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Many women especially in South Africa suffer in silence. Many have no one to tell and some just choose not to. Some see the horrifying experience as something to be ashamed of, something they need to hide. In South Africa it occurs every 23 seconds. The horrific experience called rape. Some people say that your teenage years are some of the most difficult in your life. It forms part of the configuration of your character. It is building the person you one day will be. Decisions considering you future must be taken and again and again teenagers are forced to test their broken wings in spite of how it may hurt. However, a study by CIETafrica in 1998 found that one in every three Johannesburg schoolgirls has experienced sexual violence at school and, of these, only 36% said they reported the episode to someone. This scarring experience causes countless burdens on young teenagers. Often teenagers keep these worries to themselves out of fear that they will be disowned or sometimes there is just no one to tell. Among young people who are just starting their s