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Friend is Sexually Abused
One of my friend's brother or step-brother, I can't remember which, tries to rape her every night.
She first told me about it a week ago, and I told her that she has to tell someone that she can trust immediately. Well, she told me that she's told her parents and the school counselors, but no one is doing anything about it.
I really hate to see her like this because she deserves so much better, is there any way that I can help her out?
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Professionals have the legal duty to inform other services if someone tells them about something this seriously. If your friend has actually told the school counsellor and nothing has happened, then she has not been offered a good service.
You may want to offer to go with her while she tells another professional - a teacher she likes and trusts, for example. This can be a really hard thing to share with someone, but your offer of support might help her. Her other options include writing a letter to a teacher asking for help.
You may also want to research your local Social Services department - these are called different things in different areas. Your friend should be able to phone them (or you can phone them, if you are concerned), explain the situation, and get help. If there are local drop-in services for young people in your area, the professionals there should also be able to offer support.
I wish you both the best.
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That is absolutley horrible and disgusting. Her brother deserves to be locked up. Call a helpline and ask if there's someone who can help your friend. Good luck.
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Help her make a call to child protective services and the police. If she won't help herself, then you need to make that call for her. You can do it completely anonymously!
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If she really told the school counselor about it, (s)he would do something about it. They are required by law to do something about it. And what do you mean, 'tries' to rape her? If she isn't fighting back beyond saying no, then he wouldn't stop at 'trying'. And if she has fought back and stopped him, he wouldn't try again unless he has something to threaten her with. If you have proof, go to the police. But just make sure that she knows that if she tells the police about this and it's not true, she could go to jail instead of her brother.
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Ouch. That's a terrible circumstance that nobody deserves to go through. But you have to understand that your friends brother/step could have told her not to tell anyone, and she could have lied about telling her parents. In my opinion, the only way you could handle this is to talk to the school guidance counseler yourself. Your friend may be upset that you told someone, but she'll thank you some day.
Your friend is in a terrible and horrid situation that she does not deserve to go through, and she shouldn't have to suffer from it any longer.
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