Sentence:  Thus, a first generation woman member of parliament for the Greens reported that she needed regular breaks from an atmosphere which she described as <WSD>self-rape</WSD> and in which she could only function by shutting out all emotions or personal expectations and functioning like an automaton (Spretnak and Capra 1985: 142). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Behaving contrary to one's own nature, usually as a result of outside pressure.