 The stigma which is associated with rape often results in victims being abandoned, which can lead to the victims being unable to take part in community life, and makes it more difficult to bear and raise children.The use of mass rape allows an enemy to force suffering on an entire community, and in doing this it can lead to the annihilation of the targeted culture.The RUF, even though they had access to women, who had been abducted for use as either sex slaves or combatants, frequently raped non-combatants.