Women Military Veterans Speak on Sexual Harassment and Assault
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2020
- The disappearance of 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillén began badly and ended horribly worse. She vanished on an April Sunday, in broad daylight, from Fort Hood, the third-largest Army base in the country. Her family would later say she spoke of being sexually harassed at the Texas installation, and of being afraid to report it. For as long as women have been legally admitted into the military, in the 1940s, discrimination, harassment and assault have haunted the armed services without relief. #InsideEdition
It's insane how some people could think Rape and Sexual Harassment is a joke.
Ikr it’s disgusting
It's a joke
@3D Modeller wtf do you mean??? Theres so much you can do. Like harsher punishments! Oh gosh dude dont be weak
How is it a Joke?
Obviously it is if a guy gets raped by a woman...
There should be cameras all over military bases, this abusers should be locked.
Sadly they can’t because people can hack them and put them on RUclips or the dark web
@Dark Angel
That's exactly why I DON'T respect the military. *They're trained killers*
@@SUGAR_XYLER bruh what do you think the military is supposed to do, invite the enemies to a play date?
That'll never happen military will do what ever they want higher ranks means more power
@Dark Angel they have to be trained killers because when that time comes they can’t freeze
If you that much of a “man” for joining the military. Youre completely turn into a coward when you’re aren’t even willing to defend a women in front of you.
You know you do make me laugh just from the fact the words you say kind of also reflect you. Just putting out a fact in addition not everyone is the same their evil and good and it can always flip back and forth. Being too good can make you a monster and the same for the other. Even though indefinitely their just concepts created by those who believe what bad and good it just part of humans nature. I do enjoy human psychology it pretty interesting wouldn't you say 😁
Well spoken.
@@victorotero3157 interesting
Defend a woman? I thought they were strong and independent
@@ll.angell my guy no need to overcook the chicken 😂
My aunt was sexually assaulted while serving for her country by her officer in command. This is a real problem
Same but my mom
Seriously they need to do something about this
@@hk4-2008 lol shiter
@Reich Rising I dont understand how thats funny
@Reich Rising I know for a fact that its not a lie because it happened to my aunt idiot. Or wait , ur one of the people who has to have it happen to you to believe it?
This is absolutely disgusting. The men who do that have no honor whatsoever. They shouldn’t be representing our country.
@@colten5692 ... the original commenter didn’t say that men weren’t being harassed-also I wouldn’t call it harassment(that kinda fluffs it up and makes it sound less bad) it’s rape and sexual assault.
And the women who rape men shouldn't be going free
Women like bad boys. Trust me.
@@thetornadocrusader968who tf said they shouldn’t idiot?
u can only comment nothing else .
i want to be in the Military still and i will never take women as an object, that’s my promise.
Thank you
Plot twist: you get super horny and U do it
all the best man!
@@tooth8206 heheh pp snippy mmm
✂️✂️✂️
The girl who cried about removing her friends due to the trauma.. So many of us go through this. When everything feels out of control, sometimes that's the only control we have over our lives. I felt her pain.
man im so sorry to hear this, i hope to god these "men" suffer and pay consequences, no human should have to go through this :( hope life gets better for you!!
Right ?
Vanessa's sister is amazing. That speech gave me chills and I could feel her pain. I really hope they get justice.
"My sister's a human being" 😢
It’s so sad... it’s not just women but men as well???!!! To think this is still happening and people actually get away with it is disgusting ☹️☹️
True I hope they make a video about men who have been mistreated in the military.
Sorry Some Men can't take it Like Russians/ Super horny would only force a woman to have sex.
@Norse Woodman if I was How am I supposed To know what's Porn? Yeah That's My Opinion My bad also, We all men Get Horny when we see It in our Minds. Also Ask me before you Judge. 🤦🏿♂️
Yeah
@@-brendenlowes-3854
True, but men can also control themselves too, and leave women and fellow men alone in the military.
*_Sexual Harassment is Not a "Playful" Joke_*
100% for what been mentioned.
