Comments on: War Against Women

The Use Of Rape As A Weapon In Congo's Civil War

[janiscable]

I am disgusted by the treatment of women in the Congo and request 60 minutes do a follow-up on how we can help these women. From which organizations to donate money to, what products to avoid purchase of, which companies are supporting Congo economically so we can avoid support of them, or anyway to support these women. Please don''t just put the dirty issue out there but help guide and empower us to help. These women deserve peace and justice!

[slamarche1]

I watched this segment in disbelief--it''s difficult to understand this type of inhumanity. It''s even more difficult to understand how our present government can ignore this and similar atrocities taking place on the African continent. Perhaps if the Congo supplied the US with some type of lucrative commodity, the Washington fat-cats would take notice. Shame one them.

[ontheleft]

''Women, we are not a minority''

Women are in fact a minority when it comes to holding positions of power.

[stezzer]

This is a truly harrowing story. Well done CBS for highlighting this terrible brutality.

After Hitler the world vowed never to let such evil happen again. It''s happening in Congo. The world needs to do something about it.

[xounds]

In fact, I hope historians will record truthfully the patheticness of George Bush!

[xounds]

Our president talks only now of going into Iran also, but ignores this. He is as evil as the crazy men who rape and kill in the Congo. Yes, to talk of war with Iran, to have invaded Iraq, while this obscene brutality occurs, is evil. He is like the cowards who ignored the Nazis. He is like the cowards in Japan who did these same things to the weak and vulnerable in Nanking.

[spilgree]

I watched this story and I wept. When it was over I wept and I wept more. Everytime I see or read anything about how one half of the population chooses to brutalize the other half, I weep and become sick. Women, we are not a minority, we are HALF OF THE POPULATION!
Among the fauna of the earth humans must be the only animals that use the reproductive/*** act to terrorize one another.
These poor women. Would arming them be an option? At least they could protect their children, and younger siblings, and stand half a chance of not being brutalized because they have a ***!
When they learn, and are able to earn a living, won''t they be brutalized more, will they be raped instead of receiving monetary payment for what they provide? (Among such fragile male egos it seems that nothing is scarier than a woman who can earn her own keep.)
When they and their children are abadoned by the male spouse, is the male spouse not being as much a part of the problem as the evil ones who committed the violent act? Has he no responsibility to care for his offspring?
Of all the animals on earth, humans, it seems are the sorriest example. We are willing to treat our own so horribly!
Thank you, Anderson Cooper.

[librablue-2009]

Does "60 Minutes" really think the report on sushi was more important than this one?

No matter how many times I have seen Anderson cover the subject of rape in the DRC I am always horrified. I think the worst part is the fact that their community, their families, and even their husbands shun these women. I can understand why husbands and even their families may feel responsible because they could not prevent the rape, but that is not a reason to abandon them.

I can''t imagine men feeling so powerless that they would justify raping anyone, but especially a child. If there weren''t so many of them I would think they were mentally disturbed, but it is obviously a case of just being evil and a desperate need to appear powerful. In my opinion, they are nothing more than cowardly bullies and should be dealt with severely.

Women like Lucienne are more powerful than any of the men that raped her. It is heartbreaking to see how compassionate she and many of the other women who have been raped remain in the face of such horror. They have nothing to be ashamed of.

I hope that Anderson will continue to update us on this subject.