SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE: A FEMINIST READING OF JUDE DIBIA’S UNBRIDLED

Abstract

This paper is a critical reading of Jude Dibia’s Unbridled from feminist ideological perspective. Dibia deals with the issue of sexual assault and its attendant consequences on the female character. A systematic and critical approach adopted in this study unraveled the different causes, forms and consequences of sexual assault and violation of female character in literary works. The theoretical framework adopted for this study is African feminist theory. The paper established that the female folks have suffered sexual assault and violation from the male folks in African society and that some men derive pleasure in abusing women. Besides, family background, poverty, and quest for survival expose these women to violation because men take advantage of them in such a helpless situation. The researcher did a critical analysis of the source text.