To train its students in the care of victims of sexual assault, the Sorbonne medical school has decided to set up listening courses within the feminist collective against rape (CFCV).
Following the #MeToo movement, sexual violence against women has become a real issue in society, mobilizing all of its stakeholders. While a toll-free number has been set up to improve their care in Cannes, “one of the listeners took a call and accompanied an Anglo-Saxon woman to the police station to file a complaint”, has already welcomed Marlène Schiappa, Secretary of State responsible for equality between women and men.
A major stake
For doctors, who are also regularly called upon to take care of women who have suffered physical or psychological violence, the stakes are high. So much so that the teaching team of the Faculty of Medicine of Sorbonne University, under the leadership of Professor Duguet, decided to set up listening courses within the feminist collective against rape (CFCV): 450 young people were able to participate in 2018, in order to know the discourse to adopt to reassure a victim and advise him.
“I attended a morning listening session from 9am to 2pm, it was very intense,” explains Alice, a fourth year student. “The listeners very quickly establish a climate of trust which allows the victim to confide without being afraid of being judged. They then communicate to them all the useful addresses according to the place in France where they are and inform them of the legal procedures. possible. ”
Post-traumatic stress syndrome
In France, complaints of rape and sexual assault increased by 12% and 10% respectively in 2017 compared to 2016. Globally, more than 25% of women will suffer the same type of abuse during their lifetime.
Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often associated with veterans returning from war, female victims of sexual assault are also likely to receive this diagnosis. “These four hours are really necessary in my opinion to develop your listening skills and understand what victims can go through. I myself am reassured to know that my colleagues have taken this training, and have become aware of what can go through some women, ”Alice continues to congratulate.
Do not erase the evidence
According to the more than 500 testimonies collected by the feminist movement Groupe F and the page “Paye ta police” last March, women victims of sexual assault are poorly taken care of by the ORD forces. In nine out of ten cases, the testimonies of more or less recent facts (70% are less than five years old) report serious dysfunctions “the most frequent being the refusal to take a complaint or the victim’s discouragement to file a complaint” . Then come “the questioning of the importance of the facts” and “the guilt of the victims”, according to the investigation.
Whatever the medium chosen to express themselves, the British police launched an awareness campaign on October 30 to remind victims of sexual assault that the most important thing is not to erase the evidence, which only remains about one week. In the video broadcast, the rapist is seen sitting in a prison cell, then exiting freely through the various doors of the building, which open as his victim takes a shower, deletes messages from his cell phone, washes the wine glasses and finally decides not to press charges.
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