“He raped me on Apat about 10 in the morning, inside my room of our house,” she says, narrating the first time it happened. In a court document dated Septemobtained by Rappler, another incest rape victim, Francesca*, 14, recalled being raped by her father 5 times over the course of 7 years, starting in 2008 when she was just 6 years old. Most of the time, they are kept a dark secret within families because of the shame and the stigma that surround them. Victims are frequently threatened death if they disclose the incident. When there are sisters, it is usually done to all of them, although not always. The rapes happen anytime – in the morning, in the afternoon, or at night – and usually go on for years. Lori and her sister, both raped by their uncle, are among incest rape victims in the Philippines. Often it occurs when one or both parents are away, working overseas or in a different city, and the children are left under the care of a relative. When it happens in the Philippines, there are commonalities: most cases are perpetrated by fathers and uncles.
Which means "impure" or "unchaste." Incest rape is defined as forced sexual activity between family members. The word incest comes from the Latin word, And he would tell us, ‘If you tell your Mama, I will kill her.’” Sometimes they were there, but he told us not to scream. Our neighbors weren’t around when it would happen. Lori doesn’t know when exactly it started for her two sisters, but the 3 girls were helpless, as they frequently saw and watched each other get raped. And he did the same to my sisters." A pause.
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The 2009 rape was the start of a series of rapes, an average twice per week for over 3 years – “more, when there were no classes.” It often happened before lunch, between 11 am and 12 pm, on Saturdays and Sundays, when her uncle had no work.Īnd then, he started raping her two younger sisters too. I told him, ‘Please pity me,’ but he wouldn’t listen,” she said in Filipino. “I begged, ‘Please don’t.’ But he wouldn’t listen. “And then he put himself inside me.”Įven at 7, Lori knew it was wrong. Then, he took off my shorts, my underwear, and he took his clothes off too.” Her voice cracks. In Roxas it was quieter, greener, and there, she and her sisters, aged 6 and 5, could play outside.īut that day, Lori’s 23-year-old uncle called them all to come inside. Lori, with her sisters and her Mama, had just moved into their grandmother’s house in Roxas City, north of Capiz province, some 400 kilometers southeast of the noisy, bustling streets of the capital. Her mother was out, working as a laundrywoman, while her father toiled in Manila, where Lori was born. She doesn’t remember the date, or the time, but she remembers it was in June, a hot, summer day in Roxas City, where her mother is from. ILOILO CITY, Philippines – Lori* was just 7 years old when she was raped for the first time.
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