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Human history is replete with the events of violence and oppression against the weak faction of society especially during the times of warfare. The victorious forces always humiliate the defeated. Especially they victimize women, children and aged by enslaving and abusing them. Because it is easy to suppress this weak strata of the society. All these disgraceful and brutal acts are done by so called greatest creature of the universe „human being'. It is evident in patriarchal culture women considered a subordinate and marginalized section of the society. They are easily victimized and suppressed by the upper and become a source of exploitation for their country or nation. This exploitation takes place in the form of sexual and physical torture. Because her womb considered more significant in the society than her humanity. History reveals hundreds of thousands incidents where women became pray in wars fought at national or global level.
For example, during the First World War (1914-1918) women were raped and impregnated by the rival forces. It was either to humiliate the enemy or temporary slackening for military discipline but feminine gender was used as a tool or dose for psychological relief. More brutal and lusty incidents are found in Second World War (1939-1945) when feminine gender was named “Comfort Women”1. The statistical data given by the historians reveals that two lac women were abused by Japanese soldiers at Asian fronts of Korea, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan where number of sexual crimes were happened. About one thousand women were taken into military sex-slave camps” (retrieved, wwii photos https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/us-world). Rape in war is a worldwide phenomenon, which unveil brutal face of the oppressors. During the Partition of Indian Subcontinent in 1947 number of cases of sexual victimization were reported and registered which is a tragic and heart breaking story of the history.
Once again feminine gender was used to exploit the enemy. Various form of violence were inflicted upon women. Besides the abduction, dissimulation, rape was one of the common forms of physical violence, beard by female2.Above all this, the feminine gender, so called sign of honor and respect for family and nation was urged to sacrifice their lives by committing suicides in order to protect the honor and prestige of...