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The Many Battle Fronts of the War on Women, and The War on Women of the Front

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Published: June 23, 2012 -- Last Modified: June 23, 2012
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The war on women is real and it is being waged on many fronts.
The Invisible War is a documentary exposing the systemic coverup of the rape of U.S. military women by U.S. service members.
There is something very, very wrong with our military.  I suspect it is related to being “all volunteer” when it is actually a military maintained by an economic draft that feeds off of the ever increasingly institutionalized socio-economic inequality in the United States.
We have never been a society of equals.  We have always had an underclass that has not been allowed to have self-determination, be allowed to vote, have equal access to resources, and so on.  Slaves, original peoples, women, immigrants, and so on  have made up the underclasses.  Only landed men originally had a say in the colonies.  It has been less than 100 years that women have had the vote.  Our country changes.  How?  Either by allowing change to happen or by attempting to influence the change that happens.
I suggest you watch this trailer:

What kind of a society allows and, by refusing to address it, sanctions rape?  We create society.  We can change it.  Your tax dollars support this.  Please do not ignore this atrocity.  There is a Facebook Group, check that out to find out more.
And you definitely NEED to sign on to the call for action and investigation by House Member Congressman Michael Turner.
To find out a little bit more you might watch Retired Colonel Ann Wright’s talk  from a couple years ago about how individuals totalling one-third of women in the military are raped and about some of the culture of abuse within the military.  She is someone whom I have met many times and for whom I have very much respect.  She never makes a situation seem less complex than it is, but neither does she give up on attempting to change what she knows of that is not right.  Her book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience, is a damn good, but disturbing read if you don’t know the back stories of what really goes on in the ruling of our nation. Her talk does cover some of the things you can do to get involved in ending this horrific practice, but please do also click the sign on link above for Turner’s call for immediate action..  You cannot do too much.
 Note:  Updated 26 June 2012 with the Congressman Turner info! And for those of you in Tucson, Director KIRBY DICK will participate in The Loft’s post-film Q&A’s at the 7:00 p.m. shows on Friday, July 20th and Saturday, July 21st!

Categories: Blogging & WritingTags: Ann Wright, blame-the-victim, documentary, Invisible War, military, movie, Politics and Punditry, rape, sanctioned, Sexual Assault, U.S., Vets for Peace, women

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