Please note: The following extract contains content that references rape, gender-based violence and assault. In the book When Secrets Become Stories - Women Speak Out, women across South Africa wrote essays to share how chillingly common male violence against women is. Edited by Sukoluhle "Sue" Nyathi, the book contains contributions by Lorraine Sithole, Desiree-Anne Martin, UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Shafinaaz Hassim, Cathy Park-Kelly and Olivia Jasriel. In the extract below Robyn Porteous details her experience with gender-based violence. Because at the time, I told myself...