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TED Talks Society and Culture

Why women stay silent after sexual assault | Inés Hercovich

TED Talks Society and Culture

TED

Science, Society & Culture, Technology, Education, Tech Demo, Design, Creativity, Ted Talks, Entertainment, Ted, Tedtalks, Inspiration

4.1794 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ ? minutes

Summary

Why do women who experience sexual assault rarely speak up about it? "Because they fear they won't be believed," says Inés Hercovich. "Because when a woman tells what happened to her, she tells us things we can't imagine, things that disturb us, things we don't expect to hear, things that shock us." In this moving talk, she takes us inside an encounter with sexual assault to give us a clearer idea of what these situations really look like -- and the difficult choices women make to survive. (In Spanish with English subtitles)

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