(January 23, 2013 at 8:30 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: With regards to the "rape epidemic", having more women in the military will allow for more chances for these incidents to be reported, more chances for friendly fire investigations to take place, etc,.
Oh, good idea. More victims does mean more reports. Brilliant! /sarcasm
In reality, I doubt this will mean more women in the military. It means more women in a different position, one which is far more subject long periods of time without supervision of COs. How would these lead to more investigations of friendly fire?
Quote:To stop the so-called epidemic of rape, light must be shed upon it. More eyes means more light.
Ah, yes. Making it less legitimate by calling it "so-called" is ever so helpful.
Quote:Or would naysayers here like Shell prefer that the issue be passively solved in a top-down manner that has be "attempted" for years to no success?
Moros, you are being terribly condescending. I am not a naysayer. I am a proponent for reform that would make this a safer transition. Really, don't assume that I am a proponent for certain measures that are already not working when I said no such thing. In fact, I have stated the opposite. I already said that I am happy with a new change that takes the investigation away from the immediate commanding officers, making it less likely to be a buddies help buddies kind of system. Putting it all in quotes to make it seem like less of a problem and acting like having more victims to talk about it is going to help is ludicrous.
I am a woman, for fuck's sake. I want to have all the opportunities I can possible have. However, I think it is irresponsible of the military to make superficial changes without working on making the military environment safer for woman. Combat is dangerous enough without having to worry about violent rape or would "quoters" like Syn prefer we just let them all get raped so they can protest louder? (Note: Most of that was purposely hyperbolic. I find it difficult to respond to condescension seriously.) Fuck if I try to raise legitimate points in the midst of people so desperate to be extremist that they forget about reality. Just because the military isn't succeeding at a problem doesn't mean that it is not possible or that making it worse is going to help.
