Sky News has compiled the responses to a brief question and answer session with a number of South African men, detailing their attitudes to women and rape. More than a few of the men admit to raping multiple women. Read the answers, below, and be aware that what follows may constitute a trigger for PTSD sufferers.

Respondent number one – aged 34

Q: Did you have sex with a woman who didn’t want to?
A: Yes

Q: When was it?
A: 2011

Q: Would you call it rape?
A: Yes

Q: How many times have you raped someone?
A: Twice

Q: How did it happen?
A: We were having some beers in a tavern and I spent (money on) the lady but when (the) time arrived (to) go she refused. I had to use manpower to take her with me. We never got to my place so I decided to rape her. The second time it was the same woman again, we met at a shebeen and we had beers together, when she decided to leave the place I escorted her and along the way I raped her.

Q: Did she report the case?
A: No.

Q: Do you know why?
A: She told me that though I raped her what she has I now also have it.

Q: What did she mean by that?
A: She meant she was HIV positive.

Respondent number two – aged 29

Q: Have you ever had sex with a woman against her will?
A: Yes

Q: When was it?
A: 2010

Q: How many were you?
A: Four

Q: Was it a gang rape?
A: Yes. Only the two slept with her.

Q: How old was she then?
A: 16

Q: Did she (report) the case (to police) after the rape?
A: Her parents influenced her to (do so).

Q: Did you get arrested for the crime?
A: Yes.

Q: Were you convicted of it?
A: (I was given) five years placed on suspension.

Q: Do you know someone who might have done the same (thing)?
A: Yes.

Respondent number three – aged 38

Q: Have you ever had sex with a woman who didn’t want to?
A: Yes

Q: How did it happen?
A: I always wanted the woman but because (I) am ugly and I knew that if I (tried) to (proposition) her she (would refuse) … unless I have a lot of money to buy her. I knew where she lived and traced her movements and how many people she lived with in her shack, but I found out that her boyfriend only came (back at) month ends. I went to her place Friday night and it was raining so it helped me attack her well as no one else could hear me. I used a bolt cutter to gain entry, wielding a butcher knife. I told her not to scream until I leave her place.

Q: Did she open a (police) case?
A: I don’t know because I never got arrested for the rape.

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[Source : Sky]