Unduly Delayed? Affected Bodies and Allegations of Transgressive Behavior
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https://doi.org/10.52610/rhs.v25i82.14Keywords:
Accusations, affect, agency, crisis, ethopoiia, traumaAbstract
The metoo-movement has sparked intense debate about the public accusations raised against named individuals for sexually transgressive behavior. A recurring point of discussion has been the timing, or rather the delay, of allegations, as many of them concern violations dating back decades. Through textual analysis of the affective-emotional dimensions of a charge presented in the form of a personal essay, this article reflects on the plausible reasons why victims may stay silent for years before speaking up. It suggests that some allegations must come with a delay, since the affected body may be in an epistemological crisis not allowing a robust narrative to be constructed, and, to present an allegation, a shared terminology for the nature of the offense is needed. Hence, the article explores conditions of possibility for the agency of abused bodies.
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