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Anon · 03-23-2005, 22:07 PM

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: "According to Schnurr, data indicate that female military personnel are far more likely than their male counterparts to have been exposed to some kind of trauma or multiple traumas before joining the military or being deployed in combat. That may include physical assault, sexual abuse or rape."

Care to tell me how you got from there to here?

QUOTE BY JULIE: "It mentioned women having PTSD due to rape by fellow comrades, and being un-related at all to war trauma. I just read some statistics by experiments done by Yale, that said 63% of PTSD in women was due solely to being raped, or attempted rape, by fellow comrads. Would this fit in "by design," as well? Would the PTSD percentages by women be lower than men, if they did not have to endure this while in the military?"

What you alleged is not at all supported by the article i posted, and quite frankly, i find the insinuation that male soldiers make a habit of preying on 'hapless' female soldiers extremely insulting.

"I was just wanting you to compare the PTSD percentages by rank."

The greater the rank and responsibility, the greater the feeling of guilt for commiting young soldiers to their death at your orders. I don't know if anyone has ever done a rank by rank shell shock study though.

"I can neither admit nor deny this, since I will have to do some "googling."

I think you'll see that i am correct in my observation. In fact, i'd bet the civilian rape rate is 10x higher than it is in the military, if not higher.

http://www.americasdebate.com/forums...php/t6426.html

"It's just one of the more than 100 incidents of rape, sexual assault and other forms of sexual misconduct reported in the past 18 months by U.S. women soldiers currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been sexually assaulted by fellow U.S. soldiers."

Approx 100 allegations in 18 months among a rotated population of probably 500,000 individuals. How would that compare with the civilian rates in the US? Anyone know?

03-23-2005, 22:07 PM	#44 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: "According to Schnurr, data indicate that female military personnel are far more likely than their male counterparts to have been exposed to some kind of trauma or multiple traumas before joining the military or being deployed in combat. That may include physical assault, sexual abuse or rape." Care to tell me how you got from there to here? QUOTE BY JULIE: "It mentioned women having PTSD due to rape by fellow comrades, and being un-related at all to war trauma. I just read some statistics by experiments done by Yale, that said 63% of PTSD in women was due solely to being raped, or attempted rape, by fellow comrads. Would this fit in "by design," as well? Would the PTSD percentages by women be lower than men, if they did not have to endure this while in the military?" What you alleged is not at all supported by the article i posted, and quite frankly, i find the insinuation that male soldiers make a habit of preying on 'hapless' female soldiers extremely insulting. "I was just wanting you to compare the PTSD percentages by rank." The greater the rank and responsibility, the greater the feeling of guilt for commiting young soldiers to their death at your orders. I don't know if anyone has ever done a rank by rank shell shock study though. "I can neither admit nor deny this, since I will have to do some "googling." I think you'll see that i am correct in my observation. In fact, i'd bet the civilian rape rate is 10x higher than it is in the military, if not higher. http://www.americasdebate.com/forums...php/t6426.html "It's just one of the more than 100 incidents of rape, sexual assault and other forms of sexual misconduct reported in the past 18 months by U.S. women soldiers currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been sexually assaulted by fellow U.S. soldiers." Approx 100 allegations in 18 months among a rotated population of probably 500,000 individuals. How would that compare with the civilian rates in the US? Anyone know? Last edited by Anon : 03-23-2005 at 22:31 PM.