Les viols en Haïti : aspects psychologiques et sociologiques des crimes sexuels

Rape is an event that induces an existential crisis by exerting a major impact on living for oneself, living together and living connected. It causes psychological and physical sufferings. Even after many years, most raped women have a traumatic memory of the event. The consequences of rape on the a...

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Main Author: Obrillant Damus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2019-04-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/15478
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Summary:Rape is an event that induces an existential crisis by exerting a major impact on living for oneself, living together and living connected. It causes psychological and physical sufferings. Even after many years, most raped women have a traumatic memory of the event. The consequences of rape on the alteration of female identity are indisputable. The purpose of this article is to study the consequences of rape on the identity of victims; describe the feelings developed by the victims during and after the rape; understand how a victim manages to overcome the trauma of rape.
ISSN:1779-0980
1961-859X