"Sexual violence is not an isolated event that happens to a few random individuals in a random unpredictable way. It is a logical extension of a firmly entrenched misogynist world view, either willingly adopted or imposed upon millions of people over thousands of years."
Did you know that:
- Rape is now considered a weapon of war.
- Rome was founded on the rape of Sabine women
- During the sack of Troy, women were raped by the victors
- In 1453, when Constantinople fell the women were raped by the Ottoman troops
- In 1864 at the Sand Creek massacre in the USA the women were raped and sexually mutilated by the white troops
- In 1937 when Nanking fell to Japanese troops the women of the city were raped
- In the Vietnam war ( Vietnamese call this the American war) there are many documented cases of Vietnamese women being raped by the western troops
- From conflicts in Bosnia to Peru to Rwanda girls and women have been singled out for rape
- Rape has been documented in all rescent armed conflicts including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Haiti, Liberia, SOmalia, Uganda, Iraq and Afganistan
The rape of women is so prevelent in conflict areas that the UN security council created the senior post on 'Women in armed conflict' in 2009 with specific mandate to address sexual violence.
COME ON MEN: STAND UP: SAY NO TO VIOLENCE
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