Mr. Man fr
Ahahahah it is
Jk
No image gaming not something to joke about bro ಠ_ಠ
I actually make jokes out of them
I'm not surprised. Disgusted? Absolutely. But not surprised.
@P. Spit fr
@P. Spit - i’m not even going to say anything. you’re gross.
@@rachelvisagie it's true though, what's your problem?
Nah gross for deflecting. Why does acknowledging sexual assault against women get you so emotional? You big saddo. No one said sexual assault against men doesn’t happen, but this video is regarding women. I’m guessing this video touches a little to close home huh, feel sorry for the women who have encountered you, you’re a weirdo.
"We still gotta learn."
-a human from the 21st century.
@maras moist yes they did get a brain
Well to be particularly honest we don't exactly know how long we been on earth or if we come from another planet just a fact
If you had decent parent/s for a role model you've already learned how to be a decent human being and what's right from wrong. That's where it starts.
The military is, and always has been, a boy's club. I'm a woman and experienced sexual harassment in the Australian Army a lot. Not sexual assault, thankfully, but I know other women who have. Sexual assault happens when sexual harassment is allowed to continue unchecked. It becomes acceptable, even the norm. You don't even bother reporting harassment any more because the first time you try you're told, "Well, you joined a male-oriented environment, what do you expect?"... Sexual harassment was rife in our company. There was maybe 5 or 6 women out of 50 or 60 personnel and we were all Private soldiers and Corporals. The bottom of the chain, basically. It wasn't until a female Warrant Officer arrived - who noticed the behaviour within a week of her arrival - that it was addressed. It shouldn't have had to come to that. How many units have no women in positions of seniority to take these issues seriously? When sexual harassment is not nipped in the bud, when it is shown to be accepted, normalized, even encouraged to a degree, it escalates into sexual assault.
Maybe not a maybe isen't fact. The army isen't w club it's a warzone. You die in the army you go to war. Most women don't have to deal with that because it's their choice but not mens. It is terrible both ways. Terrible thing happen and justice hopefully shall follow.
Maybe women shouldn’t be in the army in the first place
How do men not have self control??? Have they not heard of taking care of “theirselves”
Also men still get sexually assaulted to just not as much you could say
@@adnlllll Yes, mostly by other men
Proving OPs point, no self control 🤷🏾♀️
@3D Modeller Never said all men don't have self control. But certainly an alarming amount don't, and alarming doesn't mean majority.
And by that logic, isn't it worse then that only men should be in the army? No women, then by that scenario, they're bound to lose all control if they ever meet a woman out of the army, meaning your comment in other threads about removing women doesn't make sense here
@3D Modeller if men don't have self control they have no business being in the military
@3D Modeller *sarcasm* and dying a virgin is sooooo baaaad.....
Serve a country that doesn't have your back. You're just a number at the end of the day.
Yep
100%
The government supports this
What angers me about this the most is that the men who serve and do this to the females who serve, think they can just get away with it because women don’t get as much respect as they do in the armed forces.
Not true its cuz they're bored and werent taught good morals and dont really care if they get caught or not
@@ayetiwholikesinternet9335 they don't care if they get caught because they can get away with it
@@carsleyjunior9376 men get away w/ it everywhere, not just in the military.
@@Chrissygirl8707 did i say they didn't? i'm fully aware of that.
What angers me more is they DO get away with it. Especially in the Army.
They don't deserve this they're just trying to serve this country this makes me sad😔
more like serve the rich peoples' pockets.
There is nothing about serving countries it is just doing what rich politicians want to exploit poorer nations and exert control over them and their resources.
This is so awful 😭. The military sounds like an awful place
And it is
it is
Not
@Ricky Miller I meant the sexual assault. Obviously they're trained to kill people.
For women that can be
Every country has a dark secret
Yes, but america has more...
@@user-ds7ji7mh4z I know
@@user-ds7ji7mh4z you mean, “the most”.
