Corrective rape

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'''Corrective rape''' is a [[criminal]] act and pseudoscience in which [[people]] [[rape]] suspected [[lesbians]] or [[gay]] [[men]], [[Asexuality|asexuals]], or [[transgender|transgender people]], in order to "[[Bullshit|fix]]" their [[sexual orientation]].  The practice is a problem particularly in [[South Africa]],<ref>Yolanda Mufweba, [https://web.archive.org/web/20050426031301/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=139&art_id=ct20031107212728265P430805&set_id=1 "'Corrective rape makes you an African woman'"], ''Saturday Star'', 2003-11-07</ref><ref>Fadi Baghdadi 2013, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160128160643/http://www.academia.edu/9634350/Corrective_Rape_of_black_lesbian_women_in_Post-Apartheid_South_Africa_investigating_the_symbolic_violence_and_resulting_misappropriation_of_symbolic_power_that_ensues_within_a_nexus_of_social_imaginaries Corrective Rape of black lesbian women in Post-Apartheid South Africa: investigating the symbolic violence and resulting misappropriation of symbolic power that ensues within a nexus of social imaginaries]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-11-men-are-also-corrective-rape-victims |title=Men are also 'corrective rape' victims &#124; Health &#124; Health &#124; M&G |publisher=Mg.co.za |date=2014-04-11 |accessdate=2016-02-06}}</ref><ref>James Lovette-Black. [http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/04/08/lesbians-gay-men-zimbabwe-face-brutal-corrective-rape/ Lesbians and Gay Men in Zimbabwe Face Brutal “Corrective” Rape]. ''News Junkie Post''.  2010 April 8.</ref><ref>Patrick Strudwick. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/crisis-in-south-africa-the-shocking-practice-of-corrective-rape--aimed-at-curing-lesbians-9033224.html Crisis in South Africa: The shocking practice of 'corrective rape' - aimed at 'curing' lesbians]. ''The Independent''. 2014 January 4</ref><ref>David Rosenberg. [http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/01/16/clare_carter_investigating_the_brutality_of_corrective_rape_in_south_africa.html The Horror of “Corrective Rape” in South Africa]. ''Slate''. 2014 January 16</ref><ref>Annie Kelly. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/12/eudy-simelane-corrective-rape-south-africa Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks]. ''The Guardian''. 2009 March 12.</ref> but threats to do it happen also in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>[http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/i-once-touched-michael-fassbenders-chest--and-im-still-a-lesbian-chefs-jack-monroe-and-allegra-mcevedy-talk-about-their-passion-for-food--and-each-other-10241189.html I once touched Michael Fassbender’s chest — and I’m still a lesbian: Chefs Jack Monroe and Allegra McEvedy talk about their passion for food — and each other]</ref> Knowing [[homophobes]] and the frat-boy mentality, it is quite possibly more widespread than that. 

A common trope in fiction which applies both to gay men and lesbians is that they can be "cured" of homosexuality through "corrective rape".<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CureYourGays Cure Your Gays] article on TV Tropes.</ref>

==Comparison with "The Gay Agenda"==

The underlying "logic" of corrective rape is that a forced, and therefore presumably unpleasant, sexual encounter can change the victim's sexual orientation.  This appears to be the same "logic" that says that homosexual men "recruit" young boys by exposing them to homosexuality, at worst raping them, or because of [[child abuse]]. Those who say they would rape, or in their terms, "convert", lesbians are making a tacit assumption that if ''they'' were raped, they too would convert to homosexuality. Somehow, it's doubtful that they would agree that to be the case. So why the inconsistency and [[double standard]]?<ref group=note>Because conservatives are control freaks who hate [[Other|anything that isn't like themselves]]. Duh.</ref>

==See also==

*[[Lesbianism#Lesbiphobia|Lesbianism § Lesbiphobia]]
*[[Marital rape]]
*[[Reparative therapy]]
*[[Manosphere#.2Fr.2FPhilosophyOfRape|/r/PhilosophyOfRape]]

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==Notes==
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