"According to a report prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross, titled 'Women and War' and based on two years of research from 1998 to 1999, approximately 80 percent of war victims are women and children. This is mainly because military conflicts now more commonly engulf towns and cities instead of only frontline areas.
There are many in this world for whom the ravages of war - including arson, looting, murder and rape -- are a way of life. These people have known little else than war all their lives, like their parents before them and their children (if they survive) after them. These generations of war face atrocities on a daily basis, and most of these go unnoticed by the rest of the world.
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While rape can be used to brutalize both sexes, it is usually committed against women during wartime -- males are usually killed or captured. Ongoing conflicts in many countries, including Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo, have victims of war rapes running into the thousands.
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Rape is a more effective weapon of war than killing. Many victims say they would prefer death over life after being raped." [emphasis mine]
Read the whole article if you have the stomach for it.
I'm cross-posting this every damned place I can because I'm sick of people telling me that war affects men and women equally.
80% Women and Children. Only one in five is a man. War is a Woman's issue. Women's Rights Are Human Rights.
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