Rape in Africa

[Astor]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110512/.../af_congo_rape

In Congo

DAKAR, Senegal – The African nation of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. A new study released Wednesday shows that it's even worse than previously thought: 1,152 women are raped every day, a rate equal to 48 per hour.

In South Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_...n_South_Africa

More than 25% of a sample of 1,738 South African men from the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces admitted when anonymously questioned to raping someone; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than one person, according to a non-peer reviewed policy brief issued by the Medical Research Council (MRC) [3]. Several news publications extrapolated these results to the rest of the South African population.[4][5] [6] Nearly three out of four who admitted rape stated they had first forced a woman or girl into sex before the age of 20, and nearly one in ten admitted doing so before the age of 10.[3]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/258446.stm

One in three of the 4,000 women questioned by CIET Africa, non-governmental organisation, said they had been raped in the past year.
n a related survey conducted among 1,500 schoolchildren in the Soweto township, a quarter of all the boys interviewed said that 'jackrolling' - a South African term for recreational gang rape - was fun. More than half the interviewees insisted that when a girl says no to sex she really means yes.

What the is wrong with these places?

[PointOfViewGun]

What the is wrong with that place?

Islam. Shocker right?

[Dr Zoidberg]

Islam. Shocker right?

Yeah, pity Christianity is the majority religion.

Christianity is the majority religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, followed by about 90% of the population. Denominations include Roman Catholic 55% and Protestant (including Kimbanguism) 35%. Animism accounts for 2.4%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra...Congo#Religion

EDIT: Ah, you were being sarcastic.

[PointOfViewGun]

Yeah, pity Christianity is the majority religion. Got anything else to pull out of your arse?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra...Congo#Religion

Haven't you been around this forum enough to realize that I'm being sarcastic?

EDIT: Ah, you were being sarcastic.

Bazinga!

[MathiasOfAthens]

Islam. Shocker right?

No it doesnt.... however rape is for some reason common in the african culture within some countries.

[Menelik_I]

No it doesnt.... however rape is for some reason common in the african culture within some countries.

What aspect of the culture please

You are implying that rape is somewhat an acceptable cultural tendency ... please provide proof.

[MathiasOfAthens]

What aspect of the culture please

You are implying that rape is somewhat an acceptable cultural tendency ... please provide proof.

Sorry I didnt mean to say it was an acceptable cultural tendency.

Africa countries are so barbaric! I just dunt believe that the very first humnan came from that world.

Nobody asked you for you twisted view of human evolution... fact is, based on current evidence, our ancestors many many years ago originated from Africa.

[Menelik_I]

Claiming that rape is part of African culture because of Congo situation is as dumb as claiming that Russian are culturally pro-rape because of the Berlin raping spree in WW-2.

Rapes are nowhere cultural acceptable, the problem is that in the Northwest part of Congo the civil society is broken down by years of civil war and these bands of armed brigands, which are the rapists, can go on their rampage without much opposition. It is much a question of chaos and lawlessness.

Sorry I didnt mean to say it was an acceptable cultural tendency.

I was overreacting, no problem.

[MathiasOfAthens]

Claiming that rape is part of African culture because of Congo situation is as dumb as claiming that Russian are culturally pro-rape because of the Berlin raping spree in WW-2.

Rapes are nowhere cultural acceptable, the problem is that in the Northwest part of Congo the civil society is broken down by years of civil war and these bands of armed brigands, which are the rapists, can go on their rampage without much opposition. It is much a question of chaos and lawlessness.

And that explains why it is common. I knew rape had to do with attacking your enemy and rape is humiliating. Obviously, I would never say rape is indigent to African peoples genes or culture, thats just racist and stupid.

[Visna]

I think it is possible in Congo ... especially the last device

Just to clarify these rapes happen in the war ridden part of the country, not generally in other parts of Congo like the main cities of Kinshasa, Lumbumbashi and Kikwit

This would work too

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The first one is only removable through surgery and if left untreated or, even worse, removed through, errr, nonsurgical means it's potentially fatal.
With the second one I imagine bloodloss could quickly become an issue.
He's not supposed to die from the experience, and I may be wrong here, Congo is not exactly my area of expertise, but proper surgery is hard to come by in the wartorn parts of the country, non?
And if raped by a band of marauding soldiers mutilating one without having the time or ability to escape would seem like it would only accomplish a quick death.

Africa countries are so barbaric! I just dunt believe that the very first humnan came from that world.

Two wrong beliefs all wrapped up in a single two sentence post. That's pretty impressive in it's own bizarre and twisted way.

[Menelik_I]

He's not supposed to die from the experience, and I may be wrong here, Congo is not exactly my area of expertise, but proper surgery is hard to come by in the wartorn parts of the country, non?

Yes, some 6 hours by car at least due to poor road conditions ... at least the er will get a long agony.

And that explains why it is common. I knew rape had to do with attacking your enemy and rape is humiliating.

You are right.

[Dalarna3]

Islam. Shocker right?

South Africa isn't Islamic, bro.

[Axeman]

Islam. Shocker right?

Of those 3 countries none of them have a muslim majority or even significant population to make this the problem of only a minority.

[Angrychris]

islam promotes rape?

[Astor]

Where the did I say Islam?

[PointOfViewGun]

Where the did I say Islam?

It's hip these days; defaulting to blaming Islam for no apparent reason.

Also, all those Christians in Congo are actually secretly Muslims. That's the only logical conclusion. Can't you see it? Stop being such a Muslim apologist!

[Menelik_I]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110512/.../af_congo_rape

What the is wrong with that place?

The Eastern part of the country is victim of the combined plague of Mai-Mai militias, Hutus militias, Lord Liberation Army (these are nutjobs) and the corrupt incompetent Congolese army.

The country is so big that the Capital and second city are so far removed from the front that the government don't care, hence the chaos in which these rapes are happening.

Islam. Shocker right?

There are some Congolese conspiracy theories about the president being born in Kenya ... Kenya is full of Muslims ... you are not far away from the lead there.

[Babur]

There are some Congolese conspiracy theories about the president being born in Kenya ... Kenya is full of Muslims ... you are not far away from the lead there.

They have birthers in the DRC?

[Menelik_I]

They have birthers in the DRC?

Insanity is universal

They say the present President is not Congolese and almost everyone has a conspiracy about how they are born somewhere else, from Ministers to all leaders of the opposition.

[Babur]

Insanity is universal

They say the present President is not Congolese and almost everyone has a conspiracy about how they are born somewhere else, from Ministers to all leaders of the opposition.

so they will ask for his birth certificate?