Gates, Rumsfeld Sued Over U.S. Military's Rape Epidemic

Yahoo News ^ | 15Feb2011 | Jesse Ellison

[ConorMacNessa]

A landmark lawsuit filed Tuesday against Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, alleges that the military's repeated failures to take action in rape cases created a culture where violence against women was tolerated, violating the plaintiffs’ Constitutional rights.

“There are three types of women in the Army,” says Rebecca Havrilla, a former sergeant and explosive-ordnance-disposal technician. “Bitch, dyke, and whore.” During the four years that Havrilla was on active duty, she was called all three—by fellow soldiers, team leaders, even unit commanders. Once, during a sexual-assault prevention training, the 28-year-old South Carolina native claims, she watched a fellow soldier—male—strip naked and dance on top of a table as the rest of the team laughed. While deployed in Afghanistan, Havrilla spent four months working under a man she alleges bit her neck, pulled her into his bed, and grabbed her butt and waist—on a daily basis. When, on the last day of her deployment, she alleges she was raped by a soldier she considered a friend, it was, she says, “the icing on the cake.”

[ConorMacNessa]

If substantiated, sad commentary on our Armed Forces.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Doc Savage]

Doesn’t sound feasible. Doesn’t meet the smell test. Please post the photo of the “Not this S*it Again!” guy. Check her background. A subversive? Obama kool-aid drinker? Code Pink? Some one is behind this.

[Jeff Chandler]

Is this a news article? It reads like an introduction to Womyn’s Studies 101.

[ConorMacNessa]

Don't have that photo - hope you're right, DS.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Jeff Chandler]

>> Jesse Ellison is a writer and editor for Newsweek, covering society, culture, business, and health. She also co-authors the Equality Myth

[Albion Wilde]

"But women aren’t the only victims; statistics from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicate that more than half of those who screen positive for Military Sexual Trauma are men."

You ain't seen nuttin' yet.

[ConorMacNessa]

Did not know that - thanks for the info!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Radix]

I had a friend in the Army who was raped by an NCO of another racial persuasion.

She reported the “episode” and was advised by her CO that she should not have dated the fellow in the first place.

Hello, she was raped and she did not even know the pig beforehand.

That was more than 30 years ago.

The Dykes in the barracks near my Kaserne were tormenting normal Army girls regularly back in those days as well.

Different friends, different stories.

From here, the Military has been remiss. I was hoping that things changed since then.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

"sad commentary on our Armed Forces"

Yep. They build up warrior men, then expect them to be docile little puppies around women. Insane.

[John.Galt2012]

DailyBeast...

[Louis Foxwell]

Soldiers are taught tro kill and create mayhem. Uniformed ladies are fair game for the troops, idiotic attempts to delete sex from male libinal forces notwithstanding.

[AppyPappy]

I bet she is suing for Disability because of “trauma”.

[Lazlo in PA]

Gosh. I was told by the MSM that this social experiment was working swimmingly. Gays being injected will turn out even better? Looks like a segment of the economy will be getting a boost.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Just wait till the homos lawyer up.

[antiRepublicrat]

It could also be a failure of the chain of command. It does happen. But the goal is to locate and remove those people, and the Army has a few means by which to do it. None of them involve a civil suit. So my main question is, did she go through chain of command, IG and congressional? If not, then she’s on an ideological mission, not trying to solve the actual problem.

[dfwgator]

With DADT going away, the gays will take over the JAG offices.

[starlifter]

“Uniformed ladies are fair game for the troops...”

WTF??!!

[MrB]

The homos are going to be able to get away with nearly anything they want to,
because any charges brought against them will be counter-charged with “harassment”.

[Red Badger]

It may be the straights that need to “lawyer up”.............

[AppyPappy]

“Uniformed ladies are fair game for the troops”

Complete breakdown in military discipline.

Anyway, the problem isn’t usually the “warriors”, it’s the desk jockeys. Front-line troops don’t usually have women under their command.