THE TRAUMATIC SITUATION OF PREGNANCY AND THE TRAUMA RESULTING FROM A PREGNANCY DUE TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Abstract

This article proposes a psychodynamic analysis of pregnancy resulting from rape, articulating psychoanalytic psychoanalytic concepts with the physical, psychic and social impacts of this traumatic traumatic experience. It is already known that pregnancy is a time of great psychic mobilization that triggers physical, psychological and social changes, However, pregnancy resulting from rape is an aggravating factor in this period and can make this can make this experience even more threatening for the woman's psyche. By problematizes the ideal of motherhood, the text questions social norms that disregard women's desires, highlighting the importance of empathetic, non-moralizing clinical and respectful of women's subjectivity. It emphasizes the need to guarantee these women the right to choose - whether to continue the pregnancy adopt or have an abortion as provided for by law - considering the essential role of institutional care and the support network in new meanings in the face of trauma. Motherhood, in this context, is presented as a possibility rather than an imposition, opening up space for experiences of being a woman, gestating and (not) mothering.