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In contempo time, numbers of rape victim has been on the increase in Nigeria. Nigeria is still very much a patriarchal and misogynistic gild; a society where rules are dictated and governed past men, and civilisation and tradition makes men head over women. The culture attribute includes gender norms that validate men as sexual pursuers and attitudes that view women as sexual conquests by which manhood is legitimized and women are objectified, as sexual objects to be endemic, used, consumed, and even sexually driveling by the "entitled"male.

The society on their part undermines the emotional trauma experienced by rape victims and thus become unsympathetic and sees it as a norm.

The documentary "Legal Rape" explores the uncomfortable memories of rape victims, violation of their human right and their search for closure, in a society where the mindset of most people as it relates to sexual assault tends to be un-empathetic, unsympathetic and seen equally a norm.

Some of the victims truly endure uncomfortable memories such as nightmares, flashbacks, suicide thoughts and feelings of guilt. It can besides manifest in physical ways, like chronic pain, intestinal issues, musculus cramps, paralyzed vocal string, or every bit in TY instance, sleep disorder.

With the shameful act increasing day subsequently day in Nigeria, keeping silent virtually the upshot is no longer the manner to go and heal for the girls I documented.

Truly, rape victims have some periodic bitter flashbacks, so they usually take steps to heal, but healing seems far for many of them without a proper back up system from families, social club or agencies. People should join "say no to rape" advocacy since that would go a long way to reduce the number of incidents, accost rape as man right violation.

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AJ 22, 'My counselor told me, surviving rape made me courageous and brave. Simply I disagree. I was mettlesome and brave before somebody raped me.'

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LY 16, 'After I was sexually assaulted past a senior schoolhouse mate, I was told by the school management to pretend it didn't happen and move on.'

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EG 21, "After I was raped by a male acquaintance, people asked, "What did you expect if you were wearing a short skirt? Or alone in the visitor of a man? Or did you lot non enjoy it?" I turned to protests and social media callouts to concur the homo that raped me accountable".

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TY 20,"I don't desire to be referred to every bit a rape survival; I am a victim of a gruesome crime!!! People should stop trivializing what happen to me. In that location is no happy catastrophe".

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AQ 18, "I was dragged into this abased building and raped by a stranger. For years, I couldn't tell my parent I was raped. I didn't desire their worlds to be shattered the way mine had been".

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JT 16, "The police advised me to seek closure and told my parents to forget pursuing justice against the neighbor that sexually assaulted me. Information technology's a waste of authorities time and fund." Said the police"

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KT 17, "The classroom where I was raped is battered at present, the physical hurting and shades of bruises eventually faded, but the bear on of my rape never really did".

Emeke Obanor
Emeke Obanor is a self-taught documentary lensman, a social activist and an advocate based in Nigeria. He uses photography as a medium to raise awareness around social justice problems, shining lite on injustices facing people in his environment equally well as across borders.

He became well known for his creative and artistic abilities, with a talent for art and aesthetic. Intuitive and fresh accept been the words used to describe this exciting artist. Emeke Obanor doesn't create his photographs. He simply happens upon commonplace things and people displaying uncommon beauty, and he seems to feel in his bones their potential to become art. Educational activity and experience have honed his skills and helped him gain greater insight to his medium.

Based primarily in the Oil rich only crisis torn Niger Delta region of Nigeria, he uses intuition and feeling to capture the lives of ordinary people in the area. What sets his work autonomously is knowledge of the subject field, patience and the utilise of light. Emeke Obanor projects have won several awards and have been exhibited frequently.

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EW 21, "I woke up drugged and gang raped in a party, my family told me to proceed information technology serenity, else no man volition marry "damaged goods".

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FV 17, "The trauma of been raped is shattering, leaving me feeling scared, ashamed, stigmatized and alone".

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JL, xvi,"I and my twin sis were raped by the same person, he threatened to impale me if I tell anybody. I opened up when he raped my sis. I am still leaving with the trauma".

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UC, 16, "Subsequently raping me, the beau looked at me in the eyes and smiled. My society purchase into the ideas of masculinity that encounter rape, violence and dominance as male, and when women and girls are less valued".

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AD, 15, "I was raped by a gang of friends. They were release for lack of testify, lonely and that's when it starts replaying in my listen. Reliving this story, reliving this trauma.".

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BS, 16. "I was raped with a knife on my neck. I notwithstanding hear his groaning with his saliva on my face whispering triumphantly, "I know you wanted it". The constabulary told me verbal thing considering I was wearing a short gown".

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CR, 18. "In my society, information technology is impossible to prove I was raped, the police told me it was up to me to produce a witness".

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NK, xiv, "I was raped by two strangers, everybody told me to become used to it and move on. How practise I motility on? How do I go used to information technology? When it appears rape is a norm in my community"..

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DN,17. "After I went public that I was raped, my community stigmatize me, my family unit said no man will marry me afterwards the shame".

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BT, fifteen. "I was blamed, non the homo who raped me considering of the slutty close I wore the twenty-four hour period he sexually abused me"

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