http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:55:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html#comment-6601 kameelah Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:54:45 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html#comment-6601 it is interesting how rape becomes a country specific problem rather than a global problem. forced penetration knows no borders or boundaries, so why should country leaders, and organizations artificially demarcate boundaries of involvement. the situation is sickening and i think there is a need for rape to not only be categorized as sexual violence and abuse, to an act of war against women. as audre lorde said 'rape is not aggressive sexuality, it is sexualized aggression.' rape has become a form of conquest and silencing. in reading the graphic narrative, and listening to the loud silence of stories untold...i am disgusted with the idea that anyone could simply say 'this is not our problem.' this goes to the heart of failing to realizing the intersectionality of oppressions and machineries of subjugation. there is not one problem on the african continent that south africa can say is "country x's own problem." even if south africa does not see it now, their failure of intervention makes them complicit. it is interesting how rape becomes a country specific problem rather than a global problem. forced penetration knows no borders or boundaries, so why should country leaders, and organizations artificially demarcate boundaries of involvement. the situation is sickening and i think there is a need for rape to not only be categorized as sexual violence and abuse, to an act of war against women. as audre lorde said ‘rape is not aggressive sexuality, it is sexualized aggression.’ rape has become a form of conquest and silencing. in reading the graphic narrative, and listening to the loud silence of stories untold…i am disgusted with the idea that anyone could simply say ‘this is not our problem.’ this goes to the heart of failing to realizing the intersectionality of oppressions and machineries of subjugation. there is not one problem on the african continent that south africa can say is “country x’s own problem.” even if south africa does not see it now, their failure of intervention makes them complicit.

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html#comment-6598 Sokari Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:19:00 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html#comment-6598 Kym@ missed that side of story which makes it even more ironic! Kym@ missed that side of story which makes it even more ironic!

]]> http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html#comment-6593 Kym Platt Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:25:07 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/01/asylum_and_sexual_violence_in_sa.html#comment-6593 Women from Zimbabwe seeking asylum in a country that turns a blind eye to the sexual brutalization of its own female citizens is...really sad. Women from Zimbabwe seeking asylum in a country that turns a blind eye to the sexual brutalization of its own female citizens is…really sad.

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