Black rape furore

HIV/AIDS, the stats, the virgin cure and infant rape
Mike Earl-Taylor

Nearly 60 children are raped every day in South Africa and while experts agree to disagree as to the causes, or whether the pervasive belief in the so-called "Virgin Cure" prevents/cures HIV/Aids is possibly responsible for this deeply disturbing phenomenon, university researcher, Mike Earl-Taylor suggests it could well be a contributing factor, and a major one at that. Moreover, infant rape appears to be unique to South Africa, however, the Virgin Cure is not.

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21,000 child rapes, and some 37,000 adult rapes, were reported in South Africa last year. According to the South African Police Service, only one in 35 are actually reported. The actual incidence of rape could well be in excess of a million per year. It can only be speculated and extrapolated then that the actual incidence of child/infant rape has reached alarming and phenomenal proportions that should signal urgent intervention from the highest levels of government, and society-at-large.

http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2002/april/virgin.htm
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Okay missed that April 2013 story but that other one is from 2002...

Still shows how little focus this gets even if it is more common.
 
Fudzy said:
Okay missed that April 2013 story but that other one is from 2002...

Still shows how little focus this gets even if it is more common.
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Here's actually a very balanced view on the issue. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/babyrape.asp

DarkSpectre said:
:sick:

Human beings are fugly sick. I totally support the 'Man is inherently evil' theory.
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It seems like it, although we learn to act certain ways.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth

Survival of our genes is uppermost in our being. Sometimes, we learn erroneous ways of trying to survive.
 
Lightscribe said:
Here's actually a very balanced view on the issue. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/babyrape.asp



It seems like it, although we learn to act certain ways.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth

Survival of our genes is uppermost in our being. Sometimes, we learn erroneous ways of trying to survive.
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I'm not discrediting the information, I'm just wondering why the notion has received so little attention (outside of the guys discussing what's wrong with the country around the braai) over the last 11 years.

EDIT: Did you read the bit about it being a reworded Russian petition?

P.s. This site works so much better on Tapatalk than it does on the desktop.
 
Fudzy said:
I'm not discrediting the information, I'm just wondering why the notion has received so little attention (outside of the guys discussing what's wrong with the country around the braai) over the last 11 years.

EDIT: Did you read the bit about it being a reworded Russian petition?

P.s. This site works so much better on Tapatalk than it does on the desktop.
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Yes, interesting article.

Fudzy said:
Lets hope this:

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Govt-commits-to-combating-sexual-crimes-2013080

Makes headway into reducing the stats.
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404 Error, from the lack of a 6 at the end of your url. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Govt-commits-to-combating-sexual-crimes-20130806
 
Lightscribe said:
"HIV/AIDS, the stats, the virgin cure and
infant rape
Mike Earl-Taylor Nearly 60 children are raped every day
in South Africa and while experts agree
to disagree as to the causes, or whether
the pervasive belief in the so-called
"Virgin Cure" prevents/cures HIV/Aids is
possibly responsible for this deeply disturbing phenomenon, university
researcher, Mike Earl-Taylor suggests it
could well be a contributing factor, and
a major one at that. Moreover, infant
rape appears to be unique to South
Africa, however, the Virgin Cure is not. ... 21,000 child rapes, and some 37,000
adult rapes, were reported in South
Africa last year. According to the South
African Police Service, only one in 35 are
actually reported. The actual incidence
of rape could well be in excess of a million per year. It can only be
speculated and extrapolated then that
the actual incidence of child/infant rape
has reached alarming and phenomenal
proportions that should signal urgent
intervention from the highest levels of government, and society-at-large. http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2002/
april/virgin.htm"
...
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Do Africans really believe in this BS or do they just use it as an excuse? And why is the whistle blower racist? WTF It looks like some people only like the "nice" news.
 
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Who is she anyway. Where does she come from? Has she a history of racist behaviour? How old is she? Can someone post a pic of her?
 
sal12344 said:
Its the exact reason why after almost 6 years of Criminal Practice I stopped cold. I actually heard one of these pigs say that he did it on medical advice from his Sangoma. It would cure his AIDS. But then again I have also heard the same said about why they rape certain minorities as well. As long as they believe they return to their ancestors whether they were good or evil it will never change.
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Now why exactly is there more furore, when a lecturer points to this, then about Sangomas giving that "advice" (and idiots following it)?
 
ACloete said:
Now why exactly is there more furore, when a lecturer points to this, then about Sangomas giving that "advice" (and idiots following it)?
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Because apparently it is not in the Pedi dictionary; it does not exist. It's simply tin foil hattery of the highest order that the horrible, racist white lady made up to make black people look bad. Worthy of hate speech!
 
intel8080 said:
Do Africans really believe in this BS or do they just use it as an excuse?
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Many do, especially in South Africa, apparently, but I don't think you can generalise that to all Africans or black people generally. It seems to be a uniquely South African cultural phenomenon.
 
ACloete said:
Now why exactly is there more furore, when a lecturer points to this, then about Sangomas giving that "advice" (and idiots following it)?
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following the articles and from what i DO understand...

i do support pride, heritage and culture, so long as it is not at the expense of another group. you can be proud without being hateful, you can live apart from the multicultural community without discriminating.

a group of afrikaners reported her writing as racist on Praag. you have to be right-wing to read Praag, as many articles and people that support it are obsessed with white people. i think it's decent to weed out the bad examples in any group, and to not tolerate bad people simply because they share the same view/culture as you.

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-30-the-whiteness-default

For example, when a white academic, who holds a PhD, publishes an article that displays the utmost backward racist thought as though it is customary – what does this say about the system except that it upholds these views? If this is acceptable to her superiors at university, what does this say about the university's relationship to their students? How can they possibly teach black students in an accessible way when they openly despise and denigrate blackness in public discourse?

This is exactly what was revealed in Mabille's recently published article on Die Praag – and were it not for a group of Afrikaans activists and individuals who took action and reported this racist diatribe to the university, it may well have been overlooked entirely by her superiors.
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"What is especially appalling about contemporary feminism is the forced association with the Third World, socialism and even criminality. If feminism is to have a future, supporters ought to rather position themselves to the right and address real problems. The first step will be to acknowledge the Western civilisation that gave birth to feminism, as well as the white men that acknowledge and protect the value of women."
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sums up her views nicely
 
Flanders said:
Because apparently it is not in the Pedi dictionary; it does not exist. It's simply tin foil hattery of the highest order that the horrible, racist white lady made up to make black people look bad. Worthy of hate speech!
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There are multitudes of cultures among black people.
To generalise baby rape as being about 'black people' is racist and hate speech.
 
joelus said:
There are multitudes of cultures among black people.
To generalise baby rape as being about 'black people' is racist and hate speech.
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We've established the bolded part already.

joelus said:
Many do, especially in South Africa, apparently, but I don't think you can generalise that to all Africans or black people generally. It seems to be a uniquely South African cultural phenomenon.
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Seems like a contradiction to me. I would like to see the part where she talks about ALL black people.
 
Who would get offended if racism, drinking and wife beating were classified as part of Afrikaans male culture?

(although it surely would not be construed as hate speech.... double standards being what they are currently)
 
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