If a female soldier is raped by the enemy

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She should be forced into bearing that child?

Why won't we as a nation pay to ensure that she doesn't carry the pregnancy to term if she doesn't want that?

It blows my mind.

[LiberalLoner]

1. Okay, I'll try to explain the mindset here.

I was raped when I was in, incidentally, and spent a couple of weeks worrying about pregnancy myself resulting from the rape. Not fun.

The mindset is (and I understood it even back then)...women do not belong in the military (or anywhere outside of the home, under the thumb of a male.)

Therefore, rape is justifiable and teaches the errant female a lesson about where her place is in life. Where she belongs and what her value is (very little.)

Therefore rape is a good thing. And BTW the enemies who are raping the female soldiers are actually her fellow soldiers. Not what you might normally think of as the enemy.

And since rape is a good thing and meant as a tool to punish females and put us in our proper subordinate places, it's an even better thing if the rape results in even more injury, i.e. pregnancy that ruins the female's life. It's extra double good then! That REALLY teaches the nasty disgusting female a lesson and puts her in her place!

Gosh, we don't want to rescue women who have been raped! They deserved it and deserve the punishment that results from rape!

In fact all females are disgusting and subhuman and deserve whatever bad thing happens to them, including rape as children, rape as grown women, and abuse on DU that some call "satire" knowing full damn well it's nothing but an attack on women who have been through enough attacks already in life.

[cbrer]

2. Umm...Can we agree that

That's A mindset, rather than THE mindset? It may be prevailing, I can't say. I'm currently deployed, and amongst us knuckle dragging Neanderthals, your description is a repulsive, and violent scenario that brought about a strong protective response in every man here.

That and other equally palatable (not) activities here in the zone bring about the mental problems with our troops, and the attendant atrocities that our boys have committed.

Whoever came up with the saying "War is Hell" was being accurately descriptive. I am praying for your recovery and well being. Hang in there sister.

[LiberalLoner]

3. Thank you - and I'm sorry, I meant the mindset among rapists and those who

support the rapists (right-wingers) not all soldiers at all!

In fact I love my fellow soldiers and am still proud of having been a soldier (hence my choice of avatar) in spite of the actions of one bad person who harmed me.

I am sorry, I should have been more clear when I posted whose mindset I was trying to illustrate! I meant the rapist's and right-wingers mindset, not the good people!

[qazplm]

4. good job

so many people get offended when challenged, you just calmly and politely explained what you meant in a reasonable response, which we need more of around here quite frankly.

[cbrer]

5. That's because

Army women have seen worse. Much worse...

[Warren DeMontague]

6. No woman should be forced to remain pregnant against her will, for any reason.

Period.

[Major Nikon]

7. That would be the reasonable response

However, in this country we have a very high percentage of the population which has very little use for reason. Most of the oppostion on the abortion 'debate' stands on the side of organized religion (which has almost nothing to do with reason). Apparently some religious 'leaders' have decided abortion is a godly abomination (how they determined this is anyone's guess, but again it had nothing to do with reason). Since there is no higher authority than god himself(unreasonably), the matter is settled in their small minds and no amount of reason is going to change that.

[Luminous Animal]

8. The chances that a U.S. female soldier will be raped by a U.S. male soldier

are far greater than being raped by the enemy. Whether foe or "friend", her only option should not be forced motherhood.