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Posted on 11/19/2004 8:16:26 PM PST by Former Military Chick
A New York congresswoman introduced Thursday what could be the most ambitious legislation ever to try to reform the military's response to violence against women, proposing broad measures for improving investigations and victim services.
Democrat Louise Slaughter's 241-page bill, which probably will not see light during the current lame-duck session, is unique because it attempts to tackle both sexual and domestic violence crimes with the same resources, despite a history in Washington of treating the crimes separately.
"We must change entirely the culture that permits this kind of abuse to occur," said Slaughter, who chairs the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues. "It is my hope that this bill is a first step in that direction."
Slaughter's bill, the Prevention and Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Act, would expand and add specificity to recent congressional mandates that ordered the military to standardize victim services and investigations into sexual assault crimes.
Under her bill, services and treatment for victims of domestic and sexual violence would be made more widely available through designated response teams, a concept long proposed by a Connecticut-based advocacy organization, the Miles Foundation. The foundation advised Slaughter on drafts of the bill.
"The bill would create a foundation of law and policy," according to Anita Sanchez, spokeswoman for the foundation.
Among other actions, passage of the bill would:
Establish two senior executive level offices, Director of Special Investigations and Office of the Victims' Advocate. One would support timely investigations of sexual assault, domestic violence, family violence and stalking and would manage sexual assault response teams and domestic violence response teams. The other would improve access to services for victims and survivors.
Allow service members to take "extended" emergency leaves from their units to seek treatment for trauma, as well as safety planning.
Make communication between victims and advocates confidential.
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http://denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E30137%257E2544219,00.html
What is more troubling is the webpage.
What, are you just hearing now that men are all scum, and that no woman is safe living in the same house with a man? I've heard nothing else for 20 years. Frankly, I'm tired of it.
And what kind of culture would that be?
Is that the "mostly" all male military culture that has kept this nation free since its beginnings?
Does this give women the opportunity to point a finger at any soldier they resent and destroy that soldier's career without question, just as women do every day in civilian society?
Just what are the unintended consequences of "tinkering" with our military?
They are conducting a little social experimemt and the military are the guinea pigs.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about this violence against women garbage. It's part of the feminist agenda that believes that every woman is a victim. If there weren't any males, the human race would be paradise on earth.
"What, are you just hearing now that men are all scum, and that no woman is safe living in the same house with a man? I've heard nothing else for 20 years. Frankly, I'm tired of it."
It strikes me as odd that you're more offended by the mention of violence against women than by the violence itself. The bottom line is that there are higher rates of domestic violence in military families than anyone, most especially military families themselves, would like to see and this is one attempt, good or ill, to improve the situation. As to the man-hating screeds that apparently have polluted your life these past 20 years, may I suggest a move to the Middle East? They seem to be all about women-hating rather than man-hating there so you should find some much needed relief. Good luck.
Please continue with your pardoy posts. They're wonderful.
In fact, I've read many of your other posts as well, and you really should write a book.
I've bookmarked your posts and look forward to reading more of your work.
The emphasis on the tiny fraction of violent crimes that occur with women as victims is perverse.
| As to the man-hating screeds that apparently have polluted your life these past 20 years, may I suggest a move to the Middle East?
The guys who do this stuff are criminals. Bash away at criminals all you want; I don't know anyone who has a problem with that. But this "five in every four women will be beaten to death by their husbands before next Tuesday" nonsense is over-the-top and offensive to half the population. Get it? |
"But this "five in every four women will be beaten to death by their husbands before next Tuesday" nonsense is over-the-top and offensive to half the population. Get it?"
Oh, I get it. What you don't seem to get, however, is that your statements implying that all women are man-hating whiners just because some of them are excessively vocal about fighting domestic violence are no less over-the-top. You can't suggest that women are being too extreme and unfairly tarnishing all men in their attempts to combat domestic violence while you're simultaneously tarnishing all women and defending your own extreme statements. It makes you guilty of the very thing you claim to hate and a hypocrite to boot. Get it?
PS- Your suggestion that the "nonsense" is offensive to only half the population speaks volumes.
I think willful misrepresentation and ignorance is brilliant, don't you?
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