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Corrective Rape - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 11th Dec, 2009 - 4:11pm
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Corrective Rape
This is absolutely sickening, my heart goes out to the victims of this horrendous acts. I hope something is put in place to avoid these type of crimes!
QUOTE Lesbians in South Africa are being dragged off the street and raped in an effort to "correct" them, Sky News reports.
Sky News has found evidence of widespread abuse against the lesbian community - resulting in a new trend of so-called "corrective rape".
In the the township of Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town, Sky spoke to a group of women who said they live in fear of their lives. All of them said they know someone who has been violently dragged off the streets and raped because they had come out as a lesbian.
Funeka Solidaat said she had been attacked on two occasions - and on the second time she was raped.
She said the men covered their faces with balaclavas and that she had been repeatedly threatened with rape in the township.
Funeka believed it was only a matter of time before it happened - and then it did.
But what shocked her even more, she said, was the attitude of the police. She was made to feel like "a laughing stock" when she reported the crime. Officers didn't bother to finish taking a statement from her, she said...
Sky News has found evidence of widespread abuse against the lesbian community - resulting in a new trend of so-called "corrective rape".
In the the township of Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town, Sky spoke to a group of women who said they live in fear of their lives. All of them said they know someone who has been violently dragged off the streets and raped because they had come out as a lesbian.
Funeka Solidaat said she had been attacked on two occasions - and on the second time she was raped.
She said the men covered their faces with balaclavas and that she had been repeatedly threatened with rape in the township.
Funeka believed it was only a matter of time before it happened - and then it did.
But what shocked her even more, she said, was the attitude of the police. She was made to feel like "a laughing stock" when she reported the crime. Officers didn't bother to finish taking a statement from her, she said...
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Post Date: 11th Dec, 2009 - 4:11pm / Post ID: #
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It is the police who are allowing this to happen if they will not even take a statement. As long as the police turn a blind eye these type of attacks will continue. It is my belief that there needs to be a force of individuals who will help protect these ladies from these predators. I hope that someone on the police force gets wise and helps these ladies instead of laughing at the crime of rape.
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