A Canadian navy medic, James Wilks, who took advantage of his patients and was subsequently jailed has just had new charges laid on him. He was convicted last year of sexual assault and was sent to jail for nine months. Now, like with many of these cases, more people have come forward to say he ...
After suffering abuse, humiliation and abject degradation at the hands of Egypt’s interim military rulers, an Egyptian civilian court has finally ruled an end to virginity tests on female detainees. The practice of making women strip and spread their legs to determine their sexual status has been defended by the Egyptian army. One official said ...
“Everyone else was doing it,” is a common excuse from teenagers, but it’s being used by a man accused of raping his comrade at arms. While she was unconscious he filmed his crime on his phone and she was only aware of what happened when she stumbled across the footage. Keith Eric Calvert was found ...
Don’t ask, don’t tell. But please be willing to die for your country. Former army Lieutenant Dan Choi was arrested for protesting the controversial rule outside the White House on Thursday. He has been one of the most vocal opponents to the backwards policy ever since he came out on The Rachel Maddow Show last ...
For US soldiers serving in Iraq, becoming pregnant or impregnating someone can lead to jail time. This policy has been put into effect because the pregnant woman will obviously have a negative impact on the mission and need to be removed and replaced. Now I definitely think she should be removed and replaced; a ...
The feminist movement has allowed women to achieve any and all of their dreams, including being both a soldier and a beauty queen. Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge has become Miss England and after the Miss World 2009 Festival L/Cl Hodge will go on to serve in Afghanistan next year.
President Obama is going to change the US Military’s current policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” regarding gay people. This change will allow people to serve while openly identifying as gay, whereas currently they are discharged from service if they acknowledge their sexuality. The controversial policy has been criticized for years by the gay community. ...
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