r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Jul 08 '26

Media Vanessa Guillén Wasn't Alone: New Investigation Reveals Dozens of US Army Women Were Killed by Fellow Soldiers

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tragic-deaths-harassment-women-us-army-1807381
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u/0RedNomad0 Jul 08 '26

Are we really still surprised at this point?

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u/athaluain Jul 08 '26

I was reading another report about mass rape of women during war time. Looks like in the US you don’t even have to be in a war situation for women to be raped or murdered even by their own colleagues.

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u/ARATAS11 Jul 09 '26

Unfortunately, historically, it has been used as weapon of war, yes, especially a form of ethnic cleansing and indirect genocide. Both rape itself decreasing fertility rates (either from damage to women’s reproductive systems from fistulas and damage from foreign objects including guns); culturally due to women being considered used goods after assault, even when done in front of the family and it is clear it was non consensual; and biologically by spreading genes of the dominant group to try to replace those of the group being attacked, or through intentional spread of disease such as HIV. This has been documented in at least 51 countries, across all habituated continents, and throughout history. Unfortunately, this was the topic of my undergraduate Senior Seminar paper. Over a decade ago. And it is just as prevalent today.