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2. Gift is just the latest victim of "corrective rape"

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 09:54 PM

Aug 2014

Last edited Mon Aug 18, 2014, 10:46 PM - Edit history (1)

This is an ongoing horror for lesbians in South Africa. For more on the subject of "corrective rape", follow these links:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/01/16/clare_carter_investigating_the_brutality_of_corrective_rape_in_south_africa.html
The Horror of “Corrective Rape” in South Africa
By David Rosenberg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/udoka-okafor/corrective-rape-in-south-africa_b_4292271.html
'Corrective' Rape in South Africa: Targeted Violence Against Homosexual Womyn
by Udoka Okafor

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/world/wus-sa-rapes/
Horror of South Africa's 'corrective rape'
By Nkepile Mabuse, CNN

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Young lesbian murdered in an act of "corrective rape" (S Africa) [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2014 OP

... historylovr Aug 2014 #1

Gift is just the latest victim of "corrective rape" theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #2

^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #4

Makes me want to throw up shenmue Aug 2014 #3

Me too. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #6

Absolutely disgusting. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #5

So kids play rape ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #7

Like you, the word "corrective" gives me fits! Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #8

The term was not created by the authors theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #9

That is just nauseating! Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #10

It's out of control in many African nations theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #12

I join you in your cynicism. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #13

Yes, I noticed. theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #15

I hear you, I have to censor myself too. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #17

We're never supposed to be insulted or outraged theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #19

The ponies...I remember the ponies. Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #20

That's the way I judge my recs. theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #21

More stats theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #14

"More than 10 lesbians are raped or gang-raped weekly" WEEKLY!?! Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #16

SA has one of the highest rates of violence against women in the world. theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #18

It's supposed to "correct" their sexual orientation theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #11