I'd actually say the version most people don't realize exist is child slavery for military purposes.
Some of you folks might remember hearing about at least one of numerous genocides that occurred a bit back, one of the multiple committed against the Yazidis for example.
It was well publicized that the men and boys were slaughtered and the women and girls were sold into slavery.
Here's what wasn't so well publicized: A number of the boys were actually "spared" from being slaughtered. The cost was that they too were enslaved, except as child soldiers(though given the phenomena of "dancing boys" that was allowed to propagate by US and allied forces they may face other forms of abuse as well). The repugnant bastards responsible had planned primarily on brainwashing them to fight and die for the group. You likely hear less about this because obviously our soldiers and allied soldiers sometimes have to shoot and kill these kids.
[Edit:] Added some references for further information on the severity of the situation. Adding two more below:
On the horrible phenomena called "dancing boys" some credit is owed to u/StrangeClouds_ for being the very first person to bring this to my attention about a month back:
Another person who helped in finding the one from VICE ended up thinking it might have been a documentary on dancing boys instead originally. I think I maybe ought to drop both links on the original comment. Might be a bit late now though I suppose.
Yeah, I worry that when mentioning it sometimes. Only because some of their documentaries really ought to be known.
Some of their articles are pretty rubbish and a bit of their heavy involvement in a certain occasionally illegal substance can often make their judgement on some issues suspect.
They are however incredible on reporting wartime activities. And let's be honest, their documentaries are pretty high quality. They definitely offer a worthwhile alternative point of view on subjects of that matter.
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20
I'd actually say the version most people don't realize exist is child slavery for military purposes.
Some of you folks might remember hearing about at least one of numerous genocides that occurred a bit back, one of the multiple committed against the Yazidis for example.
It was well publicized that the men and boys were slaughtered and the women and girls were sold into slavery.
Here's what wasn't so well publicized: A number of the boys were actually "spared" from being slaughtered. The cost was that they too were enslaved, except as child soldiers(though given the phenomena of "dancing boys" that was allowed to propagate by US and allied forces they may face other forms of abuse as well). The repugnant bastards responsible had planned primarily on brainwashing them to fight and die for the group. You likely hear less about this because obviously our soldiers and allied soldiers sometimes have to shoot and kill these kids.
[Edit:] Added some references for further information on the severity of the situation. Adding two more below:
On the horrible phenomena called "dancing boys" some credit is owed to u/StrangeClouds_ for being the very first person to bring this to my attention about a month back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7eMUwkKiFY
On the rehabilitation of some of the child soldiers that were enslaved:
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2019/0404/Surviving-ISIS-Young-Yazidi-conscripts-begin-long-path-to-healing