Posted on 04/21/2015 12:01:59 PM PDT by outpostinmass2
As part of the Army’s mandatory Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention (SHARP) training, some units are requiring Soldiers to participate in a Walk a Mile In Her Shoes event, in order to bring awareness to rape and sexual assault, and “stop men’s sexualized violence against women.”
Sounds positive, right? Well there’s just one little detail that is causing quite the controversy, as these male Soldiers will all be forced to cross-dress, wearing red high heeled shoes during the 1.26 mile walk. One cadet from Arizona ROTC said that any personnel who refused to participate in the event, would receive a negative counseling form from their leadership, which would state that the Soldier didn’t support their unit’s rape and sexual prevention program. Although the Battalion Commander of the ROTC department denied that the training was mandatory, a slide of the training was uncovered, revealing the time, place, and location that all cadets were required to report to for the event. It’s amicable that the military is taking sexual assault prevention seriously, but is humiliating male Soldiers in order to make that point really the best course of action? That’s not even considering that wearing red high-heel shoes violates the military’s regulation pertaining to the wear and appearance of the Army uniform.
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For that matter, all of these troops have fathers. Why won't they defend their own sons against this?
The Army Site (forgive me if this has been posted already)
http://www.sexualassault.army.mil/index.cfm
The is Chelsey Manning’s dream come true.
When do taxpayers get to pay for his ‘conversion’ ?
They are already raping service men, too.
They are raping male soldiers!
CRIPES! Do they hand out medals for this Crap ? Lavender Hearts for being accosted or getting your feelings hurt.
that’s next
no smart woman tries to walk that far in heels.
if they commute, they wear tennis shoes and put on the heels in the office.
this is so stupid.
someone gets paid to think this crap up.
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