Women Vets Criticize Fox Pundit’s ‘Breathtakingly Offensive’ Claim ...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/14/425220/women-vets-criticize-liz-trotta/?mobile=nc

Referring to a recent report that violent sex crimes within the military have increased over the last 6 years, Trotta said women service members should “expect” sexual assault and complained about levels of bureaucracy that support women who have been “raped too much.”

To which I say, what is wrong with Liz Trotta?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. i also found this really interesting

. In fact, half of the Military Sexual Trauma patients being treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals today are men.

[redqueen]

3. Half?!

I had no idea it was that many!

Did anyone else? Am I just clueless?

This is so sad... I can't help thinking that it's because male victims do not feel comfortable coming forward about these abuses.

[yardwork]

7. They did come forward. They're being treated.

[redqueen]

8. By "come forward about" I meant "raise awareness of", not "seek treatment for".

I have seen many articles addressing the issue of sexual assaults against women in the military. I have seen exactly zero about sexual assaults against men in the military.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i too have read none of sexual assaults against men in the military. this was my first

[The empressof all]

15. Men who are raped rarely report

We don't have anywhere near accurate statistics on this as many, many male victims just don't come forward. The shame and self blame is so strong that they just can't speak about it.

[maddezmom]

10. here is one

Apr 3, 2011 1:00 AM EDT

The Military's Secret Shame
When men in the military rape other men in the ranks, no one wants to talk about it. Why the sexual assault of males in the service is finally being confronted.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/03/the-military-s-secret-shame.html

[Gormy Cuss]

2. What's wrong with her is that she's just another Ann Coulter

saying outrageous stuff in a ploy for attention. She suggested killing Obama would be a good thing a few years back.

[libodem]

4. So wrong

When are the victims going to stop being blamed? I hate to see this type of thinking perpetuated to Faux's hundreds of ignorant old viewers. Propaganda wing of the right's spin machine.

[The empressof all]

5. John Stewart did a great job on this last night

I admit that often I question John's thinking about women he hit this one out of the park.

n Tuesday, Daily Show host Jon Stewart seemed positively “horrortained” by both Rick Santorum and Fox News contributor Liz Trotta‘s reaction to news that the Pentagon is allowing women in the military to participate in front-line combat.

Santorum, as regular readers are likely aware, has qualms about women participating in front-line combat because he fears that men will feel emotionally compelled to “protect” their female colleagues, even at the risk of the mission at hand.

And then, well. And then there’s Liz Trotta.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-destroys-foxs-liz-trotta-over-comments-on-military-women-who-are-raped-too-much/

[yardwork]

6. Liz Trotta is one of the most hateful "journalists" out there. She was a Swift Boater against Kerry.

[Lisa D]

11. My jaw dropped

when I heard her spew that line. What kind of person actually thinks this way, much less says it on national television?

[OKNancy]

12. Did she used to work on NPR?

When did she become such a fruitcake?

[Lisa D]

13. I don't think she worked for NPR

She was a former editor for the Washington Times, a right wing waste of good paper.

[OKNancy]

14. I looked her up

because I never watch Fox. I knew I heard that name before though. Found this:
She began her career in 1965, covering the Vietnam War as a correspondent for NBC News and later working for CBS News.

So that is why I recognize her name. Incidentally, her latest remarks are all over google.