She has investigated allegations of sexual violence in war around the world. Here’s what she wants you to know.
She has investigated allegations of sexual violence in war around the world. Here’s what she wants you to know.
“Once I started looking into it, I realized there’s pretty much no conflict where it doesn't happen,” said journalist Christina Lamb.
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Does anyone really think rape in war is a bigger problem than what is done to the soldiers? You are sending young men to be scared of dying at any point for months until they hopefully finally die. Or they get permanent injuries that prevent them from fighting. In any case, they will have severe psychological trauma at that point, so even if they survive the war otherwise unharmed, they will carry the ultimate punishment in their heads.
A soldier is basically dehumanised. Fighting to death is not a job. It's severe abuse. And what happens to people that get abused? They likely become abusers too. Sad for women that they are physically weaker and hence make a good target for a male soldier. But rape is not the root of the problem, it's a symptom.
Want wars without rape? Why not just vouch to end wars instead?
Of course war crimes against civilians are a problem in war. And yes all decent people think rape is a problem.
Sure. But first and foremost the problem is that innocent people get sent to death. Their reactions to that are just symptoms, and not the cause. And the cause is the real problem.
I'm anti-war.
But I don't accept the idea that we can't try to define and stop war crimes. It's not a binary between no war at all, versus "anything goes" raping women and children etc, committing genocide etc.
Abuse is okay if the abuser is also a victim? Wtf is this argument?
No. It's a double standard. You can't send people to death and then complain if they lose their moral compass on the way.
Sure you can, especially if they choose to be there.
He's not saying that and you should improve your reading comprehension.
It's not a competition of who has it worse.