[End Times Sentinel]

Those are a great couple of sites, womenatwar.com and sexualcombat.com.  But my boss said if he caught me looking at that stuff again, he'd fire me and I don't want to have to explain that to the missus.

Owl_Eagle

"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in.  I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"

-Hillary Clinton

(Yes, she really said that

Peggy Noonan

The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)

[DocH]

God bless them, but women do not belong anywhere near a combat zone, period.

There are already enough potential drags on morale, distractions of one type or another, and obstacles in the way of completing the mission (to close with and destroy the enemy), without injecting women, especially for some politically-correct social experiment, into the combat zone.

[freespirited]

* Sexual assault includes rape, nonconsensual sodomy (oral or anal sex), indecent assault (unwanted, inappropriate sexual contact or fondling), or attempts to commit these acts.

Am I reading this correctly? A failed *attempt* to make inappropriate contact with someone (however that is determined) is now an assault?

[kimosabe31]

The notion of women in the military is so fundamentally flawed that those advocating it have to be mentally unbalanced. Any chick volunteering for military service is either looking to keep a lot of guys happy or is very naive. Sexual harassment in the military has been going on for a looong time. Not limited to women in the military, but also including wives of military subordinates.

[silverleaf]

Whatta bunch of crap.

I served a 20 year military career, traveled and served all over the world, and never, ever, not once, felt in danger of being "raped" by my fellow military comrades. Nor did any of the other women I knew who served.

Now back in the days when I was on a college campus...THAT was a dangerous place for women...sarc

Could it be that much of this break-down of self control between men and women working together, where it is occurring, is coming from Guard and Reserve Units who are deployed away from the ol' hometown and on their own for the first time in their lives? And under rather poor leadership at all echelons, to boot.

[AmericanChef]

If it's an actual rape I say let the guy fry for it, but these women should go to a "toughen up" course (rather than subject the men to a "sensitivity" course) all the same. Brushing off the verbal stuff is usually enough to stop it. Guys want attention; don't give them any.

[Apercu]

Consequences of social engineering. Women belong in the Armed Services if that is their desire. They do NOT belong in combat. Civilized behavior drops down several notches in war - combined with a lowering of moral standards in our society at large - what does anyone expect?

[The Great RJ]

...mostly young women, vastly outnumbered and surrounded by mostly young men, far from home in a highly stressful situation.

Reason enough to have an all male army or have female units highly separated from their male counterparts. Given the circumstances what is happening should be no surprise.

[Cold Heat]

Get them out of theater, and problem is solved.

DUH!