[Gritty]

It is possible some of these situations are genuine cases of rape. My guess is, most of what is being called "rape" is something else with a few genuine cases interspersed.

We can't expect to put large numbers of young men in the company of large numbers of young women for extended periods of time, isolate them in remote, often boring, sometimes stressful, close-quartered, entertainment-starved locations away from most external cultural inhibitors and expect "sex" not to happen - and happen a lot. It will. And both sexes will be a party to this game.

We are seeing a part of the price we pay for a completely sexually integrated military force. There are a lot more downsides than upsides in this arrangement. A lot more. But, it is very Politially Incorrect to point out the obvious.

[Lucky Dog]

I see that the same relative topic we discussed on a different thread has reared its "ugly head," once again. Perhaps you or someone else can explain how some on this thread can possibly be critical of the military when most military leaders were not in favor putting women in the kinds of situations where this stuff can easily occur? Sorry, I guess I am asking the wrong party... Just hoping you had more insight than I.

[longtermmemmory]

What happens to a woman who has an inappropriate sexual relationship with a soldier? Officer with an elisted, for example. I imagine they do what they did to the woman who was a bomber pilot and had and adulterous afair, she got booted.

Would an unscrupulous woman cry rape after the fact to protect her military carrer?


There is probably more to this picture. How many university thought crime codes would define kissing as rape. Feminist define all hetersexual sex as rape. The military should investigate but they should also protect the parties involved. If a military man is falsely accused, the accuser should be prosecuted and the man's record protected.

Is this close to the problem of military women who get pregnant just before entering a combat area? Has there been any studies of how many women have gotten pregnant shortly after recieving orders to go to iraq?