Rape of the Congo: Understanding sexual violence in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Rape of the Congo: Understanding sexual violence in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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DOI：
10.1080/02589001003736728
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Meger, Sara
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作者：
Meger, Sara
虽然在战争中发生强奸绝不是历史上的新鲜事，但对其原因和功能的研究只是在过去几十年才真正开始的。考虑到背景和参与者的不同，战争强奸是一种很难概括的现象。然而，本文试图通过对一个案例研究的分析来综合现有文献，以加强我们对强奸作为一种战争武器的理解，以及促进其使用的背景条件。将这一理论框架应用于刚果(金)发生的极端战争强奸事件，本文有助于理解性暴力在刚果民主共和国持续冲突中的作用。特别是，这篇文章认为，在刚果的血腥战争中使用强奸作为武器，必须与塑造该国大部分历史的男子气概的社会结构和剥削政治相联系。
Though the occurrence of rape in the conduct of war is by no means historically new, research into its causes and functions has only really begun in the past couple of decades. War rape is a difficult phenomenon about which to generalise, considering the variances in context and actors involved. This article, however, attempts to synthesise existing literature through the analysis of a case study that can enhance our understanding of rape as a weapon of war and the contextual conditions that facilitate its use. Applying this theoretical framework to the extreme war rape occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this article offers insight into understanding the function of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in the DRC. In particular, this article argues that the use of rape as a weapon in the Congo's bloody war must be understood in relation to both social constructs of masculinity and the politics of exploitation that have shaped much of the country's history.