This is absolutely horrible.
According to this article, 15% of women soldiers are sexually harassed or raped? There's even a major treatment center for these women. This sexual assault stuff needs to be stopped!
Women not only have to worry about enemies attacking them, but also their fellow comrades attacking them sexually. One woman soldier was raped by a fellow male soldier, and the only consequence the man received was to be reassigned to a different location. Wow, that's a great punishment. Phht. The woman reported the rape, and the case was to be kept silent so as to deter gossip, but of course the story was leaked and everyone found out. So the woman was raped by none other than her "ally", had the story leaked, AND was probably let down because the assaulter only received a change of location. Many women soldiers have "battle buddies"- usually other women that accompany them everywhere- to the bathroom, to the showers, etc. to feel protected. I think this is a good idea. If a man sees two people, he is less likely to make a move. According to this article, women have been dying of dehydration because they refuse to drink water after 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon because they fear going to the bathroom, lest they get raped. Some women urinate in empty water bottles in the middle of the night to avoid going to the latrine. This is horrible! Something needs to be done! I think there needs to be more severe consequences for those who sexually harass or assault/rape fellow soldiers. This is utter insanity. As Shakespeare once wrote: "There's daggers in men's smiles"- allies act like they really are allies, but they commit such horrible acts towards one of their own! Women need to continue being wary of their allies, as horrible as that sounds, and the military needs to think of ways to solve this ongoing problem.
At first I didn't exactly like the video. Perhaps it's because Mulan was depicted as really really incapable, whereas all the men seemed to catch on very fast. I don't think this is exactly reality. I loved the part at the end, however, when Mulan kicked ass and proved she could do everything the men could do, and at times even more. Mulan captured the arrow at the top of the pole when nobody else was able to. How cool is that? I decided to look up the lyrics and became irritated. Here are just a few:
Did they send me daughters/ When I asked for sons?/You're the saddest bunch/ I ever met/ But you can bet/ Before we're through/ Mister I'll make a man out of you
So apparently the leader of the soldiers is lamenting the fact his soldiers are pansies, and he's relating them to women. Because all women are pansies and can't fight, of course. WRONG.
1 comment:
I can’t believe that 15% of women are raped or sexually harassed, and this just is taken as something that happens. I don’t understand why punishments are taken seriously; this is more than just a disagreement where the two should be separated. The rapist should be treated like any other rapist, charged and sentenced for their crime! The fact that this is happening from the soldiers own comrades and not enemies is truly disturbing. A woman should not have to worry about leaving her barracks alone at night just to use the bathroom, and should not be afraid of soldiers taking advantage of her from her own country. There should be tougher consequences for this kind of behavior, not just the simple act of relocation.
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