Comments on: Rape of Women in Military Unfortunately Rising

By: forealz

forealz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:44:01 +0000

To The General you are incredibly ignorant if you believe that rape is about sex. It’s about power, humiliation and inherent beliefs of misogyny. I challenge you to do some research on it. There are plenty of sexually frustrated men who would never perpetuate this type of violence against women. Your comment makes me think that you would hurt women in such a way. You are excusing rape. That is reprehensible. You should be ashamed of yourself, and you will be if you ever get enlightened about the issue.

By: The General

The General — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:34:33 +0000

What do you expect when you put a bunch of sexually frustrated men in a desert for 15 months with a small percentage of women??

By: Kye

Kye — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:59:42 +0000

What the eff is your problem, lady? You honestly think that these women are crying RAPE because they’re pissed about being dumped? You have a lot of soul-searching to do. Because for every rape that DOES get reported are FOUR MORE THAT DON’T.

By: Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:34:11 +0000

wild

By: Blaq Talon

Blaq Talon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:51:34 +0000

I’ve been to Iraq three times, she’s telling the truth. People get deployed and get into relationships with people that they cant have and develope feelings (men and women). Soon as it time to go home and you gotta end shit, mawfuckahs get stupid. I was deployed for 15 months, that shit changes you in ways you cant imagine. Over the last 7 years I’ve deployed 4 times totaling 36 months, I’ve seen it all.

By: LF

LF — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:41:42 +0000

Check this out. No matter what you think (unless you honestly hate women and don’t think they should be in the military) this is going to piss you off.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×3218099

By: LF

LF — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:35:01 +0000

If you want to look at face value then you need to address the mentality inherent in any occupation where men resent women being on their turf. Not all men of course but there are enough to create a pervasive mysogenistic mind set in the armed forces. The above postings did suggest that these rapes were happening because of sexual deprivation combined with the mental stress of a war zone environment. Rape is fundamentally about power. 1 in 3 women are being faced with sexual assault in the armed forces. In Iraq a female soldier is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire.
Women are being encouraged to keep quiet so as not to upset company morale.
Very few cases are being prosecuted and the punishment for those who are is usually a reduction in pay and rank. I don’t think letting felons into the military is helping. The statistics suggest a certain kind of institutionalized mindset and people need to stop thinking about it in terms of sex alone.
I’m not casting stones. I’m saying the statistics suggest a bigger picture than sexual deprivation coupled with poor mental health. This isn’t a new issue. Remember tailhook?

By: M.Y.

M.Y. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:38:56 +0000

No one is trying to rationalize anything. Taking something for face value is the reason why things can never get corrected and prevented from being repeated. you have to know the source of such behavior to prevent it from happening again. Every cause has an effect, these are the laws of the universe. Without a doubt, it is absolutley unacceptable for anyone to rape anyone it is barbaric behavior, however people need to ask why instead of casting stones. I guess I just have a different mindset on situations such as this.

By: LF

LF — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:06:45 +0000

You can rationalize the reasons for the problem all that you want but no amount of rationalization will make it right. There is absolutely no excuse for rape. Trying to blame the issue on lack of porn, people not being able to have sex or having sex and then calling it off is insulting and tantamount to saying boys will be boys.
Female soldiers should be able to trust the men in their unit period.

By: M.Y.

M.Y. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:46:04 +0000

and it’s like “wife” said there is a lot of sexual deprivation in the army that paired with a messed up mentality because of inhumane exposure can drive the most sane person to do something out of the ordinary like rape. There is also A LOT of infidelity by very married men and women in the army as told to me.

By: M.Y.

M.Y. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:43:03 +0000

One of my friends who is in the navy told me about that this happens in her unit as well. Sexual harrassment in her quarters are at an all time high. She even went into detail on how the things that go on in the armed forces are completely unheard of like dumping wastes in the water while at sea. People can’t expect people to be in the right state of mind when they are exposed to the most horrendous situations of war like killing children and watching friends die every other day.

By: macika

macika — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:13:28 +0000

its called war and its atrocities!

By: Juan

Juan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:15:03 +0000

not buying it sorry wife. You sound a little naive.

By: Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:28:30 +0000

i respect that angle, however as u said its still a big TRUE problem

By: a wife of a MP. daughter of a major

a wife of a MP. daughter of a major — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:19:35 +0000

maybe the increase comes from the fact that they are now banning porn in iraq….and the fact that there are a good number of married men having sex with single female soldiers…therefore as soon as one says i’m up and done wth ya they file reports on sexual asault. ‘m not saying that this isn’t a problem because it really is, but a lot of the problem come from the military AND the individual.

By: Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes

Marcus "Dos Un" Holmes — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:00:55 +0000

hold ya head ladies, be safe, stick together
out the fools that need to be outed