Rapes Reported by Servicewomen in the Persian Gulf and Elsewhere

NY Times ^

[Happy2BMe]

No surprises here.

[meisterbrewer]

Hmmm. 112 military women have reported sexual assaults or rapes in the Persian Gulf in 18 montha. That is out of more than 60,000 women who are stationed in and around the Gulf with the military.

Compare those numbers to a study released just last week by Harvard that stated “almost one in 20 (4.7 percent) of women reported being raped, and 72 percent of the victims reported being intoxicated while being raped.” So, about 5% of our college women are being raped, not including those who were sexually assaulted, which would make the percentage even higher.

If you apply the 5% number to the 60,000 women stationed in the Gulf, we should be seeing 3,000 reported rapes. But we have only seen 112 according to the New York Times. In other words, our military women are far more safe from sexual assault and rape than our college women. And, by deduction, our military men are far more mature, professional and respectful of women than our college men. But then, we already knew that. Just don’t count on the Times or any other newspaper to report the comparison.

[an amused spectator]

Revived Media Shenanigans ping - Apparently, The New York Times (Eric Schmitt) needs a fill-in "cause" until Martha Burk begins anew her annual spring jihad against Hootie & the Masters

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[SolutionsOnly]

The Intellectual dishonesty of NYT is amazing. They dismissed all the concerns about the role of women in the military when the issue of gender integration was first proposed, totally ignoring the ugly truths of our basically flawed human nature, and now they fault the military. I'm not making any excuses for rapists - they need to be severely dealt with, but this is another case of 'Be careful what you ask for - you just might get it'!

The liberal arrogance of thinking they know better than thousands of years of accumulated history and wisdom is maddening. This is only another example of it.

[MegaSilver]

We could always, y'know, bar women and homosexuals from serving in the military.

But, of course, that would be too obvious.

[Mr. Mojo]

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[trussell]

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[boxerblues]

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[mhking]

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[blackie]

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[Constitution Day]

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[giznort]

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[metesky]

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[EGPWS]

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