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If true, that is simply staggering... 3 in 10 US military females are raped while serving? Not that this is any better... but I would assume that this the date rape variety like you see on many college campuses. I can't imagine that these are violent rapes or it would be all over the news... you know, with the liberal bias and all.
Of the 30% that are raped while serving, it doesn't say by other service members. I wonder if this study included women who were raped by their husbands, friends, or other non-military personnel. I'm not trying to make light of this situation, but I also don't want there to be a misperception here about women serving in the military. They can and are raped here in the states as well, and I think those numbers are included as part of the VA study. I don't think 30% of the women serving in Iraq were raped, but that's must my guess.
No. And I wouldn't support my son's decision to serve either.
We have no business in Iraq as far as I can see. This doesn't mean I don't support our troops - it simply means that I feel that what goes on in Iraq is none of our business and we need to stay out of it. If it's about oil, we should drill for more oil here at home and/or expand use of alternative energy.
I hail from a military family, having also served myself. I'll leave the choice up to them and if they do, they will have no less than 100% of my support, and pride to boot.
Remember the female contractor who was stashed in a conex box? She got lucky and got a phone call home to her father.
What about the women who get attacked on their way to the bathroom at night in the middle east?
I know women who kept buckets in their rooms so they didn't have to go outside at night.
Every rape is violent.
I never heard any such thing in my "tent city" quarters in Baghdad, Balad, Kirkuk, Ali, or Bagram. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but i'd be slow to rely on the paranoia of a few to exact an accusation on all.
NO! Why would I subject my daughter to sexual harassment during war times that are based on LIES? I raise my children to know the truth, Not to be murdering puppets for the the services..
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is your truth based on reality, or is it based on the huffington post?
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NO! Why would I subject my daughter to sexual harassment during war times that are based on LIES? I raise my children to know the truth, Not to be murdering puppets for the the services..
I'll get flamed for this, but who cares. Women wanted equality, and they rightfully got it through the women's lib movement. Ok, no problem. Women are rightfully allowed to serve in the military. Ok, no problem.
Sexual offenses are in no way, shape, or form acceptable, but since when did it make sense to have 100,000 men and a few women in a confined space together? I don't condone any of the abuse at all, but does it really surprise anyone?
It happens in neighborhoods all across America. Singling out the military is just another liberal wuss-fest.
NO! Why would I subject my daughter to sexual harassment during war times that are based on LIES? I raise my children to know the truth, Not to be murdering puppets for the the services..
If he/she is old enough to enlist, than he/she is old enough to make a decision on his/her own, no matter what dad or mom says. I tend to believe that there is a way to support your children without necessarily agreeing with everything they do. If they want to be patriotic, let them. What's so wrong with that? Just because you suffer from a cowardice attitude doesn't mean they do.
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