down in fealty.

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