For today anyway:
"A #MeToo moment emerges for military women after soldier’s killing" by Jennifer Steinhauer New York Times, July 11, 2020
WASHINGTON — As the #MeToo movement gained ground, propelled by stories of women in Hollywood, the news media, restaurants, and other industries, women in the military have remained in the shadows.
Then came the killing of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, whose remains were discovered last month about 25 miles from Fort Hood in central Texas — the victim, officials said, of a fellow soldier. Her death has attracted the attention of the nation — veterans, active-duty service members, and civilians alike.
Think I will wait for the movie.
Women in the military and those who advocate for them say the horrific nature of the crime, perpetrated against the backdrop of a racial equality movement sweeping the country, has galvanized many women to the cause. The persistence of Guillen’s family also has kept front and center a case that might otherwise have left them in grief-stricken retreat.
“I think generally the American moment we’re in is inspiring collective action in a way that we’ve needed,” said Allison Jaslow, a former Army captain and veteran of the Iraq War who has tried for years to raise awareness of the issues. “Women are tired of how women are still getting deprioritized and have lost patience.”
She said she saw a direct line from Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was killed by police, to Guillen, who was Latina, to “the women at home struggling to get our society to respond to their needs.”
The Globe wasn't too concerned a few months ago. No joke.
Notice how as COVID goes on, all the agendas are gathering and morphing into united blob amidst a massive pre$$ push to lump the entire agenda together and advance it in one fell swoop?
Guillen, 20, was last seen April 22 at Fort Hood. Only on July 2 did the Army reveal that she was killed by another soldier who then tried to dispose of her dismembered remains.
Crime of passion?
That soldier, Army Specialist Aaron Robinson, killed himself with a pistol as police approached him this month. Authorities arrested his girlfriend, Cecily Aguilar, after Justice Department officials revealed in court documents that Robinson told her he killed Guillen with a hammer and that the couple then tried to dismember and burn her remains.
The revelations sparked immediate and widespread outrage and grief in Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin, Texas. A group of female veterans created a forum for women affiliated with the military that is calling for a congressional investigation into her death. It quickly gained thousands of members. Actor Rose McGowan, a prominent figure in the #MeToo movement in Hollywood, advocated for Guillen on Twitter. The case has made mainstream podcasts and programs on the right and left, from crime chronicler Nancy Grace to the feminist podcast “Courting Disaster.”
I'll bet McGowan was just happy to be in the spotlight again.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, said in a statement last week, “We owe it to those who put on the uniform, and to their families, to put an end to sexual harassment and assault in the military and hold perpetrators accountable.”
OMG!
Pedo-Joe said that, huh?!
It is, women from the military say, their Black Lives Matter moment.
Okay.
Fighting soldiers from the sky.....
It is rare to speak to a female veteran or current service member who has not experienced sexual harassment or worse, from the elite military academies to basic training to the barracks to the highest ranks of service. In 2019, the Defense Department found, there were 7,825 sexual assault reports involving service members as victims or subjects, a 3 percent increase over 2018.
The military and the pre$$ managed to keep most of those under the covers. Don't want to soil and stain the War Machine.
Military culture and its rules make it extremely hard for women to seek and obtain justice in these cases or for the military to curb the ongoing problem of harassment and assault. Jaslow said that in a culture where “good order and discipline” and hierarchy rule, it is challenging to advocate for accountability. Military women are at once expected to be tough enough to face down harassment and blamed for entering a male-dominated workplace where they have long fought to be accepted as equals.
“There are reports from Vanessa’s family that she was being harassed, but for some reason she did not feel comfortable making a credible report,” said Representative Elaine Luria, a Virginia Democrat who spent 20 years in the Navy. “A lot of women are hesitant to make reports and don’t necessarily feel that when others make reports they have gotten justice.”
Maybe they should use their gun?
There have been fights on Capitol Hill over changes to the way these cases are adjudicated.....
Ah, the domestic disputes continue.
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It will be vindication at long last for that tribe.
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A French bus driver was beaten to death after he asked four passengers to wear face masks?
Related:
"Mohamed Amghar was a 40-year-old software salesman in the final stages of interviewing for a new job in November 1996 when, in his telling, his future boss made a request that left him speechless. You’ll have to change your name to “Antoine,” the man said, even specifying, according to Amghar, not to use “Philippe” because there were already two in the office. Amghar felt he had no choice. Still, Amghar, now 63 and retired, sued the company last year in a labor court in Créteil, south of Paris, accusing it of discrimination and moral harassment and asking for more than 440,000 euros, or nearly $500,000, in damages. The court held a hearing in March but won’t rule until next year. The case has stood out because few racial discrimination suits reach French courts, and it resonates powerfully as France reckons with its colonial past, racism in the police, and attitudes toward racial discrimination more generally in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis....."
Shakespeare said what's in a name, but he was British, not French.
