South Africa gangs using rape to 'cure' lesbians

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March 13, 2009, 09:32:59 PM
Awful :(

QuoteSouth Africa gangs using rape to 'cure' lesbians
Gay support group cites 10 new cases of 'corrective rape' a week in one city.

Reuters
updated 10:53 a.m. ET, Fri., March. 13, 2009

JOHANNESBURG - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said Friday.

NGO ActionAid said in a report titled "Hate Crimes: the rise of corrective rape in South Africa" lesbians were increasingly at risk of rape, particularly in South African townships where homosexuality is largely taboo.

South Africa has one of the world's most progressive constitutions and became the first country in Africa to allow gay marriage in 2006, but homosexuality is still widely frowned upon and same-sex unions are often decried as "un-African."
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The brutal rape and murder last year of female soccer player Eudy Simelane, a lesbian, threw a spotlight on homophobic violence, particularly toward women.

"We get insults every day, beatings if we walk alone, you are constantly reminded that you deserve to be raped," ActionAid quoted one lesbian as saying. "They yell, 'if I rape you then you will go straight, you will buy skirts and start to cook because you will have learnt how to be a real woman'."

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One lesbian and gay support group told ActionAid it was dealing with 10 new cases of lesbians being targeted for what it called "corrective rape" every week in Cape Town alone.

Thirty one lesbians have been reported murdered in homophobic attacks since 1998, but support groups say the actual number is probably much higher because crimes on the basis of sexual orientation are not recognized in the South African criminal justice system, ActionAid said.

Of the 31 cases, only two cases were brought to South African courts and there has been only one conviction. South Africa has one of the world highest rates of rape but activists say very few cases end in conviction, and women's groups say police and the justice system have failed to tackle the problem.

ActionAid estimates there are 500,000 rapes in South Africa every year.

It said the police were particularly reluctant to investigate crimes against lesbians and said support for survivors was inadequate.

Copyright 2009 Reuters.
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Neil

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March 13, 2009, 09:48:56 PM
Rape is the answer to everything in Africa.  AIDS, homosexuality, vampires, ethnic strife.
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derspiess

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March 13, 2009, 09:58:23 PM
Good thing it isn't happening in the US-- otherwise it would incur Marty's wrath.
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Neil

#3
March 13, 2009, 09:59:58 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2009, 09:58:23 PM
Good thing it isn't happening in the US-- otherwise it would incur Marty's wrath.
Yeah right.  Marty is a male pseudogay with issues.  He hates lesbians even more than he hates heterosexuals.
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March 13, 2009, 10:28:51 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 13, 2009, 09:48:56 PM
Rape is the answer to everything in Africa.  AIDS, homosexuality, vampires, ethnic strife.


Don't forget penis theft.
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#5
March 13, 2009, 10:33:55 PM
How awful.

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derspiess

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March 13, 2009, 10:49:08 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 13, 2009, 09:59:58 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2009, 09:58:23 PM
Good thing it isn't happening in the US-- otherwise it would incur Marty's wrath.
Yeah right.  Marty is a male pseudogay with issues.  He hates lesbians even more than he hates heterosexuals.

You're forgetting how anti-American he is, though.
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Queequeg

#7
March 13, 2009, 11:27:56 PM
Cure people of their fear of penises and love of vaginas by traumatizing them for life with the traumatic, violent insertion of a penis?

What the fuck are these people, fucking retarded in addition to evil?
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March 13, 2009, 11:34:39 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 13, 2009, 11:27:56 PM
Cure people of their fear of penises and love of vaginas by traumatizing them for life with the traumatic, violent insertion of a penis?

What the fuck are these people, fucking retarded in addition to evil?

Considering that many here think lesbians originate from women who have bad experiences with men, it was bound to happen that elsewhere, someone would think the opposite.
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March 14, 2009, 01:49:35 AM
Quote from: Neil on March 13, 2009, 09:48:56 PM
Rape is the answer to everything in Africa.  AIDS, homosexuality, vampires, ethnic strife.

When all you have is a hammer everything starts to look like nail.
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Syt

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March 14, 2009, 02:36:09 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 14, 2009, 02:17:24 AM
What's the success rate?

Yeah. I say we fund a study of the SA government to investigate the medical efficiency of this treatment. Might be a good tie-in study for Pfizer.
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March 14, 2009, 03:07:50 AM
Quote from: neil
Rape is the answer to everything in Africa.  AIDS, homosexuality, vampires, ethnic strife.

aye, but when European powers come and rape their continent -basically following the local custom about rape- they're called imperialists and colonialists.  ::)

Syt

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March 14, 2009, 03:11:41 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on March 14, 2009, 03:07:50 AM
Quote from: neil
Rape is the answer to everything in Africa.  AIDS, homosexuality, vampires, ethnic strife.

aye, but when European powers come and rape their continent -basically following the local custom about rape- they're called imperialists and colonialists.  ::)

Obviously we didn't rape them in the way they felt comfortable. :(
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March 14, 2009, 03:37:29 AM
I would call for nuking Africa but the warheads are worth more than the entire continent. Seems so wasteful.
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