Ethics after Mass RapePost-Holocaust studies and sexual violenceSexual atrocities in war-time, such as have taken place in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have gained public attention in recent years. When researchers try to understand why soldiers rape in war, they often invoke views of men’s sexual frustration in war-time as an explanation of mass rape. But the assumption that men rape when they can’t get sex and they can commit violence is inadequate to understand mass rape. In her article “Ethics after Mass Rape” (published in Swedish), senior researcher Robin May Schott (Holocaust and genocide studies) argues that concepts developed in the field of post-Holocaust studies make an important contribution for understanding sexual atrocities in war-time. In particular, she focuses on concepts of evil, shame and witnessing to deepen an understanding of the social and ethical implications of war rape. Robin May Schott, “Etik efter massvåldtäkt” in Ulrika Björk and Lisa Folkmarsson Käll, editors, Stil, Kön, Andrahet; Tolv essäer i feministisk filosofi (Göteborg: Bokförlaget Daidalos, 2010), 267-284. |
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