I have sympathy for those who have served nobly but were court martialed for something they might have done far away from one's deployment. Discretion is always the better part of valor. Don't ask, don't tell. Keep your mouth shut.
Having said that, it seems that our forefathers had reasons for doing what they did. They were not always motivated by hate or prejudice or small-mindedness. Sometimes common sense entered the picture. If you place men and women together in close quarters...
By the same token, if you place men and men in close quarters certain rules of the road apply. Why? Read below.
There is a raging epidemic of sexual assault in the U.S. military. A report released by the U.S. Department of Defense says that an astounding 12,000 women serving in the U.S. military were sexually assaulted in 2012. This is a national disgrace, and any U.S. service member that rapes a woman deserves the death penalty in my opinion. It has gotten so bad that a female service member serving in Afghanistan is more likely to be raped by a male service member than she is to be killed by the Taliban. But that is only half the story. Sexual assault against males is at an epidemic level in the U.S. military as well. In fact, according to the same report that I just mentioned, there were 14,000 sexual assaults against men serving in the U.S. military during 2012.
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/03/sexual-assaults-military-time-high-male-male/#JpYuYRbp3CtOdwzI.99
No comments:
Post a Comment