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by 3523582908 722 days ago
A while ago I watched this highly disturbing documentary produced by Vice about the prevalence of rape in the DRC as a weapon of war and terror against women. [1]. I have to imagine that this is involved, somehow.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IffpoUQpDc&pp=ygUUdGhlIHZpY...

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> the prevalence of rape in the DRC

This was in South Africa. You might as conclude on life in America based on observations in Caracas.

https://www.amnestyusa.org/updates/one-in-four-men-admits-to...

This is explicitly referred to as a risk factor in the study, although they say "gender-based violence"

How so?