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Found yet another article about the military's attitude toward women, in this case domestic violence.
Read about it here.
The article says they have made noticeable improvements, which is both great (improvement is good) and appalling (if it's this bad after the improvments, just how bad was it before?).
I wonder if this goes back to the people-comfortable-with-violence vs people-not-comfortable-with violence divide. The military is just naturally going to be populated with people who are more comfortable with violence, because violence is part of the job. So maybe it's natural that they're also less repulsed by violence against women. And this is why they don't prosecute (and thus effectively shield) wife-beaters and (not brought up here, but mentioned in posts from earlier in the year) rapists.
Maybe it's natural. But it surely makes me mad.
Read about it here.
The article says they have made noticeable improvements, which is both great (improvement is good) and appalling (if it's this bad after the improvments, just how bad was it before?).
I wonder if this goes back to the people-comfortable-with-violence vs people-not-comfortable-with violence divide. The military is just naturally going to be populated with people who are more comfortable with violence, because violence is part of the job. So maybe it's natural that they're also less repulsed by violence against women. And this is why they don't prosecute (and thus effectively shield) wife-beaters and (not brought up here, but mentioned in posts from earlier in the year) rapists.
Maybe it's natural. But it surely makes me mad.
