It seems like every time someone does an article on a rape case, it's in some shocking light. And by shocking I mean the reader is stunned that rape happens and the author (or at least the company supplying said author's paycheck) victimizes the rapist and invalidates the rape-victims trauma.
So when I read the headline "Some commanders can't differentiate 'slap on the ass and a rape'" I was both not surprised and irritated. It seems Senator Kirsten Gillibrand feels the same as myself, at least somewhat. As she had this to say to military leaders "Not every single commander necessarily wants women on the force, not every commander believes what a sexual assault is, not every single commander can distinguish between a slap on the ass and a rape because they merge all of these crimes together."
Nine times out of ten I won't even think of supporting any particle of the senate. And I still don't, but Kirsten is right. Rape doesn't just happen to party-goers and it doesn't just happen in rarity. The latter being the most problematic.
Gillibrand is suggesting legislation that would require sexual assault charges to be handles outside the victim's chain of command, adding "You have lost the trust of the men and women who rely on you, that you will actually bring justice in these cases.They are afraid to report. They Thin their careers will be over."
*Of course we at NFW know that the fear of power represented here is a general problem we face as individuals every single day and the only thing that keeps us a submissive society.
The bill would stiffen penalties and eliminate opportunities for leaders to nullify or change a conviction of sexual assault. But would not remove commanders' authority over making decisions. Which is why I do not support groups of people like the senate. Even when they have a positive heart in chest, the brain running it is counter-productive or too reliant on legal-bias.
This is one of the more recent cases regarding sex scandals, rape and general sexual abuse, but it is not the first in a long time nor will it be the last. Even in the military, even if the bill passes, it will not change. Why do I say this? Well:
1.) These are people who work in the field of death. Be it on their side or their opposers, death is their job.
2.) It is already illegal and in my (and most people's minds) morally fucked up to the highest degree to take sexual (non-consensual) power from an individual and force ones own power onto them.
1.) These are people who work in the field of death. Be it on their side or their opposers, death is their job.
2.) It is already illegal and in my (and most people's minds) morally fucked up to the highest degree to take sexual (non-consensual) power from an individual and force ones own power onto them.
Simply put: you can not scare people who exist within and around fear on a daily basis. Let alone people who use fear themselves as a tool to obtain a specific goal.
-Arrrooo!
