‘Acknowledgement’ is whether the woman or girl knew they were being assaulted, raped or abused at the time of the offence.
For example, a woman might think that she has no rights to say no to her husband so she must comply with his demands for sex acts despite them hurting. Or a girl might have been sexually exploited for 5 months and not realise it until she is in her thirties. In contrast, a woman might be raped whilst she cries and begs them to stop.
Acknowledgement is at the heart of the response to the trauma – where someone has no idea they were being harmed, their physical responses to the crime will be delayed until they realise what happened, whether that is the next morning, or five decades later. This is also why some people (including people subjected to child abuse) can develop physical and psychological sexual trauma responses years or decades later.
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