Ignored Victims, and Perpetrators, of Rape
An amazing, and rare, BBC report that should be listened to in its entirety. It’s about events in Congo, although many (including this writer) feel it reflects on attitudes we have here in this part of the world.
*Update*: This should also be read.
*Update 2*: And this!
This is partly in response to an earlier article and video that generated interesting discussion here at The Moderate Voice.
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Thanks Dean… that is a hard interview to listen to and also an important one…
Another link ….
The Rape of Men from the Observer…
and do notice how many comments have been removed [at the Guardian newspaper site-- ed.]… that surely supports much of what you point towards too…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/17/the-rape-of-men
After listening to this also wondered if this could be part of our own military culture… recently there has been the case in Texas of the trainer and his abuse of women…
Does this also occur to men in our military?
The Military’s Secret Shame
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/03/the-military-s-secret-shame.html
Thanks Sparrow, I’ll add both links!
(One was already on GWW’s original video BTW, it’s part of what she was refereincing.)
The Daily Beast piece is particularly interesting, though still no exploration of female perps. We seem to have a real cultural blind spot on that, one that’s so fierce I sometimes have to wonder if it isn’t genetic or something.