Marry your rapist! A phenomenological analysis of the experiences of women forced to marry their assaulters in their childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11658147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard A Aborisade (0000-0001-7485-2351, corresponding author), Damilola Adepeju Olayinka-Aliu (0000-0001-6707-6657, Olabisi Onabanjo University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 556-575 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Victimology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-7580 • E-ISSN: 2047-9433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02697580231207652 |
| OpenAlex | W4388047018 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
Child sexual abuse (CSA) and child marriage (CM) are two social realities that have drawn and sustained considerable research attention in Nigeria. However, research into the intersections of CSA and CM is scarce. This qualitative study explores the lived experiences of women who suffered CSA and were forced to marry their sexual assaulters in their childhood. Ten survivors were engaged in semi-structured interviews, and an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was utilized to identify four superordinate themes of participants’ experiences. These themes emphasized sexual abuse repeatedly experienced by participants, forced marriage to their assaulters, childbearing and mothering responsibilities foisted on them in their teenage, and hostilities and intimidation encountered in their marital lives. Participants provided accounts of short- and long-term physical and mental issues trailing their abuse and their coping mechanisms. The need to effectively address the cultural and religious factors that tolerate the practice of marrying CSA victims as a form of assuaging the debilitating effects of sexual assault was stressed
Child abuse · Child sexual abuse · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Forced marriage · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Intimidation · Poison control · Qualitative research · Sexual abuse · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Superordinate goals · Clinical Psychology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Redefining Rape
Essentials of interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Father–daughter incest.
Intimate partner violence against women in Nigeria
‘Voiceless Victims’
Sexual Violence at Music Festivals and the ‘Theory of Silence’
Policing rape and serious sexual offences in Nigeria
Global rise in gender-based violence against women and girls during Covid-19 lockdown
The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse
Ethnicity, religious affiliation and girl-child marriage
On the ‘darkness of dark figure’ of sexual crimes
Image-Based Sexual Abuse in a Culturally Conservative Nigerian Society
Achieving excellence in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
Forced marriage and gender transformation
The Legal, Medical and Social Implications of Child Marriage in Nigeria
The Role of Cultural Beliefs, Norms, and Practices in Nigerian Women’s Experiences of Sexual Abuse and Violence
Why Always me?”
Vulnerability and child sexual exploitation
Informed powerlessness
The Tragedy of The Girl-Child
Telling Incest
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |