A retired navy woman spoke out a few days ago said she was raped onboard a ship 20 years ago by 3 crewmen. At the time they told her if she reported it she would be weighted down and thrown overboard and no one would find her.
My BIL had an Army command and said this still happens way to often. It was way worse back when he went in the late 70’s.
I dont get why any woman would want to join the military. I expressed my concern about sexual harassment when my friend’s daughter was accepted at West Point. Beautiful, intelligent, Athlete. How are those guys going to leave her alone. Fortunately she is almost done.
My sisters were in the army in the late 70s and 80s and while the wild one was never short of offers for dates, and the more religious one ended up with an asshole for a husband right before retirement, they never had any problems either here in the States, or in Germany, or later in the Reserves. We had brothers so maybe growing up with brothers gives a girl a little different demeanor that wards off the interest of potential violent creeps.
I think there are certain characteristics that rapists and psychos are attracted to - perhaps they’re drawn to fear or nervousness - that don’t necessarily have to do with the victim’s looks, dress or age. Such creeps thrive off the victim’s fear and humiliation, and off the adrenaline from violence, more than the sex act itself, a thrill that they cannot get when sex is consensual.