He/she is a slick one, this Ginto.
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:33 AM
Original message
Now that DADT is going the way of the dodo can we finally get to coed housing in the military?
Like in Starship Troopers.
Why we cling to these puritanical beliefs is vexing. We need to eliminate the taboo of female/male nudity. Both sexes, and all gender identities should be able to cohabitate.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x44381One of the many problem areas that have been brought up and discussed regarding transition to a post-DADT military is whether or not to segregate. Straight men don't want to be in a position where those with possible sexual attraction to them are able to ogle their goods freely with prurient interest, whether those interests are acted on or not. Most men and women would not want to be in that position out of pure modesty, let alone the natural disgust one might feel toward being exposed to a sexual pervert.
DUmmies of course have all along been pooh-poohing those concerns derisively with statements that straights should just "get over it" and that "not everyone wants your body". Well, the natural extension to that would be to enact what the OP is talking about. If it's just some irrational, puritanical phobia that drives straights to want privacy, one that straights just need to get past, then why not extend things to include desegregation of opposite-sex service members? It would seem only logical by DU standards. Only DU standards have a certain flexibility one normally does not encounter in the real world.
originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:39 AM
Response to Original message
2. Rape is already a major problem, and you want to do that?
Starship Troopers = a movie, not reality
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:41 AM
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3. So cohabitation equals rape?
Sounds like something someone would say arguing about DADT. Sorry, but that is nuts.
Turning it back on them. Like I said, Ginto is slick.
KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:43 AM
Response to Reply #3
8. Women being raped in the armed services is an actual problem. The crap used to counter DADT was crap
Are you intentionally trying to stir crap up?
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:47 AM
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13. So hetero men just cannot be trusted? Wow. nt
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:56 AM
Response to Reply #21
23. Yep, those heteros will get you! ROFL. nt
tekisui (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:00 PM
Response to Reply #23
25. You think rape is funny?
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:02 PM
Response to Reply #25
28. I think the evil hetero boogeyman is hilarious. nt
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:09 PM
Response to Reply #45
49. Like racists. That's why we need to segregate by race as well. nt
tekisui (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:10 PM
Response to Reply #49
52. I'm done with your shit stirring. Have fun!
:hi:
DUmmies hate having the rhetorical tables turned on them.
JuniperLea, the second-stupidest woman on the internet takes the bait:
JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:05 PM
Response to Reply #21
34. Yet this isn't a problem because it involves women...
If this is the case, why aren't people speaking out?
Because it's ****ing bullshit. Bull ****ing shit.
tekisui (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 11:59 AM
Response to Reply #13
24. You are missing the point.
There is, in reality--not theory, a rampant problem of rape and sexual abuse in the military now.
It is not about a generalization of "hereto men" not being trustworthy. It is a reality that the military has allowed an environment that has lead to this problem. Cohabitation would likely exacerbate it.
Segregation isn't just about rape, you dumbass. It's about privacy and modesty.
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:01 PM
Response to Reply #24
27. No. Cohabitation would lead to understanding and decrease problems. As unity and understanding
always does. It's amazing how it works that way.
That's what the DUmmies have been saying, isn't it?
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:06 PM
Response to Reply #35
42. Like integrating races. Would you be opposed to racial segregation of barracks if
integration caused beatings, hazings, and other problems?
tekisui (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:09 PM
Response to Reply #42
51. Race and gender are not the same issues.
Like I said, the culture in the military has lead to a serious problem of men raping women. That needs to be addressed before they are put in even closer proximity of each other. You claim that cohabitation will work to solve that problem. I am asking you to prove that.
B-b-but, you
have been saying race and sexuality are the same when it comes to co-habitating. That military authority should force the issue until everyone gets over it and everything will be okey-dokey, right?
Ginto (438 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-20-10 12:07 PM
Response to Reply #40
44. I agree. Segregate the barracks by race too. Look at all the racial tension that could be avoided.
nt
Slapping them with their own snarkiness. I love it.