Sexual violence: exhibition gives voice to Hong Kong victims who felt isolated, blamed and did not report attacks
- Eleven women find support, ‘alternative justice’, by coming forward to share painful experiences
- Most victims stay silent, daunted by having to face medical checks, police and court process
Yoyo* put aside her treasured violin 10 years ago and never played it again. Every time she looks at it, she says, she is reminded of the day she was raped by three men.
She was a 20-year-old music student in university and a part-time violin teacher, when a girlfriend from high school introduced her to the men.
She went out with them one night and they attacked her, she says, changing her life forever.
Yoyo went to hospital for her injuries, but did not make a police report. She says she was worried they would not believe her.
She told her girlfriend, but was crushed when her friend accused her of being dressed inappropriately that day and demanded: “What do you mean you could not resist them?”
Yoyo ended up blaming herself. She put music behind her, carried the burden of her ordeal alone, and went on to become co-owner of an online store selling pet food and other products.
