It is mentioned several times that enemy soldiers commit rapes: the male protagonist even describes an instance where the wife of a village chief was gang-raped in front of the rest of the village as a punishment. In the last part of the film, a female character is used as a "distraction" when soldiers want to capture an enemy: she thus has to sleep with him. After she does, her brother-in-law despises her for a few scenes before acknowledging her sacrifice.