And lots of them
@@retrogamingfan5870 no probably North Korea
I am a 66y/o female with a history of military sexual trauma that has been with me everyday since. I just got my denial letter today I AM SAD AND ANGRY because to say the rest of what I feel and have felt for over 42 years since the trauma would require words I can not find. I am extremely sorry for the consistent nature of the pain told and the physical and mental anguish which follows us. Thank you all for your service and your fight. (I typed in the search bar, "Female veteran sexual assault how to live beyond the denial" after reading the letter, calling the crisis hotline and having a weary of the fight pity party.) I am back in the fight.
Imagine being disrespected while trying to fight for your country. Absurd.
absolutely disgusting.
They don’t “fight for the country”. They aren’t in combat roles
Finally .. There’s some LIGHT SHED on this Case.
@@DavidSantistevanVillalobos asylums hurt the human brain by electric therapy and iso means isolated
Very very sad to hear their stories...
omg-
@Reich Rising not funny
@Reich Rising what?
@Reich Rising WTF!
@Reich Rising the Frick?
As a young girl, i'm personally having second thoughts about joining the military. My father was in the Army for 25 years, his father was in the Army, and my grandfather's father was in the Navy. Since i was little i wanted to join in their line of serving the country but didn't know it came with a price.
me too ..? i’m scared
I was considering joining too .....but after seeing this ? Not so much anymore.
@@Raccoon_Chic good don’t.
@@tangoalpha94 hahaha too late
@@tangoalpha94 Don’t victim blame instead the military should hold the offenders accountable.
When you hear about soldiers going to countries and raping the women they're supposed to be helping you're a little skeptical but knowing in the military its practically a common and accepted behavior to be done TO THEIR OWN SOLDIERS, I cant help but wonder what horrors have happened in other countries with women from those places being rescued etc. I know this probably wont change in our time so I most definitely will be wary if my future daughter decides to want to go into service especially if I know she won't be protected by the law or systems of our military. My child wont be some sickos comfort woman
I tryed to join the Canadian Army in 2002, the recruitment officer told me a bunch of Absolutely complete horror stories, about how woman get raped frequently, even during basic training exercises. He told me about sexual harrassment and everything else he could, to scare a 16 yr old girl away from joining... I really wanted to serve my country, but felt like if I do, IAM signing up to get raped.... Sure scared me at the time... He clearly was not lying.... This is sad!
He probably scared you away because he doesn’t want woman in the military for being weak
@@ll.angell woman arent weak
@@TheWhiteRoom0 Who told u that lie
@@ll.angell it was a woman who gave birth to you... don't forget that
@@pettyplant4755 and who fought all the wars for ur freedom?
The thing is men treat woman this way? But how would they feel if this was their mother?
And women do it to men too
@@sanchez011870 i know and it's so upsetting
@@sanchez011870 not the extent that its done in the military.
@@sanchez011870 I’m a female and I don’t
@@sanchez011870 uh how ? Woman is literally try to stop this , and men (“not all men”) enjoys what they’re doing and-
I'm glad the young lady mentioned sexual harassment goes both ways. Our men and women both endure the pain.
It’s not the girls fault if she gets rapped!!!!
Happy this is being talked about. Im tired this was being ignored
My heart goes out to every woman in the military 😞
I look exactly like Vanessa. Everytime I see her, I get the chills. I'm so sorry to the family. I hope you get your justice
If this what Americans did to their brothers/sisters in arms? Can you even imagine what they did to the poor people of Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan ??? Shameful
This is horrible
@Reich Rising bruh why you happy
@Reich Rising wtf is wrong with you? Your happy because a women got sexually assaulted and murdered? Shame on you! You’re disgusting!
This is truly heartbreaking.I pray for everyone who had to experience these horrific events and appreciate you guys shedding the light on this topic🙏🏽
It is disgusting that people do this
It’s disgusting seriously. Unbelievable, I can not call this abuser humans! How can someone get away this stuff
Abuser humans sounds like a scifi faction. Lmao
The military needs to step up. This is unexceptional and they need to protect women from these horrible men.
i was going to join the army now i don’t want to
Me too, the army right now if so bad and corrupt.
Me too :(
I recommend not now
Then don’t. Weak body.
