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    kristinab: to speak to the question of why a woman would want to go into the military, an institution that seems to care little for the empowerment of women eith... more »
    MichelleAmphithea: I hope this will be some good news to some here. As a response to the high level of sexual assault, rape and violence that exists within military cult... more »
    youbehim: I read the title as "If women can deal with combat, they can deal with sexual harassment" hah. wouldn't that be an interesting read. more »
    boxingoctopus should be dissertating: My stepsister just returned from an abruptly abbreviated deployment in Iraq. She's been in the Army since graduating high school -- 10 years or so -- ... more »
    JerkoftheMonth is changing her name!: I understand that this might be read the wrong way, so I hope I explain myself clearly. I want to know why women want to join the military anyways. N... more »
    morninggloria: Bitch, slut, and dyke are a little constraining for me. If I were in the military, I'm sure that my unit would know me as a dykey slutbitch. more »
    squinko: I don't understand how the military can use the excuse about straight male soldiers' ability to perform their duties properly will decline because the... more »
    JerseyGrrrl: Seems to me like the hysteria over women becoming pregnant once deployed (or prior to) is similar to the doomsayers who wax on about women using abort... more »
    librariesare4lovers: Did anybody else here watch Generation Kill on HBO? The scene where all of the guys are shouting the gross obscene BS at a female marine? The military... more »
    GirlFailer: You know what pisses me the fuck off about the whole "women get knocked up to get out of deployments" shit? The fact that JUST AS MANY men fake mental... more »
    Yahtzii: According to the female soldiers I've talked to, military sexual harassment is doubly shitty because it's something like incest. You try SO hard to be... more »
    LaComtesse: "You're a bitch, a slut or a dyke - or you're married, but even if you're married, you're still probably one of the three." This mindset is certainly... more »
    Penny: To be sure, not all women in the military embrace the idea of going into combat. I would argue that most people, men and women, do not "embrace" the ... more »
    mujeres_paz_y_ seguridad: I'm watching it right now - on PBS - and it really is a must watch. It's heartbreaking and shows the true complexity of women and men's reality in war... more »
    pestified's new O(bama) Face: Well, women are fiercer... But at long last I get to rip off a bit my coworker from 15 years ago did for us-- tiny girl leaps up as if out of a trench... more »
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    If Women Can Deal With Combat, Why Can't The Military Deal With Sexual Harassment?

    Two articles in the New York Times this week explore the realities of women deployed to areas like Iraq and Afghanistan. While the articles focuse on the increase of women in combat situations, both briefly touch on gender-specific dangers. More »
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    Lionesses: Female Soldiers Are Seeing Combat