Zimbabwe: When Fathers Rape Their Daughters

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The Sunday Mail of June 22, 2014 carried a headline "Over 170 men rape daughters in a year" while The Herald of February 10, 2014 read "Father rapes 2-month-old daughter". On Friday February 7, 2014 there was another article titled "Rapist dad gets 20 years". Many more reports with similar titles have been published while many other cases go unreported.

One thus wonders what on earth drives men to commit such an unthinkable, selfish and criminal act of sexually preying on their own flesh and blood.

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