Senator says Defense Department must eliminate sexual assaults »
Posted By bubba2 11 months, 3 weeks ago in StyleSen. Bob Casey says he continues to hear many complaints about sexual harassment and abuse from women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he wants the Defense Department to do more to stop mistreatment and provide more care for victims.
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raats666211 months, 3 weeks ago
FTA-"A March report by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office said there were 2,688 reports of sexual assault in fiscal 2007, the last year for which records were available, with about 600 of those reports resulting in service members being punished."
There is something REALLY wrong when barely 22% of reported crimes result in some form of punishment.
Since, generally, a FRACTION of sexual assaults are actually reported there are A LOT of sexual predators (in our armed forces) that are free to do as they please....unchecked. Since (with the chain of command doing the investigating which may include the chain of command) the 'fox is guarding the hen house'.
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bigurn11 months, 3 weeks ago
Please understand that the UCMJ is a much more stringent standard than civilian law. There is little allowance for attitudinal exceptions.
And, also, perhaps even with a strict standard, 78% do not meet the UCMJ definition of sexual assault.
Everything that exists in the civilian world also exists in the military one. It would be an unrealistic expectation to not have some level of criminality. For example, what happens in your town? 600 convictions for sexual assault amounts to about 1 conviction for every 3000 service members. My town can't meet that standard.
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bigurn11 months, 3 weeks ago
Please consider the possibility that 78% of those accused were innocent.
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bigurn11 months, 3 weeks ago
It's been done. It was called WACs/WAVEs, etc, and the forces were reconciled since WWII. Your idea is considered extremely sexist and not in the best interest of the careers of women.
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Hobe11 months, 3 weeks ago
Senator says Defense Department must eliminate sexual assaults
WOW..., who would ever think this would happan????
The current Congressmaen and Senator's Need to be Voted out Of Office....
Special Intrest controls their every move...
VOTE the Lifer's OUT OF OFFICE Both sides, stop the corruption, Scandel and Waste of hard working Americans Tax Dollars.......
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bigurn11 months, 3 weeks ago
Eliminating sexual assaults must be a worthy goal. I'm sure the good Senator has this well in hand. I will check to see the rate of sexually related crime in his district; I'm sure it's 0.
/sarcasm
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Poulenc11 months, 3 weeks ago
When I read stories like this I'm reminded of how little has changed in the realm of (straight) male-female relations, at least in a "closed" setting.
And people make a big deal of the "morale-destroying sexual tension" that they're certain will ensue if gays are allowed to serve openly in the military.
Bottom line: men respect one another; not so when it comes to women.
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Natureboy11 months, 3 weeks ago
Sexual assault, abuse and rape are so prevalent in the military that they have their own syndrome "military sexual trauma."
Read, and be disgusted -
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3912/is...
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bigurn11 months, 3 weeks ago
Military sexual trauma is, from the article, a domestic violence problem. Moreover, this entire piece is so poorly written it is difficult to make sense of it. The author jumps between domestic problems and military problems, confuses the two, and uses terminology that combines two different inputs into the same output (assault).
The kinds of abuses include "economic abuse", which goes undefined. Also, it does not say what constitutes any of these abuses, so conceivably any behavior could be construed as abuse (quite possibly in the eye of the victim).
I gave up on page 5. My kids write better than this.
I was disgusted. At the author.
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Poulenc11 months, 3 weeks ago
Interesting, bigurn.
The protection of women is a form of condescension, isn't it? One is saluting one's own powerfulness/another's "weakness"--and thereby drawing a line in the sand. In any case, "equal" won't do.
My experience is that men may be mutually competitive---god knows, they are!--but when push comes to shove, as it so often does, men fear the strength of their own sex, the ability to do damage.
Men DO rape other men, but hardly as often as they do women. There's a lesson there, I think.
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Natureboy11 months, 3 weeks ago
Don't forget the "man's man" action. Male on male rape within the military is far more common than most would think, and it is really taboo to speak about.
http://www.refusingtokill.net/rape/malerapinthe...
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Tcaros11 months, 3 weeks ago
Where's Alpha Fartsies (AlphaGnosis)?
I'd like to know the spin to hear on this one. Let's see "Bush is not responsible for actions within the DOD." Is that a good one?
Fartsies: If you condone illegal activities, coverups, smear tactics, and selective enforcement of the laws starting at the TOP, then this is what happens. A total break down of respect for the law.
That is why we 70% of (real) Americans dissaprove of this administration. You republican hangovers are a bunch of idiots.
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Poulenc11 months, 3 weeks ago
mrbs, in answer: they complete it through co-operation.
Were you suggesting that a "cat fight" would immediately ensue?
If so--how backward of you!
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