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War on Iraq

Why Soldiers Rape

By Helen Benedict, In These Times. Posted September 13, 2008.


The Culture of misogyny and illegal war acts in the military fuels sexual violence against women in uniform.

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Helen Benedict, a professor of journalism at Columbia University, is author of several books concerning social justice and women. Her writings on women soldiers won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2008.

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