Why do some peacekeepers commit sexual abuse against the same people they were sent to protect?
913124
Because there are assholes, idiots, and yes, even pedophiles everywhere, unfortunately. I think the "peacekeepers" who raped little kids should be shot. \n\nFunny, though, how the rape of that poor Iraqi girl by Americans got so much media coverage, yet the UN's baby raping peacekeepers...not so much.
372300
First off let me say that I have never sexually abused anyone but I was sexually molested 2 times as a child. Now, to answer your question. If I was to abuse someone sexually, then ya, it maybe could have made a difference because I had it done to me and sometimes the cycle never ends. That is the same way with mental or physical abuse, someone has to end the cycle. I would never do this to another person because I know what it is like to have it done and I would never wish that on another person, never! It is painful, scary, and it haunts you for the rest of your life. Hope this helps.
440514
i think maybe it's a case of 'the oppressed ending up as oppressors', kinda like the theory that says that abused kids are more likely to become abusers as adults. still, SA tells us they're the rainbow nation so i don't get what's going on there. or maybe SA is not the problem at all and it's simply human nature no matter from where. that after too much abuse we humans naturally try to put abuse on others once we get some power. i dunno.
447456
child sexual abuse,mental,and emotional abuse because these can lead to killing and suicide.They are severely messed up because of someone else and its hard to change them back to innocence, so they become dangerous adults......
641147
they don't tell anybody anything. they probably tell people they are in special ops or tell people that they aren't allowed to know. how often they are away depends on the types of missions, and how many they have.
25631
I have a brother in the Marines and he is in Iraq, so I know the comradery that exists between members of the corps and doubless in the army as well.  If you were to watch as your buddy get's killed or maimed by someone, and then were given the job of guarding that man in prison, I find it hard to believe that you would treat that person as well as our Marines and soldiers are treating the people they nab.  People that are always going on about how badly our boys are behaving need to get a life.  They are giving their all to keep this country safe from terror attacks, and the least we can do is give them moral support.  If that is too much to ask, at least shut up about all the criticism.
1167569
its part of the propaganda of diabolization. They need those people to be the "bad" ones so that they can justify commiting atrocities against them. Its a vicious circle that only ends when we end global poverty. Guess what we could have done for the same price as the Iraq war?
569381
Its not right, some people are perverts, they should all burn in hell for what there doing. or they need to be hung up by there b*lls. really make them think bout what they did, or what there doing.
1032102
They do it because they can. They get a thrill out of physical domination. They think they know better than you do about what you want and what you don't want. \n\nI don't know who this person is to you, if you have a choice to be in their presence or not, but if this behavior occurs more than you can bear, you need to avoid the person, or if you can't avoid him, get help from someone that you trust and has some influence with the perpetrator. \n\nHave courage. These types of men will respect a person demanding their feelings be know and respected or if he is not so caring, he will avoid you because you are too high maintence in his opinion. Either way your courage will get the result you desire.
1093957
What an interesting question! I suppose it's because there's no trust that everyone will be on their best behavior.  I also think that it's a taboo-like guard against pedophilia.
812008
I believe it is because they believe that some of the men will throw themselves in front of the women to keep her from getting hit just because she is a woman..forget the fact that they would do the same for any of the guys...and truth be told they can do a lot more to a female prisoner than a male...  \n\nAt one time there were more women that men in the Israeli army
83236
Trying to keep the people in Haiti from killing each other, but if its the usuall UN mercenaries that are sent to poor countries , they are usually running the black market and houses of prostitution. UN troops are mostly from countries poorer than the countries they are helping, and the countries that send their trash are usually paid by rich countries like the U.S.
392566
It should be up to the men who serve with them. It's probably a homophobic attitude but I would never feel comfortable serving with a homosexual. Not when you have to live with them day in and day out. And if you didn't feel comfortable with the squad your in, you would compromise the efficiency of the unit therefore every ones lives would be more at risk. And you can say what you want in reply to that, it is my view, not yours.
1172097
Seing a person being escorted by policement may instill a bias of guilt in you. Frankly, when you see someone handcuffed and escorted, you wonder what he did wrong rather than if he did wrong.\n\nIt's standard protocal. Don't take it personally.
998699
It is a psychological problem. In most cases the reason a person molests children is because them self has been molested. It is same as if a man beats his wife or his kids, is because that is what his father done and so he thinks it is alright.
16600
Because they are often manipulated to completely depend on their abuser. Lots of people think that abuse is just physical, it's not, the abuser puts down the victim so much  and isolates them so that they think that they could never make it on their own, and noone else would want them and they have no other options. Also, abuser often controlls money, could threaten to kill victim if she leaves (most victims get killed when trying to leave) hurt victims' children, other family members or pets.
154622
That is a very unfair analogy, like saying all gays molest kids.  It is patently untrue.  What it is is that these beings going into an area of work that brings them in direct contact with kids.  They are animals in human skin.