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	^ Völliges Durcheinander^	Yep, these are the men leading our country. Not all of them of course but almost EVERY female I know that has been in the military has been raped or sexually assaulted in 1 way or another. It is really sad.   Posted by ^ Völliges Durcheinander^ on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 8:11 PM [Reply to this]

	Your like a pocket on a t-shirt........ Handy.	Thank You for posting actual events that mean something.. This is something we all need to hear.   Posted by Your like a pocket on a t-shirt........ Handy. on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 8:11 PM [Reply to this]

	Dave	This needs to be heard! How can this heinous crime go on like this? Thanks Sandi for bringing this to attention!   Posted by Dave on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 8:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Canary	Well, how can it go one like this? Consider. Native Americans are still invisible in our culture. They still don't have their land and every single treaty the government made with them has been broken by tthe govt..   Posted by Canary on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:24 PM [Reply to this]

	Kyd Vishus	Isn't it amazing that while they are fighting to protect these mens right they are being raped. I am ex military and the things I have seen just in basic alone are sometimes horrific. This may also be a cause why the suicide rate for military personal is high. But if you ask the Sergeants and Generals they mostly say its just rumors. Well I hope that everyone knows that this is why women in the arm forces are the strongest and bravest women to me.   Posted by Kyd Vishus on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 8:27 PM [Reply to this]

	Katurbug*	so true. Girls do not be afraid to report it. i am in the military and have been sexually assualted myself. most women are too afraid to come forward because of the procedures. dont be afraid, justice will be served. if you need help message me and we can talk further.   Posted by Katurbug* on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 8:51 PM [Reply to this]

	Canary	And western men are "better" than say, Islamic men. I'm not so sure. I was a military wife, long ago. My husband locked me in my 6 month old's bedroom for two weeks and raped me every day. That was when I was leaving him because he hit me alot and was verbally horrid. In those days it was thought a husband couldnt rape his wife. Oh, I mean! NOW it's is still thought that a husband couldn't rape his wife.<br /><br /> My daughter's very first sexual encounter was rape by a fellow she knew from school. One couldn't touch her, like to hug her, for years after that.   Posted by Canary on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:21 PM [Reply to this]

	Katurbug*	thats horrible   Posted by Katurbug* on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:51 PM [Reply to this]

	~( )(^. .^) KittyKat.	unbelievable, so much for great men.....yuk.   Posted by ~( )(^. .^) KittyKat. on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:16 PM [Reply to this]

	Canary	Well, there ARE good men. The men in my life would chop off their, well, hand rather than hurt a woman. let me count. oh, at least 6 I can think of. But the, I love women, hahahahaha   Posted by Canary on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 10:37 PM [Reply to this]

	*Stina isa betty* Stina Isa Betty	This is so scary cause I'am enlisting in the army for air traffic control. It has def. given me alot more to think about before I sign on the dotted line <br />   Posted by *Stina isa betty* on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:28 PM [Reply to this]

	witchy woman Cindy Nicholson	ask me why I despise most men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Posted by witchy woman on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Q.O.H.W. Ca Ssi	My mother was raped, beaten and left in the middle of the street while she was in the navy. She has PTSD. You can't put your hand against her face or else she freaks out. :(   Posted by Q.O.H.W. on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:45 PM [Reply to this]

	Bobbi	I think you made a very smart choice not to put yourself in a Russian Roulette situation. The amount of rapes occurring and the extent the military has gone to in covering them up and the suspicious deaths are definitely "jaw dropping". Don't let anyone try to talk you into thinking you didn't make the right decision because it is obvious you did. We need to stay informed and make smart informed choices to not put ourselves in dangerous environments and establishments that are plainly hostile towards women. Only 72 court marshals out thousands of reports and they only get "dismissed" if found guilty? I wouldn't encourage anyone female in my family to join the military.   Posted by Bobbi on May 16, 2009 - Saturday - 4:22 AM [Reply to this]

