Highlights
- •Cases of adolescent male rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, or sterilization call for an international debate.
- •The consequences that sexual violence has for children and adolescents, their communities, and societies in general, are devastating.
- •About 80% of sexual assaults go unreported.
- •In conflict settings, there are many additional challenges: lack of reporting systems, stigma, and fear of retaliation, for survivors.
Abstract
As soon as they are taken prisoner, children and adolescents in times of war are inserted
into a spiral of cruelty that progresses to rape or other countless forms of physical
and psychological torture using sex as a weapon. Were these children and adolescents
war sex slaves? Oral sex and other sexual barbarities are part of spaces of abuse
and humiliation. The damage to the personality structure of these children and adolescents
is severe. The psychological consequences are numerous. Over the years, a vicious
circle has been observed around this brutality.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 19, 2022
Accepted:
April 9,
2022
Received:
April 7,
2022
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