"Corrective Rape" is a term used to describe when a man rapes a lesbian with the aim of 'turning' her heterosexual!



This heinous crime is prolific in South Africa, especially in the ‘townships.’



Most of the victims are tortured, grievously assaulted and sometimes murdered! They are also prone to getting HIV/AIDS from the assault, and many of them commit suicide as a result of the ‘corrective rape’!



The South African government and justice system are failing the victims of Corrective Rape by letting the perpetrators out on ridiculously low bail, and taking literally years to bring the court-cases to a conclusion. In the meantime the victims have to live with seeing and being harassed and threatened by their rapists every day, as do those who help the victims!



In the last 10 years:

*31 lesbian women have been murdered because of their sexuality

*More than 10 lesbians a week are raped or gang raped in Cape Town alone

*150 women are raped every day in South Africa

*For every 25 men accused of rape in South Africa, 24 walk free



Despite all this, hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation are not recognised by South African law!



We call on the South African government to declare "Corrective Rape" a Hate-Crime that is punishable by the harshest sentences!

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