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Owashu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
They have a don't ask don't tell policy. so Does that mean i can join up and rape you?
Will laghf about it when im done.
Owashu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You cant squeeze blood out of a turnup
You cant talk intelligents in to a Republican
Let's try it another way.
QuietGalTalking (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Owashu
I was cutting and pasting an article. You have to read back to get the entire article. Sometimes when people are being vile, I find it useful to put something intelligent up.
QuietGalTalking (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
alfimon
I find it repulsive that you think that the high rate of women being raped by their own comrades in the military is something humorous. Obviously, this is the attitude that preceeds rape in the military.
alfimon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
So what your saying quietg is that there are hardly no deaths by enemy fire in Iraq anymore?
We might finally agree on something.
Owashu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
QuietGalTalking
You talk alot Im not saying you don't have a good point but if you make your point that long no one will listen. It turns into rambling.
QuietGalTalking (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Women serving in the military today are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than to be killed by enemy fire in Iraq," Harman said.
And women who suffer sexual trauma are more likely to develop medical and mental problems. Studies show it ranks high - or higher - than combat as a cause of post-traumatic stress disorder.
QuietGalTalking (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
They're out there, they're away from their families, they're away from their girlfriends, you know, their wives," she said. "They see an opportunity."
A recent survey by the Government Accountability Office of just 13 military bases found 103 servicemembers who say they've been sexually assaulted in the previous 12 months. Numbers like that produced this jaw-dropping statement by Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.:
QuietGalTalking (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Story, who was raped twice during her military service 20 years ago, now heads the United Female Veterans of America.
She says the military has done a lot to improve the climate for women, but war makes it worse.
QuietGalTalking (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"I do feel that it is much higher than that, and if they could get the records of all the women that have returned that had been sexually assaulted, those afraid to come in, they would find that it's a lot higher," said Wanda Story. |
