Rape (Don't Worry, It's Corrective)

In South Africa, a new "trend", if you will, has emerged.
Its to help lesbians.
Its not an education program, or a support group, or an acting troupe that makes fun and educates people on what its like to be a lesbian.
No, no, its brutalizing and raping lesbians.
But hey! Its only to make them straight again!

In South Africa, many females have become more open with their sexuality, and now they pay a price for it, too.

They are being beaten, raped, gang raped, stabbed and left in ditches, rivers, garbage cans, alleys, ect. And this is supposed to show them "what they are missing".
Hell, many women in the United States are very fearful of having sex and relationships after being raped, I'm sure being a lesbian and being raped would be worse, and being a lesbian and knowing that you're being raped because you're a lesbian must be very painful.

The only reason that this has come to light as of late is because several of the victims are more well-known females.
One victim, Eudy Simelane, is a former star of Banyana Banyana, one of South Africa's popular women's football teams, as well as an activist for human rights and the first women to live openly in her hometown of Kwa Thema. In 2008, at 31 years of age, Eudy Simelane's body was found after she was brutally beaten, gang raped, stabbed 25 times in the face, chest, and legs, and left in the creek in the park near her home.
This was the first case that really brought to light what is going on, not just to South Africans but to the world.

It is very sad, but I can only hope that has a human rights activist she would be happy to know that people are learning because of what happened to her.

South African males are claiming that the rapings are to "make the women straight". Their behaviour is "wrong" so this is to show them what they are "missing out on".

Unfortunately, the South African government has done just about nothing to help these women.
I hope that this becomes more widespread knowledge to Americans and something is done to help. We have groups for the women who are raped in Darfur, and this should not be any different.

Women's Rights are Human Rights.
Makes me think more people should see the movie Boys Don't Cry. Maybe if they see the same thing happening to an American they will feel the impact.

Interviews with some of the victims.

Really?
Yeah, that just happened.