Racism is a completely separate issue, psychologically and historically. If you have 40 lonely men on a submarine who haven't had anything to do for months on end and haven't seen another woman for that same amount of time, I'm not saying it's going to happen, but for safety sake you -should- expect it to happen. Yes, the men serving in the military should know better and theoretically they should be better people than that. But there is always going to be someone who is serving of questionable morale who is going to spring on that opportunity when it arises, if it does arise.

Would you walk through an alley in the Bronx in the middle of the night with $3000.00 dollars in your pocket? Would you walk through a dog fighting pit with pants stuffed with bacon? Would you let a complete stranger babysit your kids? There is a vast gulf of difference between naively believing humans are without fault, and there is setting expectations. Should we expect there never to be an issue of rape in the military while women serve? No. It's going to happen. It's part of why people were set against women serving in the military for centuries. When it happens it should be punished (harshly). It's quite silly that someone would be given flak over stating it's going to continue to be a problem. If anything, she should have just phrased her words better.