User:Khattameetha18/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Corrective rape

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I was looking through the C-Class articles and this was under "Sexology and Sexuality". I had never heard of the term before and the article itself wasn't too long, so I decided to evaluate it.

Evaluate the article
Content: A few parts, the "Intersectionality" section in particular, could be more concisely written. I felt it was distracting and repetitive despite the fact that it wasn't saying a lot. There is room for this section and others to be expanded/applied to countries other than South Africa since this issue is global and not as specific as this article implies. Overall, the information provided is rather shallow, but a place to begin. I think there could be more done to unpack the (in my opinion problematic and) controversial aspect of the term "corrective rape" to introduce the cultural context in which it was coined. There is a bit on this from the UN, but I am left wondering how rape is defined and understood as well as who specifically is using this term (if it is still being used). On that note, I would imagine that this article could be updated since most of the information is from 2008-2011.

Tone: I think there was a sufficient neutrality in the article's informative tone that did not discount the nature of the topic. There is also the inclusion of both the motivations behind this hate crime and the real impact on victims.

Sources: The couple of links I checked worked and took me to reputable sources. Although I wouldn't say that there was a diverse array of authors, I don't think such a criteria applies here the way it would for another topic. I do think, however, that the amount of citations makes the article to seem more information dense than it really is.

Talk: Poor examples, incorrect information, and some interesting external commentary are highlighted on the talk page. One editor is overcome by the lack of clarification on how both the perpetrators and victims are black in the "intersectionality" section. With this in mind, I think that another editor's comments are especially poignant: "I hasten to point out that "corrective rape" is not confined to black or 'backward' countries. It has its advocates and examples even in present-day Europe and the US... it has been recommended by supposedly intelligent and well-educated Americans and Europeans...".