A review by za_
Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

The book discusses how rape is used as a weapon in war. However, it has barely been recognized in the legal system and globally. Meanwhile so many women from different areas have been impacted by the brutality of mass rape. 

It talks about how the act of rape has long lasting impacts to the community and serve the purposes of the attackers. Women are often blamed for their rape, afraid to come forward, disowned by their husbands / families. Many say they are alive, but dead inside. 

It seems the women speaking out want these attackers to be held responsible for their rapes and not just the deaths they caused, yet courts haven’t been sentencing many of the attackers for their rapes. 

It would also set a precedent for future cases. 

This book is truly devastating. I could only read a few chapters at a time. The author skipped around to different wars and survivors telling their stories, with so many of them being similar and atrocious.