	Taylor Taylor Sims	Cass, I am sure there are several reason you chose not to join the service. But if this is the ONLY reason, I want to tell you not to live your life in fear. <br />You can't hold yourself back from doing things you want just because something bad might happen to you.<br /><br />I joined the AF at 18 and it was the best thing I ever did. And sure I met a lot of creeps, but I also made some really great friends out of it, male and female. <br />Thankfully, I was never raped or in any other way ever taken advantage of...and I did know one girl who was. I'm sure her time was horrible, but she chose to do things that put her at risk and in the end, no one believed her. Now, of course I was on her side because girls should always defend other girls, but nothing happened with it. She was just PCS'd to another base/job. <br /><br />Now that's awful and horrid, but for my own experience, I LOVED the military and I had a great time and it was an awesome opportunity.   Posted by Taylor on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:36 PM [Reply to this]

	☆E---VON☆® Evon Bracamontes	i am one of those femalws, guess what... no one gave a shit.. and no attorney wanted my case. Thats something I will always live with, because thats how my virginity was taken.   Posted by ☆E---VON☆® on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 10:11 PM [Reply to this]

	Canary	I did a whole lot of therapy with people great and not so great during a ten year period in my 40's. It did me a WHOLE lot of good, because, of course, all the bad stuff that happened infused my whole life. PTSD, I think it has to do with making me succeptable to those that would abuse me. I still have to climb out from under. But I am no longer an in visible train wreck. I hope you can do something to aleviate, otherwise you whole life is poisoned.   Posted by Canary on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 10:34 PM [Reply to this]

	R.I.P. Marquita B.	This is Awful. Why this happening? They should be thankful that women willing to serve and stand up for their own country and now treating them with this? Ridiculous<p>Miss Lady T   Posted by R.I.P. Marquita B. on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 10:34 PM [Reply to this]

	samantha	USA propaganda showed IRAQIS as animals. Here is the great kind American Army. When Sadam did it to his people they called him a tyrant meanwhile American soldiers attack the women in their own communities. Females thinking to join the military should really think again.<br /> <br />   Posted by samantha on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 11:03 PM [Reply to this]

	** ESPIRITU LIBRE ** LInda ROsa	As a soldier and veteran myself, I must say that rape isnt the only problem towards us the females. There is sexism, sexual harrasmant, physical, mental and emotional abuse. And many time if the female decides to report it, the chain of command will ask what did u do about it, or what u want us to do.   Posted by ** ESPIRITU LIBRE ** on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 11:03 PM [Reply to this]

	**Everynight Brings A New Day** Catie Dressler	This is some really sad shit!!! I dont know why people thought taht is didnt happen in the military though, I would think it would happen more often in the military. These guys who commit these horrific crimes against those woman who are supposed to be their equal who are in there fighting for the same thing as they are, its easy for them to think "hey i can get away with this, they are to chicken to tell" Its bull shit that they actually think that...Something needs to be done this is sad and really makes me want to cry...Thanks for addressing this issue. People need to know!   Posted by **Everynight Brings A New Day** on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 11:17 PM [Reply to this]

	G.I.*Jbe@r---*	dam l guess I got lucky when I was in the service. I never saw nothing but sum stupid girls would bring guys inside our berthing.   Posted by G.I.*Jbe@r---* on May 13, 2009 - Wednesday - 11:55 PM [Reply to this]

	.sugarcoma K Smith	Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I live in Australia, and haven't heard anything of this nature about our defence forces but I can imagine as long as there are men out there who will perform this atrocious act, I believe there will be victims wherever you go. My partner aspires to an Army career and will likely continue it later, and now I know this about the US Army, I will certainly be cautious, and warning her of the potential danger, she has been through more than enough at the hands of men as it is.   Posted by .sugarcoma on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 12:16 AM [Reply to this]

	Belle	It's will never change was in from 93 to 01, when i reported it. I got what did you do, an that was from my Co that was a women. NEVER did they check me out test's nothing.It was my fault,was told their men.Deal with it honey suck it up.Later i heard he lost a stripe. They cover it up so well to less day it's not any where in my records or his.<br />Keep safe ladies. Do what you have to do!!!   Posted by Belle on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 12:27 AM [Reply to this]

