Comments | ivy_chan: this is the epitome of the castration knife tag

ivy_chan

this is the epitome of the castration knife tag

Mar 20, 2009 12:07

South African lesbian women are being systematically raped in order to 'cure' them of homosexuality.'Corrective' rapes clock in as occuring ten times a week, with numbers steadily rising. Although the South African's constitution purportedly recognizes gay and lesbian rights, it does not translate into the way these crimes are being handled today. ( Read more... )

feminism, politics, issues, crushing time now, get the castration knife, sexism

Comments 5

redbrunja March 20 2009, 21:24:26 UTC

That makes me so incredibly mad I can barely type coherently.

ivy_chan March 21 2009, 00:52:16 UTC

Trust me, I had to rewrite the entry several times to keep from going off on caps-lock smashing tangents.

lvsinsanity March 20 2009, 22:23:28 UTC

Thank you for posting this in your journal also, I'm just as enraged, but I'm glad that I can count on you for help spreading the word better than those on my F!list..as many just..refused to get involved in matters such as this.

ivy_chan March 21 2009, 00:54:49 UTC

My pleasure. I really get behind issues like this. Can't understand the reasoning of people who willfully ignore it.

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ivy_chan March 21 2009, 08:48:12 UTC

Thanks for your support. I see stuff like this and I want to shove it in the faces of people who believe equal women's rights are a reality, or that LBGT issues aren't worth thinking of. And then I hate the human race just a bit more.

I mean, sometimes it wins me back over a little, but the anger is totally winning.