In the columns of your magazine Closer, Clémentine Autain speaks frankly about the rape she suffered when she was a student. Having survived this attack, she sometimes still experiences symptoms related to this shock.
In the new issue on newsstands of your Closer magazine, discover our interview with Clémentine Autain, on the occasion of the publication of her book Assemblies published by Grasset. During this interview, the politician looks back on a painful episode in her life: the rape she suffered when she was a student. With honesty, she explains why she only spoke publicly about this trauma in 2016, in an autobiography.
Clementine Autain says: “People asked me why I was a feminist and I lied. Because it was not done to talk about it, it was taboo. I was raped near my university by a stranger who put a knife to my throat. I filed a complaint. He confessed to between twenty and thirty rapes, but there were only three of us at the trial. It enraged me. If the previous women had been able to speak, and above all to be heard, I probably wouldn’t have been raped. Hence this urgency that I bring to break the silence.
Clémentine Autain reveals that she still suffers today from symptoms related to the rape she suffered
Today, Clementine Autain explains that he succeeded in overcoming this trauma of extreme violence. Unfortunately, he sometimes also experiences painful symptoms because of this intolerable event. She continues: “I stopped surviving, I live, happy! But sometimes I still have symptoms. Recently, I had to manage in my political movement the case of a legislative candidate accused of sexual violence. For several weeks, my throat was lumpy, tight, as I had had long after being raped.“An interview to be found in full in your Closer magazine.
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Clémentine Autain responds to Closer
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Clementine Autain releases a new book
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Clementine Autain’s book is called Assemblies
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Clementine Autain had revealed to have been raped in a previous work
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Clementine Autain returns to this trauma
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Clémentine Autain explains that she overcame this shock
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Clémentine Autain is happy today
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Clémentine Autain nevertheless confides that she sometimes has physical manifestations linked to her rape
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“Lately, I had to manage in my political movement the case of a legislative candidate accused of sexual violence.
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“For several weeks my throat was lumpy, tight, as I had long after being raped.”