For centuries, the rape of women has been used as a tactic of war to advance one group's political, economic, social, or religious position over another. Systematic mass rape devastates individual women and destroys the fabric of families and communities. This article argues that the systematic nature of rape as a tactic of war exists against a backdrop of rigid cultural norms of gender and women's sexuality, social dominance and power within group conflict, and a soldier's social identity as a man and a member of a particular military.
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