USAF RAPE Academy

A department official who had read the report, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said the survey done this year showed that 109 of the 579
female cadets surveyed, or 18.8 percent, said they had been sexually
assaulted in their time at the academy. Sexual assault was defined as
anything from unwanted touching to rape.

First let me say I am no fan of the USAFA. I believe as a money saving venture
it should be closed down. However this rape thing has gotten out of control. If
you go to University of Maryland or University of Southern California (just two
random schools) and survey females there you'll get a rate of at least 18.8%,
especialy when you say "unwanted touching" is rape.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

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A department official who had read the report, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said the survey done this year showed that 109 of the 579
female cadets surveyed, or 18.8 percent, said they had been sexually
assaulted in their time at the academy. Sexual assault was defined as
anything from unwanted touching to rape.

First let me say I am no fan of the USAFA. I believe as a money saving venture
it should be closed down. However this rape thing has gotten out of control.
If
you go to University of Maryland or University of Southern California (just
two
random schools) and survey females there you'll get a rate of at least 18.8%,
especialy when you say "unwanted touching" is rape.

Lou Dobbs did a piece on that last night, and I can't remember which institution
he mentioned other than it was an Eastern one, but he cited a comparable survey
where the numbers were about 8%.

What bothers me about the whole mess is that the male cadets haven't apparently
gotten the message that keeping their zippers up and their hands to themselves
was a reflection of the amount of self-discipline they had, i.e. - doing what
you have to do even if you don't want to do it, or vice versa, and that failures
in that line might well have a negative effect on our willingness to entrust our
valuable and expensive aircraft as well as our national security to people who
are that undisciplined.

Are my expectations in that regard unreasonable? I don't know.

BTW, Dobbs also reported that similar surveys were being initiated at the USMA
and the USNA.

George Z.

Lou Dobbs did a piece on that last night, and I can't remember which
institution
he mentioned other than it was an Eastern one, but he cited a comparable
survey
where the numbers were about 8%.

Remember, the "compareable survey" needs to be identical. If you don't include
"unwanted touching" you'll lose many "yes I've been raped" votes.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

"BUFDRVR" wrote
Lou Dobbs did a piece on that last night, and I can't remember which
institution
he mentioned other than it was an Eastern one, but he cited a comparable
survey
where the numbers were about 8%.

Remember, the "compareable survey" needs to be identical. If you don't include
"unwanted touching" you'll lose many "yes I've been raped" votes.

I think a good plan would be to insist that no virgins be allowed into the
academy. 1) the boys won't be trying to get laid for the first time, and 2) the
girls will know how to operate a switchblade.

BUFDRVR wrote:
Lou Dobbs did a piece on that last night, and I can't remember which
institution
he mentioned other than it was an Eastern one, but he cited a comparable
survey
where the numbers were about 8%.

Remember, the "compareable survey" needs to be identical. If you don't include
"unwanted touching" you'll lose many "yes I've been raped" votes.

That doesn't matter to me. I'm not going to quibble about how many did this
****ty thing and how many did that slightly less ****ty thing. Copping a free
and unwanted feel isn't that much better than going whole hog. They're both
demonstrated actions of immature cadets who feel or show no respect for those of
their fellow cadets who happen to be female. Those attitudes have to be
unacceptable in any military organization where both men and women serve. We
cannot turn tomorrow's leaders loose feeling that it's their right to satisfy
their sexual urges however they see fit while Americans entrust their wives and
daughters into their care while they are serving their country.

Any cadet who can be clearly identified as one of those culprits ought to be
booted out of the Academy to pursue some other career. We don't need that kind
of leader in tomorrow's Air Force.

George Z.