Many rape victims experience involuntary paralysis that prevents them from resisting

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 07:22 in Health & Medicine

Active resistance is often considered to be the “normal” reaction during rape, but a new study found that most victims may experience a state of involuntary paralysis, called tonic immobility, during rape. Tonic immobility was ... Read more

Read the whole article on Science Blog

More from Science Blog

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net