Female GIs reporting rapes by U.S. soldiers

Denver Post ^ | 1/24/2004 | MILES MOFFEIT AND AMY HERDY

[sauropod]

De nada. I am one of those engineers you were talking about.

[metesky]

I suppose it was fun while she lasted.

Yeah, it revived a half decent thread and got us some afternoon laughs.

[b4its2late]

Wait! Lemme guess... I have a FReep mail too...

[sauropod]

Haven't you been paying attention to the Cialis commercials? ;-)

[ohioWfan]

Yes.

When your enemies are amoral morons like these, it's a compliment, indeed!

[metesky]

Why I get Belligerent Freepmail from a thread I haven't posted on is beyond me.

Oh heck, I get belligerent Freepmail from folks I'm friendly with. I get belligerent Freepmail from people I've known personally for over thirty years!

[boxerblues]

Now Im depressed, some troll hates me . Do you think I could go to DU and get a group hug lol

[Grampa Dave]

As you know, one of my favorite comments is that GW is blessed to have the enemies that he has.

Well, it appears that many of us have the same blessings.

[boxerblues]

Right now I think I'd like to bash some trolls, but not with words. :-(

Can we watch?

[HamiltonJay]

Of course sex is happening, you put young men and young women together, sex is the only end result, period. Add in extended periods away from family and familiarity, and the emotional aspects of being deployed, its even greater. PC Dogma cannot change reality.

I am sure some rapes have occurred, and i am sure some claiming rape are doing so to cover up affairs as well. But lets keep some perspective, how many troops are over there right now? 100k? 300k? If all 37 rapes are true, that's a far far far lower number of rapes per thousand than the typical woman on the streets in the US in terms of odds.

[bogdanPolska12]

Are you by chance Iranian?

We get new trolls and we get you. Sounds like a good deal to me. The mods get rid of the Trolls, and you stay on.

Is this question direct it to me? If it is well my answer is simple; I am from Poland in heart and soul.

[boxerblues]

this just came from the DOD

DoD Releases 2002 Sexual Harassment Survey Results
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2004 – Incidences of sexual assault within the active duty military dropped by half between 1995 and 2002, according to a DoD sexual harassment survey released Feb. 25.

The congressionally mandated survey was taken in 2002 and polled 60,000 service members -- from private to colonel, Dr. David S.C. Chu, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told reporters at a Pentagon press briefing. About 20,000 service members, he said, responded to the survey.

Chu said the sexual harassment survey is an important instrument that helps DoD "to root out" prohibited behavior, to change attitudes and "to change how people treat each other and to ensure that everyone is treated with the respect that he or she deserves." The next sexual harassment survey, he said, is slated for 2006.

Rachel Lipari from the Defense Manpower Data Center, who accompanied Chu to the briefing, noted the survey shows a decline from 6 percent to 3 percent since 1995 in the incidence of sexual assault in the armed services.

Also, she said, the survey demonstrates a 22 percent decline in sexual harassment incident rates across the services between 1995 and 2002.

The majority of survey respondents – 79 percent of men and 77 percent of women -- noted they'd received anti-sexual harassment training in the past year, remarked Timothy Elig, Lipari's co-worker, also at the briefing.

And at least 75 percent of both men and women respondents reported that their service's training conveyed "a good understanding of what sexual harassment was, an understanding of what behaviors were offensive and could not be tolerated, that sexual harassment makes it difficult for service members to perform their duties," Elig said.

Chu maintained that the 2002 survey demonstrates that the majority of service members polled see their anti-sexual harassment training as being effective.

"And that's a good news story, because we've been investing heavily for some years now … in training as one of the ways to change behaviors," Chu said.

During Senate testimony earlier that day, Chu also said the survey shows that most service members have faith that commanders are willing to take appropriate action on issues of sexual harassment and more serious forms of sexual misconduct.






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[Darksheare]

Negative.
The trolls seem to ignore me.
*sigh*

[Grampa Dave]

Welcome to Free Republic!

The Polish people are some of the best friends and allies that we have.

[HitmanLV]

I suspect the penomenon is a combination of a lot of things:

1. Lots of men and women not only working together, but living together and spending all their time together. No question to me this will lead to men becoming attracted to women, women being attracted to men, and a misunderstanding or even what is called date rape situation arises.

2. A percentage would be a classic rape situation - a man with mental problems and a criminal mind who forcibly rapes a woman or women.

3. I think there are still rules against fraternization and a women officer with a goal of a career in the military who is caught with her pants down with an enlisted man might take the easy way out and accuse the man of rape rather than risk disciplanry action or court martial. I would expect this to be rare, but it's certainly possible.

4. I think some cases will be consentual sex and the couple gets caught (considering the military environment it's hard to imagine not getting caught sooner or later), and like you mention, the woman would have to explain getting caught, or worse, pregnancy, to her hubby stationed elsewhere or living as a civillian back home. Again, I suspect it's rare, but it's a possibility.

I don't think its fair to say that most of these cases are women claiming rape because of the last two situations I mentioned. I'm old fashioned - when a woman says she has been raped, I am inclined to believe her. If I were a betting man, I'd suspect most of these cases are either situation 1 or 2, with maybe a few 3s and 4s tossed in, because clearly stuff like that does happen also.

[MeekOneGOP]

I got Freepmail from the lil lolita too.
May it rest in peace ;^)

[LibWhacker]

LOL, y'know libs keep calling for re-instatement of the draft in the silly belief that Americans would then turn around and actually start opposing the War on Terror. I think we should take them up on their offer and send every shirking lib we can conscript straight into combat for the duration, including this pathetic liberal troll, whoever he is. He might just come back a man.

[American in Israel]

For a homosexual pro-terrorist Demorat, you sure top the charts as rude. My guess is you were a fuller brush sales man in a past life.