Rape in the Military

It was not surprising to me about the number of rapes which occured on women in the armed forces.  While I believe the practice and the numbers are horrendous I am not surprised.  The US military is a highly masculinized instituion in which the soldiers are broken down on entry and rebuilt to be command following violent individuals.  One of the unfortunate side effects is that the soldier than revert back to basic animal instinct and believe they can take what they want.  This then transfers over to the women who they take advantage of because they want to.  I am not saying this is right I am merely saying what I observe. Because of this I would not encourage any female member of my family whether sister or daughter to join the military for fear of the abuse which they would endure not just sexually by also mentally.  The military and its hierarchy was developed for men not for women. 

Strippers?

During a class discussion a girl in our class asserted that she did not want to live in a society in which women were givent eh opportunity to work in a profession in which they are used as sex objects.  This girl was talking about prostitutes however what she failed to see is that we already live in this society.  How in fact is a porn star who is paid to have sex on camera any different than a prostitute who is also paid to have sex.  The fact is whether right or wrong we live a society where women are viewed as symbols of sex and women have the opportunity in many field to exploit the culture and make money.  Another question is does the government have the right to tell a women what she can and cannot do with her body?  I believe the precendent of Roe v Wade says that the Federal government can not.

Candyland

For our presentation me and my gorup created a board game dealing with sex trafficking.  The game was modeled after candyland and shared the same rules and principles.  I found it interesting however the amount of competiveness that the students were willing to show when playing the game.  It seemed to me that the natural competiveness was coming out because the game was familiar and that it tok people back to childhood.  I heard people wish for others to pull the wrong card which was beaten or drugged.  However I believe the message was recieved, in sex trafficking there areno true winners.