Still reading the Ft. Hood report—couldn't get through it all yesterday, mostly b/c my Adobe reader got squirrelly. I've been thinking & writing about the military culture that gives rise to SA/SH for years now, & will definitely have some thoughts to share later today.
In the meantime, would like to steer folks who have a copy of It's My Country Too to two relevant excerpts. (Getting permission to post them here would be too complicated.) The first is from LouAnne Johnson's book Making Waves. In describing her USN boot camp experience 2/
in 1971, she describes in exquisite detail the ways male recruits & enlisted men openly harassed Navy women—and how the women were blamed for the problem no matter how they tried to respond. This shit ain't new. 3/
The second excerpt is from an anonymous writer (I know her personally) who writes about her experience w/violent sexual assault and the aftermath under the pen name "Donna Doe." She remains on active duty—as do so many women (and men!) who have been sexually assaulted. 4/
The Ft. Hood report isn't some theoretical exercise for women (& men) like Donna. They'll carry the load for the rest of their lives. And they're still swimming in the toxic soup w/that load on their backs. They're in your commands. Fix this. Now. For them. 5/end
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