Naples, 3 Nov. (LaPresse) – “As a child, I was sexually assaulted.” This is what singer Elisa revealed in an interview with Walter Veltroni for the Corriere della Sera. “I was eight years old. Not young enough to be able to forget it, assuming that’s ever possible. The kind of human experience that marks the life of someone who has suffered physical violation is something very difficult to put into words. It has scarred me for life.” The singer explains that she waited many years before speaking out: “I wouldn’t want anyone to wait to talk about it; I waited many years before confiding in my mum, and I had to reach the age of 48 before seeking help from a therapist. Pain must be named in order to come to terms with it. A person who has been raped is never to blame. That sense of guilt is precisely why I have decided to speak out today. I want to try to be of help to the many girls and women – and the many boys – who have suffered sexual violence. It is a collective mission to free ourselves from this absurd, heart-wrenching sense of guilt over violence we have endured. I am doing this through my work, through these words, and by supporting the women’s movement ‘Una, nessuna centomila’, which I helped to found,” she adds.
Elisa: “I was abused when I was eight; I’m speaking out to help other women”
Naples, 3 Nov. (LaPresse) – “As a child, I was sexually assaulted.” This is what singer Elisa revealed in an interview with Walter Veltroni for the Corriere della Sera. “I was eight years old. Not young enough to be able to forget it, assuming that’s ever possible. The kind of human experience that marks the life of someone who has suffered physical violation is something very difficult to put into words. It has scarred me for life.” The singer explains that she waited many years before speaking out: “I wouldn’t want anyone to wait to talk about it; I waited many years before confiding in my mum, and I had to reach the age of 48 before seeking help from a therapist. Pain must be named in order to come to terms with it. A person who has been raped is never to blame. That sense of guilt is precisely why I have decided to speak out today. I want to try to be of help to the many girls and women – and the many boys – who have suffered sexual violence. It is a collective mission to free ourselves from this absurd, heart-wrenching sense of guilt over violence we have endured. I am doing this through my work, through these words, and by supporting the women’s movement ‘Una, nessuna centomila’, which I helped to found,” she adds.