In most European armies in the first half of the17 th century, rapes by unpaid soldiers occurred in large numbers in front of officers and were not stopped because they were part of the quid pro quo of what you got for being a soldier.

• （在十七世纪前半，大多数欧洲国家的军队都有不支薪士兵大量公然在长官面前强暴妇女却未被制止的事件，因为强暴的权利是当兵的交换条件之一。