Incest: the law of silence
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Screen shot of the video broadcast by AIVI, International Association of Victims of Incest, as part of its 2015 Aivi awareness campaign
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
51 min
In a book published on January 7, 2021, lawyer Camille Kouchner recounts the incest suffered by her twin brother, a teenager at the time, by their stepfather, the political scientist Olivier Duhamel.
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It took him almost 30 years to free himself from the weight of silence.
Because it is perpetuated in the family sphere, within homes, incest remains a major taboo in our societies.
According to a recent survey, one in ten French people claim to have been the victim of incest, these figures clearly show how it is still too common a crime.
The word incest appeared late in the penal code (in 2016).
A commission was set up in December 2020. How to fight against incest?
While speech is released late, is the extension of limitation periods sufficient?
How to break the omerta which surrounds the victims?
With:
Martine Brousse
, president of
La Voix de l'Enfant
, a federation of children's aid associations.
Co-author with Carole Bouquet, spokesperson for the association, of
Maltreated Children: let's take care of what does not concern us
.
(Look for noon)
Isabelle Aubry
, president and founder of the association
Face à inceste
.
Author of
The first time I was six years old (Oh éditions)
, a testimonial book, an expanded version of which will be reissued in 2021
Alice Debauche
, sociologist, lecturer at the
University of Strasbourg
and associate researcher at the
National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED)
.
Co-author of the
INED Violence and Gender Relations (turn)
survey
, the first results of which were unveiled in November 2020
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