Golden Globalization

Back in July 2016, during the San Fermín bull-running festival, an 18 year old girl was led to a basement by five men, who surrounded her and participated in unprotected sex .  A few of the men filmed their actions, and sent the video amongst each other in a group chat named “La manada,” which translates to “the wolf pack.”  There was an immediate public outcry against this atrocity, but events escalated when the men’s lawyers claimed the young women was consenting. Based on the video evidence from the incident, the woman remained “passive” with her eyes closed the entirety of her experience.  According to the defendant’s lawyers, this was an example of consent. Under Spanish law today, the only way consent would not be given would be if she had openly struggled against all five men.  But this dissociation is not consent.  According to Planned Parenthood, sexual consent is defined as such:   “Consent means actively agreeing to be sexual with someone.” ...

Over a ten day period this past November, it was recounted that over 125 South Sudanese women and girls experienced harsh sexual violence while seeking aid.  According to medical charity group Doctors Without Borders (MSF), attackers raped, beat, and robbed these women. This includes women older than 65, girls younger than 10, and even pregnant women.  It was reported that the attackers were young men who were dressed in civilian and military clothing. When asked for information on the attacks, the state minister of South Sudan, Lam Tungwar, stated: "A rape of such a magnitude is not true, we are a state (that) respects human rights and women's rights top our list."  However, Ruth Okello, a MSF midwife, claims she has never seen such an increase of sexual assault victims coming to their programs in search of medical care.   According to MSF, from November 19th to the 29th, there were over 125 women in need of emergency care or other kinds of assistance due ...