And maybe that's not the position we want our soldiers to be in when they should be more focused on, you know, not getting shot.Ī firefight isn't exactly a great time to get caught splitting your attention. Some understandably play it safe, then blame themselves when the rapist takes advantage of an ugly, murky situation. That's the situation the military puts rape victims in. Or, you know, it was the result of a system that made it clear that the victim may be the only one to suffer any consequences of a complaint. I know I'm at least somewhat to blame for it happening to them." But if I'd come forward sooner, perhaps I could've protected somebody else from being assaulted. "I know they always try to maintain it's not your fault, it's the. But Rich's hesitance to report came at a price. The officer convinced him to file a report, and it turned out that the man was already under investigation - he eventually went to Army Jail. Rich started having nightmares and panic attacks, so he told an officer. I don't understand it." And here's where all of the weird homoerotic horseplay factors in: Any complaint about an incident like this can be written off as "Boys will be boys." No one was around when it happened, and it absolutely was not a case of 'gay chicken.'" Roger was raped by an officer who "wanted to exert some control for whatever reason. In Roger's case, things went much too far. I know quite a few guys something happened with somebody that maybe was a little too far." you're in a place where those 60 guys are. "A lot of times you don't realize you're crossing a line. And these particular teenagers are isolated and completely dependent on a tiny group of their fellow immature teens for support. Those outlets included endless jokes about the alleged flaming gayness of someone, because no matter how society's view of homosexuality changes, teenagers are going to make gay jokes until the end of time. Iraq's nightlife fared about as well as its oppressive statues once the bombs started falling. when all you want to do is drink and fuck in a dry country where there's no women." So Roger and his comrades had a lot of steam to, uh, blow off. it's not like we had WiFi in the barracks." Internet porn access wasn't the first priority in the early days of the occupation of Iraq, because the government was busy screwing up other things. And you can only beat off to the same porn DVD so many times. Shenanigans like that are what you're going to see when you take thousands of hormonal young men, separate them from women, and put them under extreme stress. People putting their balls or penis on another person's face." Some marines being forced to touch penises. "I saw marines being forced to show penis to other marines. Chuck, a nine-year Marine veteran, went into more detail. The point is that it's not a game isolated to one eccentric unit.
Wouldn't that technically be gay rooster? But whatever.
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