Congo Rape Culture

The Democratic Republic of Congo, known for its abundance of natural resources and ethnic diversity, endue a historical perpetuation of violent conflicts and international intervention over its jurisdicted territory. As a consequence, the question to be demanded is to what extent can the intervention by governmental bodies in the sexual violence issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo be justified?

The sources used in this research comes from a wide range of documents, governmental reports, international humanitarian aid organization reports.

Introductionf

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997, is located in the central region of Africa, rich of mineral and other valuable natural resources to the technologic

It is defined as complex set of beliefs that encourage male sexual aggression and supports violence against women. It is a society where violence is seen as sexy and sexuality as violent. In a rape culture, women perceive a continuum of threatened violence that ranges from sexual remarks to sexual touching to rape itself. A rape culture condones physical and emotional terrorism against women (http://www.wavaw.ca/what-is-rape-culture/)

The Democratic republic of Congo is considered to have a rape culture which was developed hand to hand with the conflicts involving economical factors, the fight between militias and the exploitation of natural resources in the country.

The confict certainly envolved the issue to a broather problem. However, there is much more behind to blame and one example is the patriarchy structure of the army, where men usually associate violence with masculinity. Likewise, the problem is even deeper not only left to the society structure or the culture of Congo, but a phenomeon present every part of the

The term “culture” is casually attributed to the theory of Cultural Relativism. Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. In other words, “right” and “wrong” are culture-specific; what is considered moral in one society may be considered immoral in another, and, since no universal standard of morality exists, no one has the right to judge another society’s customs