Handbook on Sexual Violence by Walklate Sandra. Brown Jennifer

Author:Walklate, Sandra.,Brown, Jennifer [Walklate, Sandra.,Brown, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

She must go at once and while the deed is newly done, with the hue and cry, to the neighbouring townships and show the injury done to her to men of good repute, the blood and her clothing stained with blood and her torn garments.

(quoted in Burgess 1999: 9)

The expectation that genuine (and innocent) victims would immediately report the rape extends to the present day with evidence suggesting police officers often interpret delayed reporting as a possible indicator of a false complaint (Brown et al. 2007; Jordan 2004; Stewart et al. 1996). Such an interpretation ignores the ways women have been taught to mute their voice and remain silent, and also fails to understand the impact of centuries of suspicion surrounding the words of a woman. The impossible bind this places a raped woman in becomes obvious:

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