Corrective rape

Corrective rape

Corrective rape is a criminal practice, whereby lesbian women are raped by men, sometimes under supervision by members of their families or local communities, purportedly as a means of "curing" them of their homosexuality.[1][2]

The term corrective rape was first used in the early 2000s by human rights non-governmental organisations to describe rapes committed against South African lesbians. A notable attack of this kind came in 2008 when Eudy Simelane, a member of the South Africa women's national football team and a vocal LGBT-rights activist in South Africa, was gang raped and murdered in KwaThema, Gauteng.

A November 2008 report by the NGO ActionAid and the South African Human Rights Commission reported that corrective rape is a serious problem.

See also

References

  1. ^ Violet Gonda, ‘Corrective rape’ against homosexuals on the rise in Zimbabwe, SW Radio Africa, 8 April 2010
  2. ^ Pumza, Fihlani (2011-06-30). "South Africa's lesbians fear 'corrective rape'". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13908662. Retrieved 30 June 2011. 

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