RDS

Wow this is disturbing.
1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped | NEWS JUNKIE POST

Oozlefinch

How nice, you simply throw out a quote, without actually putting in any of your own thought.

And yes, it is horrible. But I seriously doubt that the figure is anywhere close to 1/3. The national rate is half that, or 1 in 6.

And rape is not taken lightly in the military. Last year there was a rape reported in my unit, and 15 guys were brought in and questioned. And everybody's DNA was checked (giving up DNA is part of your enlistment, no court order is needed because the sample is already on file). The guy that did it though turned out to be a civilian.

If any female in my unit now was raped, I guarantee that the scumbag will likely not make it to trial. He will be found in the desert, somehow after being run over repeatedly with a 5 ton truck.

Goshin

I find this very very hard to believe.

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Korimyr the Rat

I don't. The number for the general population is supposedly 1 in 4, and the military demographic is heavily skewed toward the age groups that are both the most likely offenders and the most likely victims-- under conditions that encourage a higher rate of violent offenses.

That the rate isn't higher should be taken as a testement to the effectiveness of military discipline. Not that there isn't room for improvement, of course, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it's worse.

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cpwill

this strikes me as one of those "DID YOU KNOW THAT 45% OF WOMEN ARE RAPED, BEATEN, MURDERED, assaulted, harrassed, or looked at funny in college?"

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K-1

This sounds incredibly spurious to me.

kansaswhig

This is probably the greatest exaggeration in history. There is no way it is true.

Oozlefinch is exactly right. It is a HUGE deal when it happens and the "guilty until proven innocent" version of military justice will make sure it's painful.

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American

This is nothing more than prejudice, and coming from a moderator.

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the makeout hobo

So people are saying this isn't true because they don't want it to be true?

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****** We need a higher percentage of Males in the Armed Forces. More from the Middle Class or slightly higher but the Military does not exist to even the Gender Playing Field., It exists to protect the Country.