"In an article written for the Washington Post, Smith claimed that 'rape is endemic' in South African culture, and that 'the role of tradition and religion' in fostering a culture of rape needed to be understood. She stated that rape 'has become a prime means of transmitting [HIV/AIDS], to young women as well as children'."
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Charlene Leonora Smith, quoted in Lucy Valerie Graham, "Reading the Unspeakable: Rape in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace", Journal of Southern African Studies, vol. 29, no. 3 (2003), p. 434
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