"Corrective" rape

[InmaculadaConcepcion]

This is one of the most overtly woman-hating aspects of patriarchal culture I've seen, IMO.

To use "re-education" of a lesbian child as justification for her rape.

Article here

While it might be easy for some to dismiss is at being a South African phenomenon, I suspect it is much more widespread.

This blog which publishes victims' accounts of rape includes an account by a lesbian of her rape by someone who IIRC was well aware of her sexuality. Reading between the lines (and possibly making huge assumption) I got the feeling that the rapist had a "corrective" thing going on in his head (among other things, no doubt)

The victim in question was not South African or in Africa at the time. This happened in a "western" culture.

And what about the term itself? "Corrective" rape FFS?

"Hate" rape, maybe? "Homophobic" rape?

[SardineQueen]

I'm afraid I don't even want to read the article, I'm not feeling up to it.

I have heard of this happening outside SA, there was a quite high profile case in the UK a few years back IIRC.

I would imagine in their heads it's not correction as much as punishment, for not liking men. Obviously no-one should be allowed to get away with that.