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You'd be surprised. It is used as torture not for sexual gratification, a way to show dominance over the victim (as is often the case in "domestic"/"civilian" r
by rndgermandude 7y ago
You'd be surprised. It is used as torture not for sexual gratification, a way to show dominance over the victim (as is often the case in "domestic"/"civilian" rapes too). The rapist often isn't considered a "homo" either, as in some cultures only the male who is the "woman" i.e. on the receiving end is considered the deviant and the "weak". And, of course, you can rape somebody with objects.
E.g. in Afghanistan it is quite common for powerful males to keep around underage male sex slaves too, and that apparently is not considered "deviant homosexuality" either, even tho adult same-sex relationships are (in Afghanistan).
Then, there are male prisoners of war who get raped, where the perpetrator if found out would face consequences due to homophobia as you say, but who is going to believe a POW and what POW is going to speak up in the first place while still interned in some camp?
And there are plenty of reports from Africa where family members were forced to rape each other or be killed, as a very evil way of humiliation and torture. That of course did not just men dads had to rape daughter and sons had to rape moms, but sons had to rape dads, and so on.
- m0zg 7y agoAfghanistan, yes. They rape boys there quite frequently. My comment was very specific to Eastern Europe as it was in the 90s.
- rndgermandude 7y agoSo what makes you say these reports are "unbelievable" except your apparently very limited understanding of their culture?
- mmcclure 7y agoA story pretty central to the start of the Yugoslav war involved a Serbian man being raped by a glass bottle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Martinovi%C4%87_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Martinovi%C4%8...
- m0zg 7y agoNotably, that Wikipedia article doesn't contain the word "rape" even once.
- mattkrause 7y agoNor does it contain the word "horrifying", but I'd say the event described therein is both....