I was totally touched yesterday as I saw "The Wallstrom Resolution" on Swedish Television.
It was a documentary of Swedish Politician/EU Commissioner/ fighting spirit Margot Wallstrom who is now, until 2012, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
We got to follow her intense engagement at the UN headquarters in NY as-well as in Bosnia and Kongo, where she met women/children and men who have been exposed and tortured as a result of sexual violence and rape.
Needless to say their stories were heart breaking. The victims will suffer all of their lifes.
It makes me wonder if we ever will find peace in this world, when the respect and understanding of our fellow sisters and brothers is so distant..
I´m a believer, so of course we WILL find peace....and as long as fighters like Wallstrom walk this Earth we are getting closer.
Still I am wondering how can we make the Men, in this case, really understand and come to the conclusion that they have really committed serious crimes.
The abusers have a choice. They CAN say NO this is wrong. But they have somehow thought that, yes this is our right to torture and rape even small children. Who told them/showed them this? I´m pretty sure they were once innocent children. Where along the line can there be a re-programming of their mind and their psychological/social patterns so this won´t happen again. How can we help them choose the right way?
Looking at this short film on Wallstrom, I see her engagement, I understand her words and the feeling behind the words.
But I wonder, do these men across the table understand her?
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4y-FICnaIQ
I get a feeling that one has to dig down very deep into the core of the conscious behavior of man to really make a change...not to get to philosophical..but...as an example..Who is the boss over these soldiers that commit these crimes.? A Man, of course. Can HE not be man enough to teach his soldiers what is it to really BE REAL man?
There are now many men who will be put into prison for their crimes, and yes, that is the only way to go.
BUT will they get some kind of therapy in jail to raise their awareness, to change their behavior and not commit these crimes again???..or will they meet like minded men in prison, fire up and start all over again once they get out?? One can only guess.......The psychology of a human is a hard nut to crack.......
It was a documentary of Swedish Politician/EU Commissioner/ fighting spirit Margot Wallstrom who is now, until 2012, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
We got to follow her intense engagement at the UN headquarters in NY as-well as in Bosnia and Kongo, where she met women/children and men who have been exposed and tortured as a result of sexual violence and rape.
Needless to say their stories were heart breaking. The victims will suffer all of their lifes.
It makes me wonder if we ever will find peace in this world, when the respect and understanding of our fellow sisters and brothers is so distant..
I´m a believer, so of course we WILL find peace....and as long as fighters like Wallstrom walk this Earth we are getting closer.
Still I am wondering how can we make the Men, in this case, really understand and come to the conclusion that they have really committed serious crimes.
The abusers have a choice. They CAN say NO this is wrong. But they have somehow thought that, yes this is our right to torture and rape even small children. Who told them/showed them this? I´m pretty sure they were once innocent children. Where along the line can there be a re-programming of their mind and their psychological/social patterns so this won´t happen again. How can we help them choose the right way?
Looking at this short film on Wallstrom, I see her engagement, I understand her words and the feeling behind the words.
But I wonder, do these men across the table understand her?
.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4y-FICnaIQ
I get a feeling that one has to dig down very deep into the core of the conscious behavior of man to really make a change...not to get to philosophical..but...as an example..Who is the boss over these soldiers that commit these crimes.? A Man, of course. Can HE not be man enough to teach his soldiers what is it to really BE REAL man?
There are now many men who will be put into prison for their crimes, and yes, that is the only way to go.
BUT will they get some kind of therapy in jail to raise their awareness, to change their behavior and not commit these crimes again???..or will they meet like minded men in prison, fire up and start all over again once they get out?? One can only guess.......The psychology of a human is a hard nut to crack.......
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