When will this violence stop

When I, a 70-year-old retired man open the newspaper in the morning or click on to a news site on the internet, I see news of violence everywhere - whether it is the Middle East or Africa or the Indian subcontinent news of violence occupies prime space and also, prime time of the visual mediums. And - these hurt. Why should there be so much blood all around us? We are a civilized lot -then, why should women be hounded out and captured by Islamic State militants in the town of Sinjar? As per a report in nzherald.co.nz they detained women, mostly the youngest and prettiest ones. This is what witnesses, relatives and in some instances the women themselves have revealed. It seems the women were separated from men, then the younger Yazidi women were separated from older ones and most were shunted off in buses or trucks. Once in their custody, the women were offered a bleak choice. The women belonged to the Christian faith and the choice was those who agreed to convert to Islam were promised a good comfortable life, with a house of their own and, of course, a Muslim husband. Those who would not agree to the terms would have to face a life of indefinite imprisonment - or, even, death. Is this an example of civilized life of the 21st century? Are women to be treated as readily available objects meant to satisfy and please the animal instincts of a section of the men?