Actor Pavel Trávníček (71) is facing the second charge of sexual harassment. According to them, he should have abused both women, whose eXtra.cz confessions came in recent days, in his locker room in the Barrandov studios. The second woman, now 37-year-old Mrs. M., was to be lured into the locker room in 2004 during the filming of the DO-RE-MI singing competition. She allegedly ran away from the alleged crime scene, encountering Sabina Laurin. Did the actress know what was going on outside the locker room door of her then-moderating partner? Here is her response to direct questions from eXtra.cz.
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“I was twenty and perhaps for the first time in my life I was in Prague. I signed up for the singing show DO-RE-MI. It was then that Mr. Trávníček invited me to his dressing room for coffee during one of the breaks, but there was no coffee. I remember it today as he led me down the aisle to the left, suddenly locked the door and wanted oral sex right after me. I still don’t know why I didn’t run. I didn’t run away until then, ” recalls in her confession for eXtra.cz Mrs. M., which still blames that The lawn didn’t stop.
Psychologist: Women are frozen in shock
Pro psychotherapist Jana Koutníková the story presented by Mrs. M. is believable. Unfortunately, it is common for infected women to be unable to respond adequately.
The lady really accurately describes one of the lesser known phenomena of defense at the time we are at great risk. We commonly know two – fight and escape. The third, no less important, is the so-called freezing. Before I write about it, it is necessary to add that these reactions to the highly threatening situations start completely automatically, drives them developmentally old “animal” parts of the brain and we do not control them by will (unless we have special training). So we have them common with other animals. Back to freezing.
If the situation is such that escape from for various reasons, our brains evaluate as impossible (the doors were locked here, but they may even be unlocked and the brain will evaluate the leak as unrealistic) and also an adversary, the predator is too strong, so even the fight is not the one at that moment defensive variant, then the body freezes.
At that moment, interesting changes take place in the body – they begin to be even more excreted hormones that make the victim almost feel no pain. There is also dissociation when the victim basically steps out of her body so as not to notice that this is happening to her the whole protection against the suffering when it is killed – taken to extremes, or abused – in this case. At that moment, in the cold, the victim submits to the attacker, there is a chance that she will stop noticing her at the moment of freezing (this is well seen in the animal the realm when the antelope freezes, does not run – if the lioness wants to hunt, it is full of adrenaline, it can Antelope stop caring – it will look for one that runs away and frozen saves its life. But if a lioness decides to eat a frozen antelope, she won’t feel that much pain either, that it happens to her).
Freezing is the worse option from the victim’s trauma – the victims blame themselves more – why didn’t I run away … I should have punched him … and they’re feeling guilty. There is also fear – what when I freeze again? This in turn weakens self-confidence. It is very important to understand that the defense against an attack can also consist of freezing – and therefore some kind of cooperation / passivity, and that it happens completely automatically and really serves to survival. I recommend that such victims seek professional help.
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“It simply came to our notice then. Who was I supposed to explain there? To those strangers? He didn’t come and persuade me. He didn’t ask me if I would. He didn’t know me and immediately pushed me into it. You don’t know what to do at the moment. You really don’t know. I wanted to leave, but he insisted. Man gives in to fear, ”Describes a woman whose behavior therapist Jana Koutníková describes as a freeze.
She also talked about Laurin
“I tried not to show anything. I don’t know who I should have sued there, sued? Sabina Laurin? She looked at me strangely as I fled the locker room. It occurred to me that he knew what was going on there. He couldn’t do it secretly. Nobody there cared that I was crying. But that’s probably normal, today no one cares that anyone is crying, “ says Mrs. M., who would be most interested in whether Sabina Laurin suspectedwhat was going on in her partner’s locker room.
That’s why we contacted our favorite actress. Her answer surprised us. Although she claims that she has no idea that something like this should happen in Pavel Trávníček’s locker room, she did not categorically stand up for him. “I did not visit his locker room. I’ve had enough of my worries. We always had generals and quite a bitch. I was amazed when I read it. I don’t know what to say. I personally don’t know anything like that. I did not share a common locker room with Pavel Trávníček, “ says Laurin, who would definitely not want to downplay the experience of the mentioned women with any of her statements.
He doesn’t want to hurt abused women
“It simply came to my notice then. The trend of a certain openness came here from America. It surprised me because it goes to different personalities from all sides. I don’t know how to express myself, because I don’t want to hurt the girls and women in question. If there are any traumas, I don’t want to downplay it, “ says the actress, who did not witness the acts.
“I am not aware of this at the moment. Pavel and I had an absolutely professional relationship. Very correct. But I don’t know what he did in his privacy. Not at home or anywhere else. He didn’t know about me. We didn’t confide so much. On the other hand, I don’t want to take those girls right, but it’s a very sensitive and irritating topic that can ruin the lives of many people. “ adds Laurin, who looks at the case as the mother of two daughters.
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