Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen examines the sexism of Russian society as well as the scourge of war rape. With LéNA, discover the best of European journalism.
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Published on 8/05/2024 at 09:55
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L“Russia uses misogyny as an instrument of its system of power”, states the Finnish writer Sofi Oksanen, “a reality which allows it to use sexual violence in Ukraine, as part of what appears to be a real attempt to genocide. It has already done so in the past, in other historical contexts. And she is not the only one: let us remember the Japanese and Korean women forced into prostitution in military “comfort stations”, or the Yazidi women who became the “sex slaves” of ISIS terrorists because that they belonged to another religion. We have witnessed these atrocities in Bosnia, Rwanda and many other places. Rape is an instrument of war comparable to genocide; it has consequences for generations to come. »
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