‘The woman is subject to man on account of the weakness of the nature.’ – St. Agustine. This saying is proven to be correct as the women were given the same brutal punishments as the men were. This made it difficult for women as they did not have any choice but to be brutally hurt like the men. Not only this, but the peasant women of the Middle Ages treated as toys which you could trade with other families. The noble women didn’t have life any easier, though they were considered lucky compared to the peasants.
Women are also subject to sexual abuse by the correctional officers and surprisingly, the former women inmates as well. The women are bribed for sexual favors in return for some of the most basic human needs such as toilet paper and a toothbrush, sometimes even their meals. One of the main problems concerning sexual abuse in prisons is that sexual assault and rape is so common in prisons that it is almost seen as acceptable. It’s disgusting that an inmate should be expecting to get raped when sentenced to jail. That is wrong in every way and goes against our given rights.
These executions could range from being shot with arrows to being buried alive upside-down. These executions being very cruel, it allowed the prisoner to be tortured and feel the pain longer and make it more excruciating. These executions show that the Mongols had very little sympathy for prisoners and were fit to make their final moments, what many would consider, a living hell. (Doc.
Torture is inhumane and should be illegal The act of torture is cruel, degrading, and inhumane. Torture has tremendous negative physical effects on human body, the act of torture involves unimaginable amounts of physical and mental pain that no one should have to endure. Torture is harmful to the mind. Torture is ineffective, unreliable, and may not yield positive results. Torture is illegal is the majority of the world and immoral to most cultures.
He was quick to suppress any revolts and his punishments were almost always harsh to show that he was not to be betrayed. His sentences for those who betrayed him in the Streltsy Rebellion were brutal. Peter sentenced thousands for execution and used torture as a way of inflicting pain on those who had dishonored him, not only as a means to acquire a confession. His cruel ways were also shown when he brought his own sister Sophia under questioning and confined her permanently to a convent, held under watch of a hundred guards and allowed no visitors. [4] Peter's frequent travels left Russia unmanned, often for months at a time.
After that, they would slide a tube down their throat and on the end their was a funnel in which they poured a raw egg mixture in. This torturous procedure ruined morale for many of the women in the prison, but some still pressed on with their hunger strike. News of the horrendous treatment the women were receiving leaked out. This caused the public to be appalled and they
Also people were sometimes allowed to be boiled, although this practise was mainly reserved for people accused of poison. One punishment that both classes could share as a punishment would be that to be trialled of witchcraft. The punishment for this would usually be public burning. This was a horrendous and truly torturing way to end; sometime the executioner would put gunpowder at the base of the fire to allow the person a quicker death. The difference between the crimes in the Elizabethan era and the crimes of today is it was too easy to accuse of a crime and not see a true trial in the times of her reign, and most murders were not premeditated, they would on most occasion escalate from a heated argument and result in a death.
Affliction is on the same page with killing. Torture is not simply listening in on a conversation. In many cases, victims end up dead because of the severity of the torture. Both agony and killing interrupt and make a normal life impossible. Similarly, both render the victim defenseless.
The holocaust was a time for pain and despair. You could not show your emotions because the Nazis would see you as weak and an easy target to make suffer. One of the survivors said “If you cried, you died” and in Auschwitz that was a harsh reality. What he meant is that you had to be strong in Auschwitz or you could simply not last. Although humans have manners and are kind to one another there is still a seed of cruelty in each and every one of us.
Some of the tactics they employ include starvation, beatings, rape, and gang rape. Also, the traffickers are not the only ones to perpetrate violence. Reading ahead, I noticed we will be learning about Power and Social Justice and this subject fits in perfectly because there is no answer to why people hurt one another. Our previous assignments focused on issues in society such as the one in Enrique’s Journey and Loaves and Fishes and George Orwell’s 1984. Most humans have fear in speaking against something that is unjust and a violation of our dignity because it gives power to the higher authority to control.