Oh good, another person using 'rape' when talking about a disappointing film.
"There are signs of behavior not unlike the janjaweed, like using rape as a weapon."
Local armed groups and Rwandan militias use rape to systematically destroy communities.
"But 'systematically using rape as a weapon of war' is just too ridiculous."
Wolf uses rape as a red flag, an undeniable sign that things are falling apart.
But we have to be careful about using rape as metaphor.
So a man who used rape as a weapon ends by being sexually assaulted.
It is exclusively a crime of males, who use rape with appalling frequency to keep women in their place.
Organisations tell us that, for example, the armed forces have also started using systematic rape as a weapon against ethnic minorities.
Today, most armed movements use rape and violence as a means to achieve military and economic objectives.