Women As Wartime Rapists: Beyond Sensation And Stereotyping (perspectives On Political Violence)
by Laura Sjoberg /
2016 / English / EPUB
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Very few women are wartime rapists. Very few women issue commands
to commit sexual violence. Very few women play a role in making war
plans that feature the intentional sexual violation of other women.
This book is about those very few women.
Very few women are wartime rapists. Very few women issue commands
to commit sexual violence. Very few women play a role in making war
plans that feature the intentional sexual violation of other women.
This book is about those very few women.Women as Wartime
Rapists
Women as Wartime
Rapists reveals the stories of female perpetrators of sexual
violence and their place in wartime conflict, legal policy, and the
punishment of sexual violence. More broadly, Laura Sjoberg asks,
what do the actions and perceptions of female perpetrators of
sexual violence reveal about our broader conceptions of war,
violence, sexual assault, and gender?
reveals the stories of female perpetrators of sexual
violence and their place in wartime conflict, legal policy, and the
punishment of sexual violence. More broadly, Laura Sjoberg asks,
what do the actions and perceptions of female perpetrators of
sexual violence reveal about our broader conceptions of war,
violence, sexual assault, and gender?
This book explores specific historical case studies, such as Nazi
Germany, Serbia, the contemporary case of ISIS, and others, to
understand how and why women participate in rape during war and
conflict. Sjoberg examines the contrast between the visibility of
female victims and the invisibility of female perpetrators, as well
as the distinction between rape and genocidal rape, which is used
as a weapon against a particular ethnic or national group. Further,
she explores women’s engagement with genocidal rape and how some
orchestrated the ethnic cleansing of entire regions. A provocative
approach to a sensationalized topic,
This book explores specific historical case studies, such as Nazi
Germany, Serbia, the contemporary case of ISIS, and others, to
understand how and why women participate in rape during war and
conflict. Sjoberg examines the contrast between the visibility of
female victims and the invisibility of female perpetrators, as well
as the distinction between rape and genocidal rape, which is used
as a weapon against a particular ethnic or national group. Further,
she explores women’s engagement with genocidal rape and how some
orchestrated the ethnic cleansing of entire regions. A provocative
approach to a sensationalized topic,Women as Wartime
Rapists
Women as Wartime
Rapists offers important insights into not only the topic of
female perpetrators of wartime sexual violence, but to larger
notions of gender and violence with crucial cultural, legal, and
political implications.
offers important insights into not only the topic of
female perpetrators of wartime sexual violence, but to larger
notions of gender and violence with crucial cultural, legal, and
political implications.