I mean this is classic conservative rhetoric. In their mind it follows that women should therefore not be allowed in the military. They should have laws governing how they can dress and where they can go. Because men cannot be expected to control themselves.
Conservatives never wanted women in the military. This is just one inevitable consequence.
Pretending that 100% of men of any class, any group, in any location or in any circumstance can be "expected to control themselves" is asinine. Techers, the US Congress, CEO's, soldiers, policemen, heck, even US presidents....name any sizable group of men, and there ARE molesters in it.
Expecting otherwise is like expecting teenagers to abstain from sex - but schools long ago figured out that expecting abstinence just doesn't work, no matter what you do, so they started giving out free condoms.
Accept the fact that sexual assault is going to happen. Punish it, control the consequences, but understand that some men are going to assault women regardless of consequences. Or bury your head in the sand and ignore reality.
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u/clover426 Dec 17 '24
I mean this is classic conservative rhetoric. In their mind it follows that women should therefore not be allowed in the military. They should have laws governing how they can dress and where they can go. Because men cannot be expected to control themselves.