<p>You see, I've always wondered.</p><p>Why didn't we speak up?</p><p>What's stopping our voices from being heard?</p><p>I finally got my answers but here's how it all began.</p><p></p><p>I've heard stories about girls who had to go through sexual abuses, while I was little.</p><p>Sometimes I read about such gruesome acts on the newspapers or some story book.</p><p>Most times, our school counselors tells us about it.</p><p>I kept asking myself...</p><p>So, why didn't I speak up?</p><p></p><p>I always felt it could never happen to me.</p><p>Until one day.</p><p>That day when he introduced me to porn and I looked away because of the teachings and instructions I had received.</p><p>" don't watch movies about naked people." They had said.</p><p>So I tired to run away but he caught me, forced me to watch it with him and touched me in places no one had ever touched me before.</p><p>So, why didn't I speak up?</p><p></p><p>Oh but I did.</p><p>I was told "oh he was just playing." "oh it was probably a mistake." " Just ignore him." "pray and everything will be fine."</p><p>But everything never got "fine" it only got worse.</p><p>So, why didn't I speak up?</p><p></p><p>I was tired of seeing myself as a malfunction.</p><p>The odd one in the society.</p><p>At some point I'd touch myself to get that satisfaction and safe mentally that his hands are NOT on me.</p><p>Trying hard to get rid of the irritation that comes with it afterwards.</p><p>But, little did I know that masturbating was becoming an addiction.</p><p>So, why didn't I speak up?</p><p></p><p>I was so boy crazed.</p><p>My hormones would rise, each time I'm close to a guy.</p><p>I felt like maybe if I let them touch me, I'll feel better.</p><p>I'd look at girls around me and how they never allowed "boys" to touch them because it's too downgrading for them.</p><p>So, why didn't I speak up?</p><p></p><p>I taught it was something I could pray about.</p><p>It began to appear to me like I wanted to be touched by these men.</p><p>So, I went to the church.</p><p>The preacher mounts the pulpit.</p><p>He talked about sin.</p><p>Mentioned a whole lot like, sexual immorality, masturbation, homosexuality and the likes and said how much God hates such sins.</p><p>I began to think, "so even God doesn't love me?"</p><p>I looked around the congregation and most people were nodding their heads, in support of what the preacher had said.</p><p>So, why didn't I speak up?</p><p></p><p>To the millions of girls and boys out there.</p><p>Why didn't we speak up? The world is asking.</p><p>But wait...</p><p>How can we speak up, when the society keeps pointing fingers at us?</p><p>How can we speak up, when we are seen as plagues in our places of worship?</p><p>How do we speak up, when we are painted as "False Hope", even when we are trying our best to stand and speak up?</p><p>We are always left with the scars at the end anyways </p><p>So, why didn't we speak up?</p><p></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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