"Never again" said the Jews (and many others) about the Holocaust. However, there have been many such tragedies in the 20th and 21st centuries, some of them going on right now. Please take a look at the "case studies" on the Gendercide site. Choose one of the studies and comment here on that article/case study. In studying for the final exam, you might find particularly useful the Armenia case study, the Bangladesh case study, the Nanking (Nanjing) case study, and the Rwanda case study. In what way does the information on this site help justify the 20th century's nickname "The Age of Violence" or the 21st century's nickname "The Age of Stupidity"?You can read extra articles for more extra credit, but please put each article comment in a separate post.
I was shocked by the Nanjing Massacre, especially the gendercide that targeted both women and men in different brutal ways. Women suffered sexual violence and death, while men faced mass executions and torture. I think this tragedy shows why the 20th century is called “The Age of Violence”. People lost empathy and reason, allowing hatred to rule. Remembering these events reminds us how dangerous it is when humanity and morality disappear.- KIM, YEOWON
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