Why is it that when you are raped, you are often stiff, unable to resist?

Most people who have never been victims of rape say they will resist if attacked. However, when listening to victims who have been raped, you will find this is not simple.

According to Independent, a new study by the Karolinksa Institute and Stockholm General Hospital (Sweden) shows that most victims fall into a state of full body stiffness when raped and this makes them unable to resist.

This phenomenon is called "stiffness immobility" - can be understood as a " temporary muscle suppression to deal with unexpected situations involving extreme fear".

Many women are stiff and unable to defend themselves when raped.(Artwork: Yana Mazurkevich).

This new finding could be a loss when rape victims go to court or go to the hospital."The court will probably dismiss rape if the victim does not take action. Because they think that when the victims do not resist it means they agree to" love the green beard "sex" , Broadly quoted Dr. Anna Möller, who led the study. In fact, there have been many legal cases. Even in Vietnam, there have been cases of escaping rape because the victims did not scream.

The female doctor believes that "stiffness immobility" should be assessed regularly in all sexually assaulted victims. Furthermore, the researchers found that "stiffness immobility" could also cause victims to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or severe depression.

Professor Möller and her team studied 298 women who went to the clinic for rape victims in Stockholm. Among them, 70% of women said they were stiff at the incident and 48% said they were severely stiffened to the point of being immobile. Half a year after the attack, 189 women had signs of PTSD and depression.

Scientists conclude, "stiffness immobility" will increase 2.75 times the risk of developing PTSD and 3.42 times the risk of depression. Not only that, they also found this phenomenon to be related to previous mental treatments.