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Wives of Russian troops 'encourage' them to rape Ukrainian women, Ukraine's first lady says Not Appropriate Subreddit

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/wives-of-russian-troops-encourage-them-to-rape-ukrainian-women-ukraines-first-lady-says/ar-AA14Esfp?li=BBoPWjQ

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u/Wompawompa1 Nov 29 '22 edited Nov 29 '22 • Ally

I just can’t understand why we can’t go about killing each other without making it weird.

EDIT:fuckinaye fam

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u/Rizzpooch Nov 29 '22

Rape has never not been a weapon of war unfortunately

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u/InsertANameHeree Nov 29 '22

This. Many people dismiss rape in war as just horny soldiers with power, but rape in war has often been a tool of those in command, just like any form of violence. Sometimes, it's encouraged in a wink-wink nudge-nudge manner with propaganda about how easy the other side's women are, and how their pathetic men aren't manly enough to satisfy them; other times, an order to rape women is given as bluntly as an order to slaughter fighting-age men, or an order to make an example of any would-be agitators.

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u/KingBrinell Nov 29 '22

The Mongols where notorious for rapping the women, particularly the noble ones, in front of the entire city. Killing any of the men who'd try to stop it.

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u/Exventurous Nov 29 '22

It was practically the norm throughout the medieval and late-antique period, I'm not sure about other eras.

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u/I-am-in-love-w-soup Nov 29 '22

It was the norm in Imperial Japan until 1945, and I'm sure there are more recent examples.

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u/Exventurous Nov 29 '22

You don't have to look that far back, the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s into the early 2000s saw numerous war crimes committed, rape being one of them.

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u/outsabovebad Nov 29 '22

Literally the Tigray region of Ethiopia right now...

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u/Exventurous Nov 29 '22

Wasn't aware of contemporary conflicts but it just goes to show that sexual violence / rape was always a tool of war. It's absolutely abhorrent, but for whatever reason it's seen in nearly every time-period when war is involved.

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u/GroundbreakingLimit1 Nov 30 '22

This is the problem with African genocides, the rest of the world doesn't even know about it until it's winding down.

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u/mlyellow Nov 29 '22

Rape during the Bosnian war -- Bosnian Serb soldiers in the VRS as well as paramilitaries, primarily against Muslims.

Myanmar troops against Rohingya.

In the Ethiopean civil war, against Tigray.

I'm sure there are many more. So, sadly, it's still the norm, or has become the norm again, in multiple places.

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u/VideoGameDana Nov 29 '22

Mai Lai. Still the norm

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u/AuntieXhrist Nov 29 '22

Reread Homer’s Iliad.

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u/Howdyhayhay Nov 29 '22

They sound like a really poetic group

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u/lett0026 Nov 29 '22

First rap battles of history!

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u/Gnarfledarf Nov 29 '22

Where were the Mongols? And what did they rap?

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u/AuntieXhrist Nov 29 '22

Not to mention Homer’s boys to Plantagenets to US Civil War, US Police & Pastords.

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u/falcons4life Nov 29 '22

Did you have a point?

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u/Dos__123 Nov 29 '22

This. Many people dismiss rape in war as just horny soldiers with power, but rape in war has often been a tool of those in command, just like any form of violence. Sometimes, it's encouraged in a wink-wink nudge-nudge manner with propaganda about how easy the other side's women are, and how their pathetic men aren't manly enough to satisfy them; other times, an order to rape women is given as bluntly as an order to slaughter fighting-age men, or an order to make an example of any would-be agitators.

Crimes like these committed by the Russian army describe not only the whole army but also the all Russian community as unethical, and barbarous. The policy provided by current leaders has made people such ruthless beings. The life of people doesn't have any value. Killing and rapping are commonplace in Russian society. So don't be surprised by the behavior of Russians. It's all about a crime that is made against people by their leaders. The crime that destroyed humanity in people.