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A United Nations official claimed on Friday that Russian soldiers are being supplied with Viagra to rape Ukrainian women and "dehumanize" them, AFP News Agency reported.
According to Pramila Patten, the UN's special representative on sexual violence in conflict, it is a "deliberate tactic" and part of a "military strategy."
"When women are held for days and raped, when you start to rape little boys and men, when you see a series of genital mutilations, when you hear women testify about Russian soldiers equipped with Viagra, it's clearly a military strategy," Patten told AFP, per France 24.
"And when the victims report what was said during the rapes, it is clearly a deliberate tactic to dehumanize the victim," Patten continued.
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bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Maraya1969
(22,482 posts)that is supplying the Viagra.
nycbos
(6,034 posts)Disgusting
Hekate
(90,708 posts)Disgusting
nycbos
(6,034 posts)There's a quote by Winston Churchill that comes to mind when discussing this issue. "Nations that tamely surrender or finish. Nations that go down fighting rise again."
purr-rat beauty
(543 posts)the russian thugs are the ones who are dehumanized - not an ounce of humanity in them.
MLAA
(17,296 posts)2naSalit
(86,643 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)These ruskies should be buried in shallow graves and forgotten for their inhumanity
PCIntern
(25,553 posts)Nothing new under the Sun except for the prescriptions. Horrifying.
Scrivener7
(50,950 posts)niyad
(113,323 posts)Calculating
(2,955 posts)How the heck do you make peace with this level of evil?
nilram
(2,888 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)a lot of gop, especially the incels, want to bring this here. They will claim they need to replenish the "white race: as penance for Roe V wade.
Warpy
(111,267 posts)In pictures of Russian encampments, I've seen lots of alcohol bottles and packages of antihistamines, something that sounds like a pretty vomitous combination to me.
These are mostly young males and they don't need Viagra, which would only drop their blood pressure on top of everything else.
Rape has always been a weapon of war. It's one reason predatory young men love the idea of war.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Warpy
(111,267 posts)They don't need it.
There is ample evidence of sexually motivated sadism from Russian troops. They don't need drugs.
Viagra doesn't do what you seem to think it does.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Viagra is being used for a reason.
It costs $2 a pill.
I won't get more clinically graphic but the purpose of the Viagra is to increase the weaponization of the penis.
Warpy
(111,267 posts)That's called priapism and requires emergency treatment you really don't want to know about.
Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)I think the alcohol and antihistamines are being used to counter the side effects of Viagra.
localroger
(3,626 posts)It creates the opportunity to have sex eight, ten, twenty times in a single session without relaxation. A young man doesn't "need" it but it creates a different set of opportunities which are useful if you are using rape as a weapon of terror.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)That's a pro-Putin talking point, period. There is no "middle ground" when this type of behavior is on one end of the spectrum.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)Generic viagra is $2 a pill according to online prices I just checked.
I think bullets are cheaper.
niyad
(113,323 posts)company that the F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR** (and jared?) own stock in.
localroger
(3,626 posts)Sildenafil is a well-understood molecule and you can get it from automated Chinese labs, similar to the way synthetic opioids and hallucinogens are sourced, for about $800 per kilogram as I have heard. For healthy young men who only need a 50 mg dose to become sexual superman, that's about a nickel per dose.
niyad
(113,323 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,005 posts)Russia is famous for one of the most brutal armies on Earth. The people of Russia should be ashamed of their soldiers and their leaders.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)And the world watches. That makes me even sicker
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)I guess too many passed out before they had completely raped everyone two or three times. Castration should be used on these monsters.
Jarqui
(10,126 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,192 posts)Look up the term "dedovschina." It's essentially extreme hazing in the Russian military, but goes so far as to include torture and sexual violence against new recruits. Some were tortured to death by senior troops. Others were raped. Some were so traumatized by the abuse they endured that they snapped and went on a killing spree. This has been going on for decades.
Of course, if they're willing and able to do such horrific things to their own comrades in arms, is it any wonder that they do such things, and worse, to others?