Within a mere three months in the year of 1994 in Rwanda, a staggering number of up to half a million women from the Tutsi minority tribal group were brutally raped as a form of ethnic cleansing by the majority Hutus. Unfortunately, the Rwandan Genocide is just one example among countless sexually violent events that take place during war. Sexual violence, which ranges from rape to compulsory prostitution, is used to achieve militaristic objectives. Armies find that sexual violence is a surprisingly efficient and prevalent military stratagem, yet fundamentally immoral, in which the physical, psychological, and societal repercussions dealt on the victims which outweigh any particular benefits. Clearly, sexual violence is not a by-product of war, rather it is a premeditated and militaristic combat tool. Cheaper than bullets, rape requires no weapons other than physical terror, which works as a low cost, high …show more content…
First of all, women are not even directly involved in the war. They aren’t the ones on the front line or whatsoever capable of inflicting damage on the opponent. Therefore, it is not logical or moralistic to make the innocent suffer for someone else’s actions. Secondly, the process and the reverberations are simply too traumatic for women, let alone any human being. The physical impairment, social exclusions, and psychological despair, are too excessive for them to bear and life thereon will be utter hopelessness. Simply put, it is a slow death. Lastly, women should be of utmost importance and value within any culture. This gender takes on the burden of supporting the men behind the curtains and the responsibility of raising our children, in other words, the next generation. Altogether, it is apparent that sexual violence is completely unjust and should be removed from every military’s