Summary Of Sara Meger's Rape Of The Congo

In “Rape of the Congo: Understanding sexual violence in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sara Meger argues the function of sexual violence in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The use of rape as a weapon in the DRC’s war must be understood from the interaction of two dimensions: the structural influences of military and the individual motivation of combatants.
Masculinity is understood as something that must be achieved by one in order to fulfil social expectations of manhood. These expectations are constructed in such a way that the fulfilment of them is virtually an impossible task to the point that masculinity becomes inevitably associated with an ability and willingness to commit violence.
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