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...or, the offenders know this and understand the deep emotional scar that will be left by raping these men precisely because of their homophobia?

m0zg 7y ago
You don't understand. The very act of having sex with a man is so revolting to them, they would never do it. They do have prison male rape between inmates (same as the US), but that's about it. Remember: in a wartime situation like this, the perpetrators would have no shortage of targets of the opposite sex, and they do partake quite abundantly. A homophobe in particular is not going to rape a male in this situation, even if this inflicts an emotional scar. Africa and other places, I don't know. But I'm pretty sure this would not happen in Yugoslavia.
- fatboy 7y ago
  African countries are generally extremely homophobic too. Politicians in Uganda are currently trying to introduce a bill known as "kill the gays". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/ugandan-mps-press-for-death-penalty-for-homosexual-acts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/ugandan-mps-pr...
- doliveira 7y ago
  Making sense in your head isn't enough for a claim to be factual.
- tom_mellior 7y ago
  > The very act of having sex with a man is so revolting to them, they would never do it. As others have noted, the torture/humiliation angle might outweigh any other considerations. There's also the trope going around from time to time that the biggest homophobes are closeted gays, but I don't know to what extent that is junk science. > But I'm pretty sure this would not happen in Yugoslavia. Up until the year 1990 or so, the whole world would have said exactly this sentence when asked about the possibility of civil war, genocide, or mass murder or rape of civilians in Yugoslavia. And yet... I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of people alive right now in the former Yugoslavia who when asked would tell you that that murder and rape are wrong, yet who committed murder or rape during the war. They would probably try to explain that in wartime things are different, that you have to do them to avoid being ridiculed/punished/killed by your comrades, or that you get caught up in the moment or whatever. None of that means that they are innocent, of course. But in their own minds they can justify doing things that normally they would find revolting.
  - m0zg 7y ago
    >> Up until the year 1990 or so, the whole world would have said exactly this sentence when asked about the possibility of civil war, You don't know what you're talking about. The Balkans have been unstable for a very long time.
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m0zg 7y ago

You don't understand. The very act of having sex with a man is so revolting to them, they would never do it. They do have prison male rape between inmates (same as the US), but that's about it. Remember: in a wartime situation like this, the perpetrators would have no shortage of targets of the opposite sex, and they do partake quite abundantly. A homophobe in particular is not going to rape a male in this situation, even if this inflicts an emotional scar. Africa and other places, I don't know. But I'm pretty sure this would not happen in Yugoslavia.

fatboy 7y ago
African countries are generally extremely homophobic too. Politicians in Uganda are currently trying to introduce a bill known as "kill the gays". https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/ugandan-mps-press-for-death-penalty-for-homosexual-acts https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/15/ugandan-mps-pr...
doliveira 7y ago
Making sense in your head isn't enough for a claim to be factual.
tom_mellior 7y ago
> The very act of having sex with a man is so revolting to them, they would never do it. As others have noted, the torture/humiliation angle might outweigh any other considerations. There's also the trope going around from time to time that the biggest homophobes are closeted gays, but I don't know to what extent that is junk science. > But I'm pretty sure this would not happen in Yugoslavia. Up until the year 1990 or so, the whole world would have said exactly this sentence when asked about the possibility of civil war, genocide, or mass murder or rape of civilians in Yugoslavia. And yet... I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of people alive right now in the former Yugoslavia who when asked would tell you that that murder and rape are wrong, yet who committed murder or rape during the war. They would probably try to explain that in wartime things are different, that you have to do them to avoid being ridiculed/punished/killed by your comrades, or that you get caught up in the moment or whatever. None of that means that they are innocent, of course. But in their own minds they can justify doing things that normally they would find revolting.
- m0zg 7y ago
  >> Up until the year 1990 or so, the whole world would have said exactly this sentence when asked about the possibility of civil war, You don't know what you're talking about. The Balkans have been unstable for a very long time.
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