Expecting Rape

[Gromgor]

Then what you get from it is not accurate to what was said.

She was making comments about an increase in the numbers of assaults, brought on by an increase in the number of jobs for females being added in the military (14,000). She commented on how the government/military is not being excessively vocal about the issue, but rather feminists have. Which is only reasonable. I know if -I- was trying to convince people to go fight and possibly die I wouldn't be yelling about how there have been rapes. She's pointing out that there is money being spent, and that there is now an amount she feels to be excessive being spent ($23M vs. the previous $5M - With $113M annually in all). What I get from her statements are that the amount is being spent NOT because it's helping, but rather because feminists have demanded more be spent.

I think the line that has people most up in arms about this is the "Now what did they expect?"

I believe most are reading that as "Now what did [the women who joined the military] expect?

While I am reading that as "Now what did [the politicians and/or citizens/feminists] expect?

She's complaining about the bureaucracy and the money and as a law maker and as somebody that has to ALWAYS be mindful of a budget, she should. We SHOULD look at these programs. We should question whether spending more, adding more "programs" or stiffer punishments, etc. are working, necessary or even possible. In this case, because this is an issue, apparently it's not working, the current policies are not necessary, but some policy IS necessary. Is it even possible to reduce the number of rapes per 1,000 women in the military? I like to believe so. I have your backs on this one ladies. I think we need MORE women in the military. Put them on the front lines. Put them in the infantry. Put them on subs. If they can do it physically, with the same demanding standards as man faces, let them do the job. Flood the military with women. Rape is about power and one, of the many, reasons we are even discussing this issue is because this "man's military" is being challenged. How many of these rapes are simply because the individual is a woman in the military and not just because she's a woman? Remove that sense of the military belonging to the men and that whole challenge disappears.