Helicopter pilot trying not to be a helicopter mom . . .
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In wake of Sarah Everard, men were rallied to speak out against male violence. Instead #NotAllMen trended. Here we are again, Gisèle Pelicot’s case is a moment. Many men silent, again. “Everyday” men committed this, everyday men must speak out against it.independent.co.uk/voices/gis…
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Holocaust survivor Irene Weiss:
“Man can turn into an animal in no time. All he needs is permission. As soon as permission is given from higher-ups, from the government, it accelerates.”
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When discussing elements of barracks to evaluate for @hotscots_app one of the women in our group mentioned safety features - parking lot well lit, what kind of locks on doors, broken interior/exterior lighting, etc. “You may not notice, but *I* always notice.”
Reading @DrTraceyK mention “how do we protect women” reminds me of that conversation because it wasn’t something I had in a long list of “shit to care about”. When DPW hasn’t fixed that outdoor light in 3+ weeks I shrug it off - and then you realize someone else literally sees that as a potential factor in being assaulted.
These aren’t ever factors I hear discussed in prioritization of barracks updates or why we need changes to DPW - but maybe we should be explicitly considering them.
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Miles to go and yet it was five soldiers attacked over 18 months. What??? Why did this happen more than once? How do we protect soldiers who are women? How do we remove criminals from the Army? FIVE TIMES.
Sgt. Greville Clarke was arraigned Monday on charges he broke into the barracks rooms of five soldiers with the intent to rape them — holding two of the women at gunpoint and strangling one with a lamp cord until he thought she was dead. (from @Rose_Lori) stripes.com/branches/army/20…
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Fair winds and following seas, sisters. news.usni.org/2024/10/21/nav…
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In a heroic move, Gisele Pelicot fought to make public the videos of her unconscious rapes at the hands of over 50 men and won. She wanted the public “to look rape straight in the eyes.” Shame, she said, must change sides —from the victims to the perpetrators.
Police found more than 20,000 videos and photographs of Gisele drugged and being raped by various men on her husband’s devices in a folder titled “Abuse.”
On Friday, the judge complied with Gisele’s demand and showed the evidence “necessary for the manifestation of the truth.”
12 rape videos and 10 photos were shown over the courtroom’s three flat screens and projected into the overflow room for members of the public while the perpetrators in the videos sat in shame watching their own despicable criminal acts being exposed.
Shannon Martin McClain retweeted
Okay, let's talk about this ridiculous talking point that some conservative men love to use, subsequently betraying their complete ignorance on our military draft.
Claiming the draft is to men like abortion is to women is ludicrous for three big reasons.
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PSA: READ & PREPARE! Listen I know you all do not know about #TRICARE for Life & #Medicare, 64 1/2 will be here for some of you very soon. PLEASE READ THIS short primer so that you do not make mistakes that cost you for the rest of your life. newsroom.tricare.mil/News/TR…
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Far-right movements have been using Springfield, Ohio as a propaganda tool since early 2023.
There aren’t 20,000 Haitian immigrants there
in fact, there are barely 5,000 in the entire state.
The level of cognitive dissonance required for this narrative is staggering.
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I can’t believe that in a country stripping women of their rights, there are still men who think it’s HILARIOUS to make fun of women’s “issues”…
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Eagle-eyed tourists made the sighting: Amidst a herd of 40 elephants, a small calf had a wire snare cinched noose-like around his neck. Left untended, it could spell a death sentence.
To treat the calf in-situ, we were going to have to get creative. Mobilising our Air Wing & the SWT/KWS Tsavo Vet Unit to the scene, find out how teams managed to extricate the mum & baby from within a very large, protective herd & mount the successful treatment: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n…
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Nobody taught doctors how to prescribe hormone therapy in perimenopause and menopause.
I want to change this. AND start a fellowship in sexual medicine.
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Still gathering information on this attack. Here’s what I got in: Two Katyusha rockets were fired from a modified boxed truck at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. Several service members were injured but no critical injuries have been reported at this time. No U.S. troops were killed.
BREAKING: U.S. personnel were reported injured in a suspected rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, officials say.
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