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Similarly, women who have been previously raped are less likely to say "no" or protest verbally in a rape situation. A common experience of rape survivors is rape trauma syndrome, and it is often prompted by a repeated experience of rape...
...woman suffering from rape trauma syndrome who is raped again is likely to experience "freezing" to reenter a state of shock or to be rendered incapable of any action. Given the sizable number of women who are raped multiple times in their lives, this scenorio is also fairly common...
There are a number of other reasons which might make it difficult for women who have not experienced the trauma of past rape or abuse to say "no". The codes of the dominant culture instruct women to smooth over problems and to avoid making waves...
...such a situation. The final council recommendation is even more liberal, allowing for a victim who is merely "unable" to express unwillingness. Debate over the single word "physically" lasted nearly half an hour. It was decided that deletion of the word "physically" would allow for such situations as psychological trauma or shock which might prevent a woman from expressing unwillingness...
HERE IS THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS gone tabloid. Here is the American Church of Celebrity Trauma and Redemption. Joseph Campbell should be alive to explore its mysteries...