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5. Terrific, thanks!

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 05:56 PM

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Air Force Responds to Sex Crime Scandal by Enforcing a Bizarre ‘Wingman Rule’ [View all] obamanut2012 Nov 2012 OP

k and r--cannot say what I think right now niyad Nov 2012 #1

The Air Force is the worst of the different Services for some reason obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #2

I think it is a military wide issue for a number of reasons. There is definitely an issue at stevenleser Nov 2012 #3

there are the ongoing scandals at the AFA, as well. however, I know from experience that the navy niyad Nov 2012 #6

Link for the group in B-Game. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #4

Terrific, thanks! obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #5

Sometimes when overseas we had to be in groups in order to go on liberty Kaleva Nov 2012 #7

Was it to protect yourselves from being raped by fellow service members obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #8

No but don't you think it wise to take precautionary measures? Kaleva Nov 2012 #9

A rape culture isn't stopped by putting the onus on the potential victims obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #10

A rape culture is stopped by years, maybe decades, of education and zero tolerence. Kaleva Nov 2012 #11

Correct, and the "buddy system" in the OP is 100% tolerance obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #14

How do you stop a rapist before he/she commits the act? Kaleva Nov 2012 #15

Give the higher ranking officer a buddy mythology Nov 2012 #18

The buddy system wasn't meant to protect service members from their own kind though, was it? Gormy Cuss Nov 2012 #12

Rapists should never be considered to be part of one's own kind. Kaleva Nov 2012 #13

See, it's that "lawful order" part that is awkward because it's blaming the trainees Gormy Cuss Nov 2012 #16

The rapist is still entirely responsible for his/her crime. Kaleva Nov 2012 #17

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