Likely nowhere there is any military that is proud of raping or considers a true merit. Something that you do in battle is the thing that you or an military is proud of. Killing men is merit, not a man raping women.
Yet rape isn't just for some "the spoils", but also a systematic way to get under the skin of a society. Especially in Islam an raped woman or girl is seen not to be good anymore, hence it's no wonder that in the Yugoslav Civil war raping was systematic, something that would do basically in an organized fashion. If any society stigmatizes raped women, raping women then comes to be a method in a war.
Or then it is a means of systematic revenge, just like with the Red Army in Germany. Actually Dan Carlin in his HH about of the Ostfront makes quite clear just why this war wasn't normal from the start, with the warring factions being civil as in some other wars.
Yet I don't think that no military merits rape. Some teen soldiers might do that, if they are virgins, but otherwise not.
Any military cultures in history that were proud of being rapists?
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Re: Any military cultures in history that were proud of being rapists?
Most Islamic armies in history were quite proud of it. Next issue..
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Conan admitted as much when his tutor asked him about the greatest things in life. Keep in mind, this is a guy who had been turning the wheel of pain for years.
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Re: Any military cultures in history that were proud of being rapists?
Now there's an excellent fitness plan.heydaralon wrote:Conan admitted as much when his tutor asked him about the greatest things in life. Keep in mind, this is a guy who had been turning the wheel of pain for years.