Rape in the Military?

Mutt

First, I'm not condoning rape in the military or in civilian life. It is a horrible crime that should be punished to the max. But, with that said, I do have to say that the article leaves me asking many more questions than what it answered. How many rapes are prosecuted in the military each year? They only talk about two cases, but don't go into much details about the case. I'm not talking about details of the rape itself, but how it was investigated, what evidence was collected, any witnesses that were questioned, etc. All the article displays is these women's point of view.

When I was in the Navy, I was on a combat ship, and at that time, women were not allowed to be stationed on them. I knew quite a few guys that use to be on supply ships, which did have women on them. They all said that if you walked into a shop that had only a woman sailor in it, the best thing you could do is turn around and walk out. Why? Because if she got mad at you and wanted you to get in trouble, she could say anything she wanted to, and it was her word against yours. And generally, unless you had hard evidence to the contrary, she usually won.

JARET S

Come to Canada ..That sh*t does happen here in our army

fin

What is being done in the civilian world to stop rape? Laws and punishment if the laws are broken. It's the samething in the military. Service members have rules that they have to follow and when they break them they are punished. Why, of all the risk in the millitary, are you worried about rape? Not in all cases, but in a lot of the cases the female that is accusing members of rape was doing nothing to protect herself. By this I mean she went out alone with a group of guys, that she didn't know all that well. They drank and drank and drank somemore. Then in the morning when she woke up naked and sore, she accused them of rape. No they shouldn't have taken advantage of her drunken flirting, but hey she shouldn't have gotten so drunk that she didn't know what was going on. She should have used some common sense and went with someone she trusted. Or shouldn't have drank so much. Very rarely do you hear of a service member getting raped who wasn't in a bad situation from the start.I'm not saying this is the case with all of the rape cases but a large majority. So if you really want to join then join. But don't assume someone else is going to take care of you. Take care of yourself and use some common sense. Don't make yourself a target. It could just as easily happen if you were in college and went to a frat party and got drunk. Feel free to e-mail me if you want to ask somemore question about the military, if I don't know the answer I know the recruiter who will.

hugtheplag

What there is to be concerned about besides protecting the females in the military... is protecting the civilain females taht live aroudn military bases....

I know 3 women who have been raped by military men... One of them by 3 guys.... And nothing was doen to these guys becasue they are our brave military...

Dont get me wrong i love our military... I am married to a navy man...

But how do these few men that think they can ruin someones lives not have any consequences?

Mary

I don't know what there are doing to prevent rape but they don't get by like they use to rape is rape and they will pay the price so try no to worry

ValleyViolet

I work with two women who retired from the military;one from the Marines, the other from the Air Force. Both of them say they had great careers and that they were not men and women in service, but they were troops. They said that overall they and their cohorts followed a code of honor and this was not a problem. While there were some who were skeptical about serving with women, they chose to adjust their attitudes or were shown the door. My dad served with women in the Air Force, many who I met and they were excellent people, my dad had the utmost respect for the men and the women he answered to, commanded, and served with.
I live in a city with a strong Army presence, (San Antonio, TX) and women are present and active in the Army here and are doing very well.

spider

I grew up as a military brat, it was a problem but not to the degree that it is in the civilian population and the internal structure of the military is set up to prevent it to a degree that the civilian world can't do. The military isn't a democracy so they can do a lot more than civies can about the problem. Under Clinton some of these measure were set back but war changes everthing an the military becomes more restrictive of the movement of their personnel and isn't a lot of time to mess around and get into trouble.

helo pilot cfi

get a life stay home so you don't have to worry

2eighty8

I'm not sure how to go about at this, but I think I can point you to the right direction. Go to a JAG (Judge Advocate General) office and see if you can get some info on that. I doubt that they'll publish any findings on the internet. Oh, and there're three branches: Air Force, Army, and Navy/Marine Corps.

pentalityism

Probably nothing...

ihatehippies

She probably was a criminal.

Felix

Just goes to show what level of mentality, education and morals these guys have that are fighting for law and order and peace, what a farce

Jimmy C

all women in the military are slam pigs. Whether you are or you aren't really one thats what every guy will view you as. My experience with the whole rape thing is that some girl gets wasted and some guys run a train on her than they make fun of her at work. In the army once your labeled ANYTHING negative ie slam pig, lazy, fat, unmotivated its virtually impossible to escape the label. For some reason thats just the nature of it. For chicks its easy to say instead "yeah Im a floozie" and be looked down upon for the next few years youo can just say "They raped me"

so many times ive been to parties on base where 2 chicks are running around with out shirts on having the 15 guys that are there do body shots.

Just keep yourself clean and you will end up ok

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