Maybe I'm just arguing semantics but saying that you expect rape to occur in the military and saying that a woman who joins the military should EXPECT to get raped have completely different connotations to me.
Rape occurs in society. The military is a microcosm for society. Thus, rape occurs in the military. So yes, there is an expectation that rape happens. But to say that I should expect to get raped when I joined the military because I'm a female(which is what was said by that newscaster) is like saying that I should expect to get raped when I go to the gym. Because it happens, right? Well, I don't expect that. And its completely abhorrent that a newscaster would essentially tell women who have been raped in the military that they should have expected it when they joined.
I don't believe that stress causes a person to rape someone else. There is not a secret rapist lurking in everyone.


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