OT: This is very disturbing

[Slynky]

I heard there were more than 80 cases.

Pisses me off, too! (I'm retired from the army)

[Baron Munchausen]

Now realize that this is just like 'civilian' life -- it is estimated that 3/4ths of all rapes go unreported -- and yes, women are often punished in various ways for reporting sexual assault. So it's not that the armed forces are necessarily all that 'brutal and uncivilized' but that they are just like the population at large. Now you can get really disturbed.

[Fyron]

And keep in mind that most of the command structure (at the upper levels) is male, so they do not really understand the trauma of the females being raped. So, they are not really the best trained/equipped to deal with the situation properly.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Now realize that this is just like 'civilian' life -- it is estimated that 3/4ths of all rapes go unreported -- and yes, women are often punished in various ways for reporting sexual assault. So it's not that the armed forces are necessarily all that 'brutal and uncivilized' but that they are just like the population at large. Now you can get really disturbed.

Well, if you read the article that I read, you would see that the assaults WERE reported and nothing was done about it.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

personally, i think a dull, rusty butterknife, with salt on it.

[Baron Munchausen]

Some assaults were reported.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,110700,00.html

"Only 11 of the women reported being assaulted to military authorities, Hansen said."

If the actual number is 37 then that's about parallel with the 'civilian' 3:1 ratio of reports to actual incidents.

[ February 08, 2004, 00:48: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[Narrew]

The only thing I can think of an up side is once after they idiots pulls their head out of their asses and start prosecute the turds that have done the rapes, then deal with them in a military prison. Things are a bit different there.