The wigs are archetypical replicas of the Tie Wigs worn by judges and barristers

as early as the sixteenth century. It has been said that the wig enhances the anonymous

behavior of judges with clients, shielding the judge from the interference of their personal life.

 

  What device does a victim of sexual violence have as protection from the

interference of the legal proceedings in her personal life? 

 

Anonymity for many of us means staying quiet, ‘getting on with our day to day lives’,

and refraining from making others uncomfortable with our anger and grief. 

In the aftermath of the experience of rape or assault, this internalization of impotence

in the face of the judicial system, or of the choice to maintain secrecy can inversely

make a victim prone to self-judgement and self-castigation.

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Featured Wigs: Statement to the Victim; The Widow; The Divorcée Bride; The Mother; The Daughter