Study challenges assumptions on wartime sexual violence

[4th law of robotics]

9. Apparently this ruffled some feathers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125511831

New York—No, wartime rape is not decreasing, and no, it is not suddenly a figment of our imagination.

Aha! The initial study must be wrong. Let's see what errors in the report they point out.

WMC’s Women Under Siege project is clearing up common misconceptions about rape in war and getting to the heart of what this report is—and isn’t—saying. In “Rape in war: Are we getting it wrong?” Director Lauren Wolfe argues that the media must tread very carefully when covering these findings.

Yeah, shit is about to get real! Tear that misogynistic study a new one!

“By refuting claims that rape in war is increasing and stating that the media is focusing too much on extreme cases, the authors run the risk of appearing to downplay the problem,” Wolfe says. “With up to 500,000 women raped in Rwanda’s conflict alone, we’re not in a position to undercut what happens to women in war. This is a call to arms for us to recognize that we must look closely at what is happening to women on the ground so we can better understand it.”

Ha take that . . . . er wait.

“I worry that victims in future conflicts will not attract the resources they need if there is an expectation that nearly every woman in a country must be raped before policymakers will focus their attention there,” Cohen says.

Huh.

So it's true. But it's still wrong because they don't like the conclusions.

Well there you go. Anything that doesn't support the mantra is a lie, even if it's true.

Just like pointing out that men also get raped or suffer DV is a lie because that means that women aren't the only victims. Even if you can cite thousands of studies to back up those claims.

/some people have a lot tied up in being not just being the victims, but being the *only* recognized victims.
//it's excusable when children believe closing their eyes and covering their ears can make things they don't like disappear. Less so when adults do it.