jou ([info]homasse) wrote in [info]blackfolk,
@ 2008-08-02 08:15:00
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That's not a suicide.
PFC LaVena Johnson Was Raped, Beaten, Set On Fire And Worse - Army Calls It Suicide

This 5'1", 100 lb woman was beaten--her nose broken and teeth knocked back, had her elbow distended, bite marks on her upper torso, raped--lacerations in the genital areas and then lye poured into her vagina, dragged off and put in a tent that was set on fire, and the military labeled it a suicide. They even glued the white service gloves on to her so that they couldn't be taken off to try to cover up the burns on her hands.

This only came out because the military didn't realize her father was a doctor. He got suspicious and started questioning, and was able to get information and photos of her body from the time she was found thanks to FOIA.

And it seems to be a trend. Is There an Army Cover Up of Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers?

The rape stats for women in the military is 1 in 3. 1 in 3. And that's just for women who report it. Around 41% of women in the military have said they were sexually assaulted in some way.

There was an oversight hearing today on sexual assault in the military. And during this hearing? The Pentagon's top official on sexual abuse didn't go because the doctor was ordered not to despite a subpoena.

WTF.


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[info]ms_erupt
2008-08-02 12:17 am UTC (link)
Ugh. I don't even know how to respond to that.

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[info]nepthys_12
2008-08-02 02:53 am UTC (link)
That's just sickening.

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[info]via_85
2008-08-02 05:54 am UTC (link)
A friend of mine said that being in the army as a woman was like being sent to an all male prison and told to hold your own. She wasn't raped ever ... but some close calls.

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[info]jhustle
2008-08-02 07:56 pm UTC (link)
everytime i see this story, i cry. i want to get more informed and hopefully bring let to it on my college campus.

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[info]homasse
2008-08-02 11:31 pm UTC (link)
The website her family made has a lot of information, as well as a PDF file of a handout her father used at a NOW convention.

More people need to know about this so something can happen.

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[info]loquacis
2008-08-02 09:03 pm UTC (link)
The military just come out with a statistic that said female soldiers were more likely to be raped by thier fellow soldiers than killed in military operation.

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[info]homasse
2008-08-02 11:36 pm UTC (link)
I read an article that said that three women serving in the Middle East had died from dehydration because, even though it was 50 degrees C out, they stopped drinking water in the afternoon because they didn't want to have to go out to the latrines at night because they were afraid of being dragged off and raped on the way to the latrines.

This is all just sad and pathetic. If the military really wanted to get a handle on this problem, they could, I think.

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[info]loquacis
2008-08-02 11:55 pm UTC (link)
because they were afraid of being dragged off and raped on the way to the latrines Yeah, I saw that on Dailykos.

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[info]homasse
2008-08-03 12:10 am UTC (link)
That right there is so fucked up that I don't even have words for it.

Edited at 2008-08-03 12:10 am UTC

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[info]loquacis
2008-08-03 12:23 am UTC (link)
I think the women should go in groups to the latrines, armed with assault rifles. Like they are in enemy terrority. CUZ THEY ARE. The American men are clearly enemies.

"OK, ya'll, we're gonna shower at noon. Women whose last names begin with A-M will carry the weapons. The women whose last names are L-Z will shower. Then switch".

If a guy comes, shoot him.

But yeah, it's very fucked up, that's for sure.

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[info]oneshysistah
2008-08-03 07:29 pm UTC (link)
This is fucked in so many places. I don't know what else to say.

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