Christine Blasey Ford s emotional testimony alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her resurfaced painful memories for many women on Thursday, including at least three C-SPAN callers.
One caller identified as Brenda from Valley Park, Missouri phoned into C-SPAN during a 15-minute recess amid Thursdays highly anticipated hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Im a 76-year-old woman who was sexually molested in the second grade, said Brenda, before becoming audibly emotional. This brings back so much pain. I thought I was over it. But its not. You will never forget it. You get confused and you dont understand it but you never forget what happened to you.
Without my family, I would never have been able to go through this, she added. And now Im 76 years old, and I thought I was over it until I heard it happened to somebody else, and it is such a shame.
C-SPAN host Steve Scully then asked Brenda how old she was when she was sexually assaulted, prompting her to respond:
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I was in the second grade, and it was a seventh grader at my school, and you know on rainy days they have you march around the school back then because they couldnt let you out. And I would see him, and I would get so upset.
Ive had a weight problem my whole life because I was so afraid that someone was going to hurt me. And Im married, I have a wonderful family; I have a wonderful husband, and a child and great-grandchildren and grandchildren, and I thought I was over this. I have not brought this up for years until I heard this testimony, and its just breaking my heart.
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