In addition, another effect of rape culture upon women is their self-reflection. After the rape, women had felt that they were dirty, they began to think of themselves as slutty and believed that they are themselves either used or damaged goods, therefore nobody would want them. They felt ashamed of who they are and felt that they were no longer fitted in the ideology of ‘pure and virgin’ stereotypes that men would want (Bell et al., 1994). These created feelings of anxiety and depression between the victims (Burnett, 2009).
