Topic > Effects of Violence in the Iliad - 1023

For centuries people have used sex as a weapon. When you conquered a city you conquered its women. The women were never going to be wives, but instead were raped. It demonstrated their dominance and their victory, but in the end it meant nothing. It was used to make women submissive and something to brag about to their women. “The other girl, just now the heralds came and took her away from the camp, the daughter of Briseus, the prize that the armies gave me.” It was never about loving Briseo, but it had everything to do with pride. They wanted to assert their dominance over her and others. They wanted their reward or prize which was a girl to rape. Sexual violence is still seen within the walls of a high school. Guys will have sex with a girl, just to say they did. It had nothing to do with liking the girl or anything to do with the girl, but with conquest. On the other hand, women sometimes use sex to manipulate men into doing what they want. No matter how you look at it, sex is used to degrade or get what someone