actually, you know what that OP did for me. hearing the realities of a month of shit....
it made me understand more what the general was saying, leaving women out of combat puts them in more danger. women in the middle of that shit and lack of hygiene along with men totally makes more sense in reducing sexual assault. psychologically, i can see the respect factor and one and the same, as a group, as they all go thru it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top military officer says he believes the rise in sexual assaults in the military is linked to a longstanding ban on women serving in combat roles — a ban the Pentagon is now eliminating.
Gen. Martin Dempsey is chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He said Thursday the assault problem is due partly to the military’s separate classes of personnel — male ‘warriors’ versus the rest of the force, including women.
Dempsey says the sexual assault problem is more complicated than that, but he indicates the disparity between the roles of men and women in the military has created a psychology that lends itself to disrespect for women.
Treating the genders equally, he says, is more likely to lead people to treat each other equally.
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