Comments on: In Earthquake’s Aftermath, Haiti Experiences Rise in Sexual Violence http://thecurvature.com/2010/03/11/in-earthquakes-aftermath-haiti-experiences-rise-in-sexual-violence/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: For Some Kenyan Women, Toilet Use Means Sexual Violence — The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2010/03/11/in-earthquakes-aftermath-haiti-experiences-rise-in-sexual-violence/#comment-19016 For Some Kenyan Women, Toilet Use Means Sexual Violence — The Curvature Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:56:45 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=7598#comment-19016 [...] As I similarity addressed previously with regards to Haiti, this isn’t an issue of what Kenyan men do when they lack proper toilet access — it’s an issue of what rapists do when they are presented with vulnerable women. Rapists always attack vulnerability, wherever they see it. Creating vulnerability where it need not be does indeed assist rapists, but humanely and properly removing obvious vulnerabilities doesn’t stop rape on its own. Some rapists will undoubtedly decide that it’s not worth the risk to rape, but others will just find a new vulnerability. [...] [...] As I similarity addressed previously with regards to Haiti, this isn’t an issue of what Kenyan men do when they lack proper toilet access — it’s an issue of what rapists do when they are presented with vulnerable women. Rapists always attack vulnerability, wherever they see it. Creating vulnerability where it need not be does indeed assist rapists, but humanely and properly removing obvious vulnerabilities doesn’t stop rape on its own. Some rapists will undoubtedly decide that it’s not worth the risk to rape, but others will just find a new vulnerability. [...]

]]> By: cleaner light http://thecurvature.com/2010/03/11/in-earthquakes-aftermath-haiti-experiences-rise-in-sexual-violence/#comment-16743 cleaner light Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:27:04 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=7598#comment-16743 "In order to abuse people, rapists first abuse circumstance. This story is not about what Haitians do in a time of crisis. This story is about what rapists do in a time of crisis." Thank you, again, for cutting through the crap. “In order to abuse people, rapists first abuse circumstance. This story is not about what Haitians do in a time of crisis. This story is about what rapists do in a time of crisis.”

Thank you, again, for cutting through the crap.

]]> By: Interesting posts, weekend of 3/13/10 « Feminists with Female Sexual Dysfunction http://thecurvature.com/2010/03/11/in-earthquakes-aftermath-haiti-experiences-rise-in-sexual-violence/#comment-16659 Interesting posts, weekend of 3/13/10 « Feminists with Female Sexual Dysfunction Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:08 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/?p=7598#comment-16659 [...] In Earthquake’s Aftermath, Haiti Experiences Rise in Sexual Violence – [Trigger warning] – Violence against already-vulnerable women increases after disasters, and the Haiti earthquake is no exception. [...] [...] In Earthquake’s Aftermath, Haiti Experiences Rise in Sexual Violence – [Trigger warning] – Violence against already-vulnerable women increases after disasters, and the Haiti earthquake is no exception. [...]

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