Abstract
This presentation offers a glimpse into the embodied shame that lingers years after military sexual trauma for women veterans. Viewing self in a mirror, being in public, and intimacy are experiences that are lived in shameful anguish.
Sigma Membership
Beta Beta (Dallas)
Lead Author Affiliation
Texas Woman's University, Houston, Texas, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Military Sexual Trauma, Shame, Veterans
Recommended Citation
Freysteinson, Wyona M. and Mellott, Susan, "Embodied shame: The invisible scars of women veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma" (2019). INRC (Congress). 371.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2019/presentations_2019/371
Conference Name
30th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Conference Year
2019
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Embodied shame: The invisible scars of women veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This presentation offers a glimpse into the embodied shame that lingers years after military sexual trauma for women veterans. Viewing self in a mirror, being in public, and intimacy are experiences that are lived in shameful anguish.