This essay Women Confronting War, written by Jennifer Turpin talks about the physical, emotional and social pain that most women experience associated with war. War greatly affects peoples lives especially for women in various ages and this really change their perspectives in life forever. All over the world, women are always the victim in every violence and harassment. In almost every war, they are the one who are being battered, treated like slaves and sex object. Male soldiers take advantages of powerless women, whether they are civilians or prisoners. This happened not just during the past war but also at present time. Sad to say until now the cases of abuse women are still huge. Although we are now in the modern times, gender equality is always an issue. Man is consider to be superior and woman to be inferior. Why does women tend to suffer more during times of war and crisis even though women symbolizes love, peace and happiness? I feel upset how a head of a UN mission in Cambodia reacted about the issue of some young girls being sexually molested by UN troops as well as the comment of the commander of the United States Pacific command on how he degrade woman ( Turpin 327). These dignified and honourable people should be the first one to support and protect the victims not to condemn them. These women deserve to be treated with respect too.
This are reality of what is happening to our society until now. I admire the Author for being an advocate for women who are victims of domestic violence and abuse. It is never too late to help these innocent women. This essay will somehow enlighten our mind about the poor condition of women all over the world. This is just the beginning, nothing is been done to save them. I don’t think this abuse will stop until there are still military soldiers and wars. This women’s lives been torned apart and second chance for them is almost next to impossible. Do you think justice been serve for this victim? Is there any future left for them?
Hi Marie,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog very much. You reminded me how important it is to bring these issues to light. Even though it is not a happy topic, it is so worthwhile to consider the situation and ask the questions that you ask at the end of the blog: What can be done?
I found an organization called Women for Women International. You can find clips on Youtube of the good work they are doing to help women who have been traumatized by war.
I was happy to see you included a citation after a paraphrased passage (Turpin 327). Go ahead and include a quoted sentence too. Perhaps after your excellent point that these crimes against women are happening in present day, you could bring in a quote from Turpin that talks about what happened to the Muslim women in Croatia.
Again, thank you for your blog and for working so hard on the previous one as well. You'll find a grade for "Women Confronting War" in the grade book.