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Lunacee2012

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19. Women should be able to serve

Reply to Lions_fan (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 06:28 AM

Feb 2012

their country if they want to without having to fear rape. I think we need women in the armed forces because our troops do come into contact with women from whatever country they're in and if those women see other women in uniform, it might be easier to get them to side with us.

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Fox Pundit Says Women In The Military Should �Expect� To Be Raped [View all] Lions_fan Feb 2012 OP

and this person is a woman? Terra Alta Feb 2012 #1

Yep, allow me to introduce you to my theory of the dynamics of discriminated against groups stevenleser Feb 2012 #9

I hadn't really thought about it applying to all minority groups, but that makes sense. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #20

women are being raped "too much"? unblock Feb 2012 #2

I missed it by *that much* :) pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #6

I think that says everything jsmirman Feb 2012 #15

Civilized much? tabatha Feb 2012 #3

They're being raped "too much"? pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #4

Women have often been the enemies of other women. It's an interesting phenomenon. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #5

See my #9 above. Its a simplistic theory, but it seems to fit. stevenleser Feb 2012 #10

Well-said! GreenPartyVoter Feb 2012 #12

Oy!!! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #7

How do people this stupid remember to feed themselves or mythology Feb 2012 #8

Shhhh! Our fingers are still crossed... pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #13

Thanks to whomever it was that gave me a heart Lions_fan Feb 2012 #11

Under what rock did this woman crawl out from under? LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #14

I don't know what that is nor do I want to know. Kalidurga Feb 2012 #16

They're in the military. They should just summarily execute attempted rapists. saras Feb 2012 #17

Unbelievable. nt BlueIris Feb 2012 #18

Women should be able to serve Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #19