tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post5183932529427048547..comments2019-05-15T23:59:20.159-07:00Comments on Feminist Legal Theory: Rape as a weapon of war: the atrocities in GuineaLisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-750640685833395022009-10-21T10:01:45.331-07:002009-10-21T10:01:45.331-07:00The violence in Guinea was exceptionally horrific,...The violence in Guinea was exceptionally horrific, and I agree that many people in the United States who have not experienced sexual violence may feel secure that this would not happen in the United States. However, this incident was just as shocking and unanticipated to Guineans as it was to Americans. Many of the Guinean women who have been interviewed have said that nothing like this has happened before. According to an interview on NPR, “The people's refrain is ‘C'est du jamais vu’ — never before have we witnessed such acts.”<br /><br />One comment you made is that, “the U.S. military is very unlikely to commit mass rapes against American women.” Perhaps you are right that it is unlikely that the U.S. military would have committed a public massacre of this scale, but there have been numerous cover-ups, including the alleged “Halliburton rape” and the accounts of members of the U.S. military raping and sexual assaulting women in Iraq. The U.S. military may not have gone as far as the Guinean military, but they have been complicit in many horrendous crimes. Hopefully U.S. military policy will change before we witness such acts.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09135677152343486647noreply@blogger.com