Lorena Bobbitt talked about 25 years of cutting off her husband's penis: a history of sexual abuse and gender violence – 02/11/2019

On June 23, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt, a young Ecuadorian woman then aged 22 reached her limit: after years of badual abuse, physical and psychological abuse, she cut off her husband's penis John Bobbitt The journalistic narrative of the time in the United States took the case sensationalist and even humorous and downplayed the violence of which the woman was a constant victim.

Today, Lorena Bobbitt speaks about this violence, 25 years after the fact, in an interview with Telemundo: "My reaction was very traumatic. I was not in my mind. I was traumatized, psychologically destroyed. I could not think of that reaction. I could not have control when I did this action. "

He added, "When you are conditioned to these traumas, you do not know how you will react, I was in love with my husband." The court was honest, but I never saw the "red flags" stating that he was going to abuse during the wedding. He said to me: "Forgive me" and I forgave him; and I said "it'll happen", but it never happened. "

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Bobbitt recalled moments when her husband beat her: "I do not know if I had the chance to escape because I did not know how to react or where to go. I was imprisoned. "

"Everything was emotionally, psychologically traumatic for me," he continued.the abuse of me; in a woman, your body is a temple and if you say you do not want to have bad and your partner forces you to do horrible things … ".

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The reporter asked what she would say 25 years later to this Lorena Bobbitt. She answered: "Now, I would say to you that there are many resources where you can go to seek them, you do not have to suffer in silence, we now have a stronger voice and the stigma of being a victim of domestic violence in our society is exhausting. We must not be silent anymore, our voices are strong. "

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