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"why it was a good idea to single women out as rape victims, without presenting anything more about their lives or identities. (Sad that you still live in poverty? Depressed because your whole family was murdered? Sorry, this exhibition is vaginas-only!)
...Because right now, I see basically the same thing: women whose presentation to me starts and ends with the sexual trauma inflicted on them.I know, I know. It will "raise awareness." And that's important, because the Rwandan genocide is totally a secret."
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I don't think there is enough awareness of how rape is used and committed during war; it's something that there is a certain amount of silence around. And there definitely hasn't been a lot of talk about the children born from such atrocities.
Also, I really don't like the tone of that last line, because I'm pretty fucking sure most people couldn't tell you much more about the Rwandan genocide than "Uh...I know there was a Rwandan genocide..."
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(I don't know why I am replying to you, because I have to say in response to your comment is "word")
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I don't know -- that post and some of the comments that followed it felt as though those people do not think that those who have been raped should speak about their experiences, but to me, that is a very harmful attitude to have. That is why so many rapes, even in our own country, go unreported -- there is still so much shame on the part of the person who was raped, when really it should be the rapist who should feel shame.
I also really take issue with the sarcasm around raising awareness. Obviously, we need our awareness raised because this sort of thing continues to go on in the world.
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Africa is a continent absolutely ravaged by warfare, crime and violence. Women usually are those to suffer the most. As someone else on here already said, people are still shooting each other in the Congo. People are being murdered and raped in masses in Darfur. There MUST be awareness raised; fact is, people react to the soulful eyes of those who have lost the most. We westerners take for granted that we mostly live in peace and there is at least the chance of justice being served to those who rape and murder. The world watched as the Hutu slaughtered the Tutsi in Rwanda, just as they watch the massacres in Darfur.
You can't tell me awareness should not be raised to this by consenting women.
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I mean, yes, it's causing a lot of problems for aid workers, but I think holding the highest leader accountable for atrocities like these, committed by people he invited in, is a tremendous step in the right direction.
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When they first came out with the charges, I thought, 'yeah, blah blah, it'll just be a generic "crimes against humanity"-thing' and then it was all murder, pillaging, rape, displacement of local populations WTFZOMG?!
I do hope that some time, some day, the ICC will get their hands on Al-Bashir, and can try and convict him, and then MAYBE leaders will know that what they do has consequences other than other leaders going "you've been a bad boy".
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The picture the editors picked is particularly gut-wrenching: The child you see in the back is the result of the mother's rape. She can't bond with the girl. While she does not abuse the girl, she cannot feel anything but contempt for the child and is apparently very much attached to her other daughter, whom she is holding in the photograph.
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it's not a competition between Ashley and Angelina, people. Both are awesome.
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As for the issue of Goma, it is true that there are horrible forms of gender based violence going on and that inequality fuels a lot of it. That being said it is not like men are any less victims of atrocities. It is a political problem that needs a political solution, and is fueled by resource theft in mineral rich Congo. There are multinational corporate interests at play here as well as regional and border conflicts. The humanitarian work is barely a band aid.
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On the other hand, scenarios like the situation in Congo may belie that claim.
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[newsite.vday.org]
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I sometimes feel so powerless when I hear about these horrors. I know it is not much, but at least I can give money to those who can directly impact these women's lives.
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Any one who would call her a "voyeur" is really an insensitive asshole. I really hope no one would go to the Congo to just look around, I hope that if they did go they would also see how horrible it is and try to help, like the beautiful Ms. Ashley Judd is.
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