Rapes In The Military

 Sometimes we just really need to reflect and to decide whether or not the decision to encourage more and more women to join the armed forces and work side by side with men as if there is no temptation, sex drive, lust, carnal desire, misinterpreted messages and the like. We really need to deal with reality. We really need to deal with things the way they are, and not the way we think they are or wish they should be. Rapes in the military are a high price to pay to try to achieve a so-called "gender equality." Lives are changed for the people involved, and not in a good way necessarily. I am not hearing any solutions to this problem. I just see a continuance of it. We need to try something. It is not too late to reinstate WACS, WAVES, WAMS and WAFS. Let them have their own barracks and heirarchy. At least let the military try it as an experiment in the "modern military." A new idea is an old idea. An old idea is a new idea. Do we really think that every soldier in the military will behave himself regardless of the environment created? What a mistake. It is extremely naive to think this way. There are probably better ideas than mine out there. I would sure like to hear them. Rapes in the miltary have become a serious scandal. It is possible to curtail much of this. I served my time in the US Army. During my tour of duty we seldom even heard of soldiers raping women, let alone raping other soldiers. I know it took place, but these days, it appears to be encouraged. It is pathetic.