Five to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 10 months agoRussian troops raped women as old as 83 while their families were forced to listenwww.businessinsider.nlexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down13cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-square@glimpseintotheshit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink32•10 months agoDoesn’t make it any better but rape was always a part of pretty much any war in human history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartime_sexual_violence I think it’s just that we hear a lot more about individual cases in the social media age, but correct me if i’m wrong…
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilink18•10 months agoIt might just be the last 150 years that humans have tried to sanitize war but the behavior of Russia is notably awful even by medieval standards.
minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink7•10 months agoHistorically war basically consisted of everyone getting together in a big field and having a large fight. People who lived all of half a mile away could just get on with their lives as long as they didn’t go near the war field.
Doesn’t make it any better but rape was always a part of pretty much any war in human history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartime_sexual_violence
I think it’s just that we hear a lot more about individual cases in the social media age, but correct me if i’m wrong…
It might just be the last 150 years that humans have tried to sanitize war but the behavior of Russia is notably awful even by medieval standards.
Historically war basically consisted of everyone getting together in a big field and having a large fight. People who lived all of half a mile away could just get on with their lives as long as they didn’t go near the war field.