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Posted inEquality, Gender violence

How you can tell when someone is a real rape survivor

by Jen Thorpe 30 July 20136 August 2013

How should a woman behave to convince us that she was raped? When she breaks down, is hysterical, is rabid, is broken, is ripped apart, is together, is calm, is cold, is hyper sexual, never wants to have sex again, is manic, is depressed, is this right? Should she report and save others, report and […]

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Secondary victimisation: Rape survivors denied emergency ARVs

by Michelle Solomon 14 June 2012

The 2007 Sexual Offences Act (SOA) requires that certain services be made available to rape survivors. Among these services, survivors of oral, anal and vaginal rape are entitled to receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), a 28-day course of antiretrovirals for the prevention of HIV infection. This must be provided to survivors – at state expense – when […]

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