In the beginning of the book, it is mentioned that the main character's father sexually assaults her on a regular basis, leaving her pregnant several times at a young age. Later, she (still underage) is gang raped. A festival takes place in a village where men are encouraged to chase women, and several women force the men to touch them inappropriately. A young woman is molested by a man in the form of a bear. Several men are anally raped with a hot poker as an act of revenge for her mother's assault.