The Brutality Of ‘Corrective Rape'

The Brutality Of ‘Corrective Rape'
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 01: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT) Gcinumzi Gledwell Mandindi, Zoliswa Nkonyana's stepfather speaks to the media outside Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court on February 1, 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. Four men were sentenced to 18 years in jail each for the February 2006 murder of the 19-year old lesbian. (Photo by The Times/ Gallo Images / Getty Images)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 01: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT) Gcinumzi Gledwell Mandindi, Zoliswa Nkonyana's stepfather speaks to the media outside Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court on February 1, 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. Four men were sentenced to 18 years in jail each for the February 2006 murder of the 19-year old lesbian. (Photo by The Times/ Gallo Images / Getty Images)

South Africa has one of the world’s highest rates of sexual assault. According to a 2009 government survey, one in four men admit to having sex with a woman who did not consent to intercourse, and nearly half of these men admitted to raping more than once. An earlier government study found that a majority of rapes were committed by friends and acquaintances of the victim.

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot