"Half-Measures" will NOT WORK!!
Senator Gillibrand and her colleagues are on the right path -- but, they're stopping too far short!
The military should NOT continue to have a totally separate, and deeply unaccountable Justice System (UCMJ); except for those times when this nation is in a WAR that has been declared by Congress! We've not had one of those since World Ward II ended (1945)!
Attitudes involving sex in this country are more deeply entrenched than attitudes toward race; AND they're more widespread (all races, both genders). The tyranny in our military services, in the form of unwanted sexual contact, involves victims of both genders, and may be an "unintended consequence" of the failed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the last two administrations.
Check also on the old "Suzie Rottencrotch" techniques used by the Marines to train male recruits. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070906175253AAf8MhL Military training has always been "Power-centered". If you really want to clean this up; set up a fully parallel path (Civilian Special Prosecutor -- outside the DOD) to provide judicial hearings for all service members, in cases where any type of cultural bias is involved. If we're not in a declared war -- no UCMJ. It concentrates too much power, provides an open door, with "cover-up" opportunities, for all types of corruption.
Stay Vigilant! Restore Integrity to our Military.
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