Aboriginal Woman Abuse After Contact

After contact, abuse has become more frequent within the communities. It wasn't just older woman anymore, it was young children and teens who've experienced aswell. The frequency of sexual abuse is horriflying to know how bad it actually is and how many aboriginal woman had went through this tramatizing experience.

Aboriginal woman whom are victimized has not only been manifested in their abuse, but also in the manner in which aboriginal female victims are treated. most woman are given no sympathy from those who should be there when the victim is seeking for help. 

Example: 16 year old girl claims of being rape told the police of the incidient and under went hospital examination. The police had told her mother that her daughter was lying and should be charged under mischief. According to the mother, the police had noted that she had said " didnt you want it at 16?"

This is horrific, because at the time it was the victim who was shunned from the community and not the abuser. Times now have changed, along with the table turning on the abuser to whereas the abuser is being shunned.

Coming out to your parents or to anyone about being physically, verbally, spiritually, and emotional sexually abused is not an easy thing. For some its different where they are up front about telling someone to get that help, some its take years because they are afraid of what the outcome will be.

Some people may say after the fact, "its the past, its time to forget and move on." Words like those becomes discouraging. It wrecks your spirit, and it takes a while to gain back. Not only that for an aboriginal woman, they lose their cultural and spirit, because its such a huge impact, and it really hits home for most who have dealt with this.

Thanks, 

Amanda 

References:

 

http://www.kanawayhitowin.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=42

http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter13.html#6