	Whitney Whitney Daggs	My sister is in Iraq right now. She's a marine. It's scary after watching these videos. :S   Posted by Whitney on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 12:42 AM [Reply to this]

	Da'Vida	Did you hear about Pfc Lavena Johnson?<br /><br />The photographs revealed that Lavena, a small woman, barely 5 feet tall and weighing less than 100 pounds, had been struck in the face with a blunt instrument, perhaps a weapon stock. Her nose was broken and her teeth knocked backwards. One elbow was distended. The back of her clothes had debris on them indicating she had been dragged from one location to another. The photographs of her disrobed body showed bruises, scratch marks and teeth imprints on the upper part of her body. The right side of her back as well as her right hand had been burned apparently from a flammable liquid poured on her and then lighted. The photographs of her genital area revealed massive bruising and lacerations. A corrosive liquid had been poured into her genital area, probably to destroy DNA evidence of sexual assault.<br /><br />Despite the bruises, scratches, teeth imprints and burns on her body, Lavena was found completely dressed in the burning tent. There was a blood trail from outside a contractor’s tent to inside the tent. She apparently had been dressed after the attack and her attacker placed her body into the tent and set it on fire.<br /><br /><br />After all of this the military ruled her death a suicide but the evidence showed she was clearly raped and murdered.   Posted by Da'Vida on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 12:56 AM [Reply to this]

	Peace Is My Passion Casey Guet	I was released from basic training because of PTSD, from a rape before I left for boot camp. I can't imagine getting raped by a fellow soilder as well. This is not unbelievible, but it reveals just how sick our world has become.   Posted by Peace Is My Passion on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 1:22 AM [Reply to this]

	Goodbye Myspace Mary Hargrove	that's crazy but i don't doubt it. im a lesbian veteran and im lucky not to come across that in my service 2001-2008 i was how ever a subject of the dont ask dont tell n got kicked because i was hunted.   Posted by Goodbye Myspace on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 1:27 AM [Reply to this]

	Kr!s Ro$e <33 Kristina Rose	Thanks 4 posting people need to know what these "leads" do! My friend was almost raped by one.   Posted by Kr!s Ro$e <33 on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 2:45 AM [Reply to this]

	Dave	Some how I feel our military needs a purge! Otherwise shots will be fired back if nothing legally is done about it! But I want a peaceful resolution to this!   Posted by Dave on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 2:49 AM [Reply to this]

	Twitch Christian Stokes	this giu in my unit knew I was gay and when heknew he couldnt get with me he tried to rapeme......but I got away.....they just smacked him with sexial assault charges. He was already an e-2 so they never did take what little rank he had...they just took him out of my unit and made a no contact order.   Posted by Twitch on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 2:49 AM [Reply to this]

	JeNNiFeR	what fu<k!nG disgrace!!!!!!!!!!! whether i have a boy or girl military or the army is not where they are going...because its all bullshit..you fight for the country and get treated like $h!T.   Posted by JeNNiFeR on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 2:51 AM [Reply to this]

	♀♀ Ashley Nicole ♀♀	This is SO fucked up!   Posted by ♀♀ Ashley Nicole ♀♀ on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 3:50 AM [Reply to this]

	Heath Heath Van Dolah	I don't believe women should be around the men and I feel we shouldn't allow criminals in the military. Rapist in the military should face the firing squad after proving they were guilty. As far as im concerned no one should be joining for money or better education they are there to fight for their country nothing more. I expect strong individuals who are willing to die to do what they are asked not spend their time screwing locals or raping their comrades. Things are done in a way that what happens in the military stays in the military and is not the business of the civilians. People would freak if they knew what really goes on in the military but the government feels it's not our business war isn't pretty and the Geneva Convention crap only applies to those who get caught. Scum is scum regardless of their uniform and flag.   Posted by Heath on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:46 AM [Reply to this]

	Taylor Taylor Sims	While I understand that you think separating women from men would keep them safe, it would only allow for much worse discrimination. <br />With that statement, you'd limit women's job opportunities and advancement in the military.   Posted by Taylor on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:43 PM [Reply to this]

