Living with Paradoxes: Victims of Sexual Violence and Their Conduct of Everyday Life

Kappler, Karolin Eva

How do women who have survived traumatic sexual violence cope with and manage their everyday lives? Karolin Eva Kappler analyses the everyday life of victims of sexual violence, combining the normalcy of their daily life with the overwhelming experience of rape and sexual abuse. Based on a qualitative study, the author detects five patterns which characterize the victims’ everyday coping practices and strategies. The grounded analysis of the interview material shows the fragility of the victims’ lives, depending on paradoxes which reduce their freedom of choice and which explain the individual and social invisibility of sexual violence.

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Published by: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

Publication Date: 2011-09-30

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783531183374

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-94003-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 271