Víctimas de violencia sexual: construcción de comunidades de creyentes y acceso a la(s) justicia(s).

This article compares two groups of victims of sexual violence; on one hand, a group of women who narrate having been sexually assaulted by the Pombero (a deity from the Guarani mythology with strong roots in Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina) and on the other hand, female victims of sexual violence who manage to symbolize their case from their own categories of legal discourse. Strategies for self-protection and reparation, unfolded by each group of victims, are analyzed in this piece, as well as how both types of sexual violence cases are socially received, in order to think how the recognition of their suffering and the belief strategies around the victims is woven. It seeks to contribute to the understanding of a connection between the act of sexual assault, the construction of beliefs and the access to justice. Likewise, through the comparison of cases, it focuses on the understanding and treatment of sexual violence as a social fact.