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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 16 2014, 10:32 AM (108 Views) | |
| Guest | Sep 16 2014, 10:32 AM Post #1 |
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Though women are more likely to be the victims of rape in the military, male-on-male rape is still a serious problem sweeping the U.S. armed forces. In a recent GQ article, more than a dozen veterans and current service men came forward to tell of their sexual assault, and how the military institution failed time and time again to bring their predators to justice or get them the psychiatric help they needed. When a man enters the military he is ten times likelier to be sexually abused, and in 2012 alone there were an estimated 14,200 reports of male rape. This is problematic since men are much less likely to report these incidents, leaving their attackers in positions of power and keeping the pain inside to boil over into other relationships. The power structure within the military also makes these attacks more prevalent, because men in lower ranks may find it hard to report their attackers if they are superiors. 'When a gunnery sergeant tells you to take off your clothes, you better take off your clothes. You don't ask questions,' former Marine Sam Madrid (name changed) said. Before 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was repealed, it also meant the possibility of a dishonorable discharge for engaging in homosexual behavior. When Kole Walsh was assaulted during his time in the Army in 2007, he decided not to report the incident for fear it could harm his military goals. ![]() Kole Welsh, Army, 2002 - 2007: 'I had actually let the assault go, because I didn't want it to interfere with my career. I wanted to be an officer, and I just said, "Bad experience, won't let that happen again." But there was some residual damage. A month and a half later, I was brought into a room with about nine officers and told, "You've tested positive [for HIV]." I was removed from the military and signed out within a day. It was a complete shock.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2757344/When-gunnery-sergeant-tells-clothes-better-clothes-You-don-t-ask-questions-The-male-victims-military-rape-tell-heartbreaking-stories.html#ixzz3DUd11E3m Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook -------------------------------------- lot more @ link |
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| Erna | Sep 16 2014, 11:14 AM Post #2 |
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How is it possible to rape the willing????
Edited by Erna, Sep 16 2014, 11:14 AM.
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| Tybee | Sep 16 2014, 11:21 AM Post #3 |
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I think the guy who said 'when a gunnery sergeant tells you to take off your clothes, you better take off your clothes. You don't ask questions,' is full of crap. Putting myself in the place of a heterosexual male in the military I'm quite sure if a superior officer ordered me to strip and I knew it was because he planned to have sex with me against my will I'd tell him to go fuck himself, after I knocked him on his ass. Court-martial or not.
Edited by Tybee, Sep 16 2014, 11:22 AM.
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| Guest | Sep 16 2014, 11:28 AM Post #4 |
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I've never been in the military, so I wouldn't even try to guess how I might respond in such a situation. |
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| Tybee | Sep 16 2014, 11:46 AM Post #5 |
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I can't imagine any straight man standing there and letting some other man rape him without putting up some sort of fight. Isn't even remotely reasonable IMO. |
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