Genocidal politics: Incidents of war

Genocidal rape involves systematic sexual violence inflicted by one group on individuals whose identities are deemed peripheral by the oppressors. This orchestrated gender-based violence intersects with wartime narratives when viewed through a feminist lens, highlighting how 'bodies' are analyzed and constructed within these contexts. The existence of power as Gayatri C. Spivak puts it “Power is nothing if not opposed to what it is not…make the latter’s form of expression concretely possible”. The power dynamics surrounding body politics encompass the ethical, ontological, and socio-cultural dimensions of marked body parts. The concept of "the politics of the vagina" is not merely a rhetorical exaggeration but a colonized perspective on what "vaginas should not represent." Genocidal rape in wartime reveals how bodies are situated within the cultural framework of phallocentric power and control. Since wars are waged over bodies, including their ontological essence, body politics and their metaphysical representations become products of patriarchy. When viewed through a queer-feminist perspective, the portrayal of bodies challenges traditional notions of identity and physicality. As Judith Butler argues in Gender Trouble, bodies are merely words, and identities are imposed constructs shaped by specific contexts. Henceforth, my paper shall present how the genocidal rape committed by the war heroes during Kashmior and Bangladesh war stories.