Men scattered throughout Ukraine are helping one another recover from sexual trauma inflicted by Russian troops. These are some of their stories.
Warning: This story discusses sexual violence.
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UN: More than half of Ukrainian sexual violence victims are male
Overwhelming evidence suggests Russia has weaponised sexual violence — such as rape, genital mutilation, forced stripping and other means of torture — against men and boys in Ukraine over the past two years. Under international law, these constitute war crimes.
The latest United Nations Security Council report into conflict-related sexual violence states the investigatory body has documented 263 cases perpetrated by Russian armed forces, law enforcement authorities and penitentiary services against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine since the 2022 full-scale invasion. Over half of these victims are male (163); 83 are female. 10 are underage girls, and two are boys.
It’s like how the right wing in America is incredibly homophobic yet keeps getting caught having gay sex in bathrooms. It’s all projection.
The thing is that these populist politicians are do not have most of the views they are communicating. Many of them might even have very liberal and modern world views. However, the main goal for them is to gain as much power for themselves and their cronies. To achieve that they simply say what their supporters want to hear. The statements of populist are not the statements they believe in, they are the direct reflection of their supporters beliefs.
