The lived experience of help-seeking by South African women after sexual assault

Steinbrenner, Sheila Young; Shawler, Celeste; Ferreira, Sandra Rejane Soares; Draucker, Claire Burke

doi:10.1080/07399332.2017.1290097

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“…Most institutions in sub-Saharan Africa may not keep information provided by a survivor of IPV confidential, are corrupt and inept. 61 This may hinder the victim of IPV from using such a system.…”

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Predictors and Factors Associated with Counseling Seeking Behavior Against Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Southwestern Uganda

Arishaba

Kiduuma

Night

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HIV

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Predictors and Factors Associated with Counseling Seeking Behavior Against Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Southwestern Uganda

Arishaba

Kiduuma

Night

et al. 2022

HIV

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“…This highlights the humiliation and mockery that can occur when they report their rape experiences to the police, disregarding police conduct rules and regulations as set out in the SAPS National Instructions for Sexual Offences [90]. This type of behavior is reported as one of the barriers to reporting rape to police [49,91,92].…”

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“They all laughed and asked me if I enjoyed having sex with those guys”: Exploring men’s lived experiences when reporting rape to police in South Africa

Mgolozeli

Duma

2020

PLoS ONE

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Rape is the most demoralizing type of crime violating human rights worldwide. Research has primarily focused on children and women's experiences of rape, even though victims include men and little documentation available concerning their experiences of reporting these incidents. The study aimed to investigate men's experiences when reporting rape to the police. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used to collect and analyze qualitative data from a purposive sample of eleven men who were rape victims. The findings of the study revealed three superordinate and twenty-two subordinate themes. First, motivation for reporting rape to the police included self-protection from re-victimization, being killed, and prevalent prison cultural practice, seeking justice and answers for rape, moral duty, family support, and encouraging reports of the crime. Second, perceived barriers for reporting rape included fear of stigmatization and ridicule, unknown perpetrators, internalized homophobia, men's preconceived prejudices, perceived justice system delays, fear of being killed, and protecting their reputation. Third, negative experiences when reporting rape included a long waiting period at the reception before opening a case file and the delayed responses of police investigating the rape scene. Also, there was discouragement from the police, disparaging behavior of police, victim-blaming, lack of communication with the victim about case progress and experiences of police homosexual intolerance. The findings show that most men were motivated to report rape to the police despite the perceived barriers and negative experiences they had with the police. Thus, this provides baseline evidence for strategies to be developed to encourage the reporting of rape. Each police station must provide dedicated personnel for professional and sensitive handling of all rape victims, including men. Furthermore, future studies should be conducted to evaluate rape victims' satisfaction with the services provided by the police.

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Use of Writing Letters and Other Literature Forms to Capture Experiences of Research Participants

Hinsliff-Smith

McGarry²,

Randa³

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Arts Based Health Care Research: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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The lived experience of help-seeking by South African women after sexual assault

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Predictors and Factors Associated with Counseling Seeking Behavior Against Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Southwestern Uganda

Predictors and Factors Associated with Counseling Seeking Behavior Against Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Southwestern Uganda

“They all laughed and asked me if I enjoyed having sex with those guys”: Exploring men’s lived experiences when reporting rape to police in South Africa

Use of Writing Letters and Other Literature Forms to Capture Experiences of Research Participants

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