	Heath Heath Van Dolah	Things wont change because people complain about it thats the way things are I don't agree with it but unless people can be severely punished and people willing to step forward with the issue nothing will ever be done. I feel women have no place in the military simply because it's not safe for them and it can't be guaranteed. Anyone who joins better be ready to deal with it people I know told me they were tortured during their training some people flipped out one told me a guy tried to knife his commanding officer. The military is full of people who don't belong there thats just a fact of the matter and the government doesn't care what happens to you as long as you keep your mouth shut. Your there to do what your told they own your ass don't make waves. My view is don't join I don't care what your reasons are don't do it.   Posted by Heath on May 15, 2009 - Friday - 12:59 AM [Reply to this]

	Heath Heath Van Dolah	US Army media brief for rape and murder of 14 year old Iraqi girl and family by 101st soldiers, 2006<br />http://digg.com/d1r4hO   Posted by Heath on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:51 AM [Reply to this]

	- Alex Wills	My mom was raped while she was in the military. She wasn't the only one. Women need to know what they are getting into before they sign up.   Posted by - on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:57 AM [Reply to this]

	Connie Connie Lisembee	It just makes you want to do something .. anything!   Posted by Connie on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 5:14 AM [Reply to this]

	♀mZ.♥MaNdii♀ Amanda V	this honestly made me tear up... i could never imagine such a feeling of unsafe when they are supposed to be feeling a bond of a team and brotherlyness...   Posted by ♀mZ.♥MaNdii♀ on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 7:51 AM [Reply to this]

	SAM Sam Wanzer	And to think there are those of us who dearm of joining the military and should now think twice   Posted by SAM on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 8:00 AM [Reply to this]

	Taylor Taylor Sims	Hey, you could just actually be one of the GOOD guys.   Posted by Taylor on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:44 PM [Reply to this]

	eroombert	This is disturbing, but it's nothing new. It happened to me, thirty years ago, while in service on active<br />duty in the US Navy. I attended one of the first PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) group sessions<br />that the VA set up for women. There were 15 women in my group, ranging in service periods from<br />WWII/Korea, to present. Now, multiply THAT by THREE different groups of women/sessions in a given day. 45 different women, per day, times 5x a week, and you begin to get the picture. And that was <br />ONE single VA facility. When you consider that the majority of cases are never reported, or as in my<br />case, less than enthusiastically-pursued to courts-martial or any sort of punishment/closure, it's truly<br />a horrifying number. <br />Women don't report for a number of reasons, the primary one being that it's your JOB you're in danger of losing; women get ostracized for reporting anything--for causing loss of morale, etc in the ranks. It's not right, by any stretch of the imagination. I reported the attacks against me, but because they occurred off-base, the Navy wouldn't prosecute beyond a most cursory investigation, and the civilian authorities would not pursue them because they involved two active-duty personnel. I did not know either of my rapists prior to the attacks--both were random, spaced a year apart but originating from the same base. Neither case was ever resolved. To my knowledge, both men escaped any sort of prosecution. <br />Until ALL women who suffer sexual assault/rape report the incidents, the Joint Chiefs can continue to<br />pass off any reported incidents as "anomalies" or "flukes" of combat situations. We must all stand as<br />one to truly effect any change. The overall attitude is slowly evolving, but as long as military service <br />is offered as an alternative to jail time (a common practice is to offer a felon military service in lieu <br />of hard time in regular prison), and those in command are allowed to "look the other way" when such<br />incidents occur, it will continue to be prevalent. Or, until they automatically issue every female <br />enlistee a .45 out of boot camp. THEN the incidents would drop off overnight...lol.<br />I applaud the Lesbian Mafia for bringing this heart-grieving situation to the fore, and I truly hope it <br />helps to lead to effective change in the system. Rapists often go free, but their victims never<br />escape a life sentence...<br />Good Work folks!!   Posted by eroombert on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 1:23 PM [Reply to this]

	Chemy	A guy who commits rape should be raped by a guy twice his size in jail. Sorry...just the way I feel.   Posted by Chemy on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:12 PM [Reply to this]

