ABSTRACT
It is recommended that the definition [of genocide] should be extended to include a sexual group such as women, men, or homosexuals.
Benjamin Whitaker, Revised and Updated Report on the Question of the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (the UN Whitaker Report), 1985
The gender dimension of genocide and other crimes against humanity has only recently attracted sustained attention. Leading the way were feminist scholars, who paid particular attention to rape and sexual assault against women, and pressed for such crimes to be considered genocidal. Other scholars and commentators have concentrated on the gender-selective killing of infant girls through female infanticide, or the denial of adequate nutrition and health care resources to females at all stages of life.
