Comments on: The invisible genocide of women http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 16:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1346346 SedanChair Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1346346 <blockquote>But I guess that's just pedantry.</blockquote> Yes, it is

But I guess that’s just pedantry.

Yes, it is

]]> By: geth http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1346240 geth Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1346240 Ethnic cleaning is perhaps a better term. However, the desired ends are often the same.  One is an attempt to wipe out a group by killing all of the members of that group, the other is an attempt to wipe out a group by destroying their cohesiveness and spirit, and forcing them to raise the offspring of their enemies. Ethnic cleaning is perhaps a better term. However, the desired ends are often the same.  One is an attempt to wipe out a group by killing all of the members of that group, the other is an attempt to wipe out a group by destroying their cohesiveness and spirit, and forcing them to raise the offspring of their enemies.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1346183 ill lich Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1346183 This is horrible and tragic and indefensible.  Nevertheless, I think the use of the word "genocide" is getting overused.  The Nazis clearly intended to wipe out entire ethnic groups (Jews, Roma), similarly the Turks with their Armenian populations, the Serbs with Muslims, and then the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda . . . .   I don't believe the rape and violent subjugation of a minority necessarily constitutes an attempt to wipe them out.  But I guess that's just pedantry. That said, it's hard to think humanity has come very far in our few thousand years of "civilization."   Advances in technology and art sometimes seem to be just window dressing to obscure how violent we really are. This is horrible and tragic and indefensible.  Nevertheless, I think the use of the word “genocide” is getting overused.  The Nazis clearly intended to wipe out entire ethnic groups (Jews, Roma), similarly the Turks with their Armenian populations, the Serbs with Muslims, and then the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda . . . .   I don’t believe the rape and violent subjugation of a minority necessarily constitutes an attempt to wipe them out.  But I guess that’s just pedantry.

That said, it’s hard to think humanity has come very far in our few thousand years of “civilization.”   Advances in technology and art sometimes seem to be just window dressing to obscure how violent we really are.

]]> By: Iamami http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1346092 Iamami Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1346092 Thank you for posting this, Xeni. No matter how difficult, these are stories we need to hear. Thank you for posting this, Xeni. No matter how difficult, these are stories we need to hear.

]]> By: MashTheStampede http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1346039 MashTheStampede Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1346039 Maybe everyone's getting tired of this question, but what kind of fucked up world is this where people are capable of doing stuff like this? And as far as the hairsplitters on the question of genocide go, there are fates far worse than death.  To obliterate one's mind and make useless the body are enough to cause serious damage to any race of human.  Such trauma extends through generations.  The girls born of these women will never be allowed to feel safe and secure. I'm devastated to hear news like this. Maybe everyone’s getting tired of this question, but what kind of fucked up world is this where people are capable of doing stuff like this?

And as far as the hairsplitters on the question of genocide go, there are fates far worse than death.  To obliterate one’s mind and make useless the body are enough to cause serious damage to any race of human.  Such trauma extends through generations.  The girls born of these women will never be allowed to feel safe and secure.

I’m devastated to hear news like this.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1345938 Mister44 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1345938  One would think that problem would work itself out in a few generations, with the men dying off with out procreating.  One would think that problem would work itself out in a few generations, with the men dying off with out procreating.

]]> By: ikonag http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1345928 ikonag Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1345928 If we are talking genocide then this seems relevant to the discussion:  160 million missing girls - ‘Sex selection’ is creating a new endangered species: women. A journalist investigates the countries with too many men. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/06/05/160_million_missing_girls/?page=full If we are talking genocide then this seems relevant to the discussion: 

160 million missing girls – ‘Sex selection’ is creating a new endangered species: women. A journalist investigates the countries with too many men.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/06/05/160_million_missing_girls/?page=full

]]> By: paulcarcosa http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1345927 paulcarcosa Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1345927 No both crimes can (and often will) go hand in hand. No both crimes can (and often will) go hand in hand.

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1345911 SedanChair Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1345911 Genocide is not just extermination, but destruction or dispersal of any ethnic group. Systematically imposing unwanted genetic material on a population definitely qualifies. Genocide is not just extermination, but destruction or dispersal of any ethnic group. Systematically imposing unwanted genetic material on a population definitely qualifies.

]]> By: coryf http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/the-invisible-genocide-of-wome.html#comment-1345890 coryf Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=143917#comment-1345890  Huh?  I'm confused, the title mentions genocide (that is the killing of people usually with racist overtones) but the text is all about rape ( a serious, but completely different issue). Which is it?  Huh?  I’m confused, the title mentions genocide (that is the killing of people usually with racist overtones) but the text is all about rape ( a serious, but completely different issue).

Which is it?

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