RAPE?

For the people of Africa, any discussion of rape must acknowledge that RAPE started right from the day our freedom was taken from us “colonialism”
Once sold into slavery rape of African people became invisible. Africans who complained about being raped by whites was subjected to punishment, brutal whippings or death. Not only African women were but both the children, boy and men were raped by their slave masters. Apart from being raped by the white slave masters, the slave masters wives or daughters also forced or rape African men when caught in the act they cried rape. So therefore, they have been injustice in African rape cases as far back as the days of slavery. This has been a bedrock why most of the victims of rape can’t speak out for themselves.In today’s modern Africa I still think that what are the causes of RAPE in African society? regardless of the level of education that have been attained in Africa now. I would like to proceed with this write up with some questions. Is dressing part of the causes of rape in Africa??
From my personal point of view, I think dressing does not aid rape in Africa society. But the perpetrator of rape is to be blamed to be a rapist regardless of what leads him to rape a woman without her consent.
in Africa due research shows that 65% of rape victims are being raped by the person they trust most(father, brother or uncles). Still most of the victim of rape according to the proper statistics are of the age (8-19) in which most of the victims can’t speak and stand for justice for themselves.
Victims of rape in Africa have been ripped off their pride because most of the the rapist threaten the victims that if they speak out or tell anybody about the incident they would kill them, this words keeps the victims from speaking out for themselves and this leads to depression and later it leads to suicide.
In Africa today lot of rape cases that have been reported have been swept under the carpet. Out of 100% of Rape case reported in Africa 48% have gotten proper verdict. While most of the cases have been dismissed.
Rape it’s self brings about different stigma that lives with the victim for life.
Part of the stigma are HIV/AIDS, UNWANTED PREGNANCY, OVARIAN CANCER AND MENTAL ILLNESS. All of this can disorganise a victim life in which it would be an injury she would carry for life.Now to conclude this work what are the measure to be taken against rapist in Africa?
In some Africa countries the punishment for Rape is LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
While in some countries it’s DEATH BY HANGING.
Now I think NGOs and some governmental bodies that are responsible for rape cases in Africa should sensitise African men across the continent about rape. they should let most of them know that apart from the punishments behind it they are depriving African girls of their liberty to be a good ambassadors of their societies and not their societies alone but the continent and world at large.
I want everyone to know that regardless of the situation do not take advantage of African women/girls cause victims of rape are not at fault the rapist IS…….
SAY NO TO RAPE.

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