re: #177 Floral Giraffe

I’d actually say rape is used as a weapon, in many instances.
Even more, a power play.

Spanish Nationalist general Gonzalo de Queipo Llano had this to say about the conduct of his men during the Civil War of 1936-39:

Our brave Legionaries and Regulares have shown the red cowards what it means to be a man. And, incidentally the wives of reds too. These Communist and Anarchist women, after all, have made themselves fair game by their doctrine of free love. And now they have at least the acquaintance of real men, and not milksops of militiamen. Kicking their legs about and struggling won’t save them.

These were troops of the Spanish Foreign Legion, mostly North Africans, while the “regulares” were the Morroccan regiments of the regular army.