	Stratus Blue	As you know, military occupation is rape, setting the conditions of domination and fear over women and children by men without law. <br /> <br /><br /><br />....................   Posted by Stratus Blue on May 15, 2009 - Friday - 7:46 PM [Reply to this]

	Taylor Taylor Sims	Rape is so horrible. I just can't understand how a man could do that. To me, sex is only worth it when the girl ALLOWS you to touch her...even welcomes it because she likes you. <br />To force yourself on somebody is just so weak.<br /><br />Looking at rape and how it happens (for example, most rapes are by someone you already know), it isn't really that shocking that there's a ton of rape in the military. First of all, guys outnumber girls like crazy. The girls trust the guys. The guys are lonely and depressed. It's all kind of like date rape. And it is also not shocking that most of these rapes go unreported. That's how it is all over the world. The girls feel shame, perceive their own actions as somehow invoking the rape, and they have to worry about saying something about it and alienating their other male servicemembers. They don't want to be singled out or ostracized for reporting what happened. <br />It's sad, but girls don't usually get the support they deserve when they report it. In reality, she would be punished for the incident and that would suck more than just living with it. <br /><br />It's too bad. It sucks being a girl.   Posted by Taylor on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:30 PM [Reply to this]

	cheezin like a cheezit Crystal Kuhn	im sorry i am also a female in the military and even i can say the military likes to keep things hush hush i was molested by my moms ex husband when i was 1 and the military did nothing he was court martialed but all they did was give him a slap on thw wrist ane its really bad that the ones who are doing the raping cant listen to the sexual harassment briefs that we get numerous times a year... i have to say thank you for bringing this out to the peoples attention they needed to hear this   Posted by cheezin like a cheezit on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 4:53 PM [Reply to this]

	~Pamela~ Pamela Malone	Wow. These young women are risking their lives to fight for our country, and they have to fight something much more personal to do so. Our daughters, wives and girlfriends are being objectified with the excuse that "they shouldn't be there". They have to rely on someone to protect their backs in combat when they can't rely on them to control themselves when not in active combat.<br /><br />This is a sad...no, horrifying circumstance. Just because they are male they have the right to do what they wish with little fear of prosecution. But what do you want to bet that if it were the women raping the men, there would be a huge outcry and those women would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.   Posted by ~Pamela~ on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 5:26 PM [Reply to this]

	Regine	Those guys who rape should get anally raped with something twice as big as their own thing. HMph. This makes me angry. I was turned off by being with a guy since I was fourteen(not now though) because they can be so sexually STUPID.   Posted by Regine on May 14, 2009 - Thursday - 8:44 PM [Reply to this]

	V Victoria Vain	How can you say "they aren't that bad of people" just because they decided to put their lives on the line to fight for American freedom? What freedom are they fighting for? The freedom to rape and dominate women? Obviously they have no respect for women and don't see us in the same EQUAL level as them. Most people in the military are NOT just risking their lives for our country. Some have a death wish. Don't care if they live or die but don't have the nerve to do anything about it except join the military. Or they live in a small town with no hope of a future unless they do join the military. It's a last resort. Or, they are POWER/CONTROL FREAKS (which I think this is the main reason). They want the title because they think it makes them better than everyone else and gives them the power and control to do whatever they want without consequence. And especially since we are at war, the good people aren't running to sign up. The military will take whatever they can get. I'm not saying ALL military people are messed up or horrible, but I definitely don't agree with you when you say they aren't bad people because they agreed to risk their lives for our country. Honestly, I think it's a horrible thing to say. It's like saying a husband who beats his wife is not that bad of a guy because at least he buys her everything and takes her to the hospital afterwards to mend her broken bones. One good deed does not cancel out a bad deed. And rape is about control. Not the act itself. The men don't feel empowered being themself. They need to display power in some way (rape, assault, etc) in order to feel strong... to feel like a "MAN." Really, they are nothing more than fu*ked up people with psychological issues who spread horrible violence and mental anguish because of their issues. And I say mental illness because after such an event, you are never the same again. <br /><br />Sorry, just venting my opinion...   Posted by V on May 16, 2009 - Saturday - 6:36 AM [Reply to this]

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