@@MrPenguin923
Or maybe the men in the military should treat women and fellow men better so that they will want to join.
As a kid who wants to be in the Navy, i will be like MOST soldiers and defend anyone, even from my own Soldiers
By law and under Geneva convention you can't shoot your fellow soliders unless they shoot at you first
I wanted to go to the Marines... guess not cause im a girl
@@Privatepyle69 I'm a Navy veteran and every one I knew in the service said the Air Force treated their people better. So if you still want to join the military, give the Air Force a try.
@Greedo You're stuck in the US though and in water on a boat, I'd rather be in dry land traveling the world.
I think you should still do, just don't forget you ever said this
My best advice to woman when joining the military, stay in groups. These will help you not get harassed or raped.
Yes like prison!...Except nicer...And probably nicer people....
How about we teach men and women good morals and self control so they wont even think about doing this
@@ayetiwholikesinternet9335 thats like telling a rapist no.. u can teach then not to but they have free wiil which is sad an unfortunate
@@marcusderon2771 free will has nothing to do with it. there is not enough teaching. there is reason why propaganda works so well. japanese were crazed fanatics willing to die for one man because they were radicalized from youth. society need to teach future generations not to be rapist like how japanese made their people fanatics.
Its not always possible
I was assaulted in AIT, ARMY.. I went to my SFC(not drill SGTs in AIT) and they told me to think about the soldiers career who assaulted me... That if I filed a complaint he would be finished. But what about me and my career. I was older when I joined the Army Reserves, 27, so I was closer in age to all the leadership then I was my fellow enlisted, and I thought they would be more understanding seeing as I was older, more mature. But it didn't matter, they told me that he would be restricted from going off post for a while and he would write me an apology letter. But no counselling statement in his file, no charges, nothing... It hurt that no one cared.
im so sorry you went through this, it makes me so mad that they don't even care about the women serving their country.
Genevieve, why did you join the armed forces in the first place?
@@davidmcclellan9621
"Why did you join the armed forces in the first place?"
You seem to be admitting that it's normal for military men to sexually assault women-in-uniform, hence, your question. As if it's their fault for joining it in the first place.
"You should not have entered the military if you could not expect that you were going to be assaulted" is what you seem to mean.
The military is about the strongest and the best not about who is closer in age. There is no special privilege when it comes to the horrors of war. You shouldn’t have joined in the first place
It’s not only women, men were also sexually harassed by other men as well.
Yea I said that myself
And that's why everyone should care about this issue
Its sad that someone had to die, for it to bring attention. I can just imagine how many women have had to deal with sexual harassment or been raped in the service. Goes to show you that there is no place safe for women. Men get away with everything and that is so wrong. When does it stop 🛑
I was in the military once, and I used to be confused why women outside and inside of the military didn't get too serous with military men.
I think I'm starting to see their reasoning. :X
2021 and today I saw the saddest video about the United States Marines. I can't believe I pay my taxes for this to still go on.....
You listened to 3 women. I spent 21 yrs in the military & was never raped. It’s not as common as you think.
I pray all of you get your justice! RIP Vanessa Guillen🙏
Rape is no joke, sexual assault is not a joke whether in prison church or military.
It’s so disgusting what’s theses men did
Some men
Men men men men men men men men menen
@@ayetiwholikesinternet9335 I think they mean the men who raped the girls did not all men.
Being a Navy Mil. MST victim, I was given a Marine Captain on my case instead of a Navy Officer. The rapist was guilty yet, just got transferred. The Command humiliated me, punished me more with more tasks to do and for me to put in more hours of duties to do. My educational privileges most of the time was denied. They told me, I embarrassed the Command with other Commands. So After that, I was raped again and again. So I learned to shut up my mouth and obeyed and suffering in silence. . Because I didn't want to get out and I didn't have a family to go to if I'm out. So I stayed for 14 yrs of verbal, physical , mental and psychological abuse including over worked and denied human rights. After I became a single parent, I was abused again, failed marriages and was also abused in my marriage with my ex military husband. Nothing was done to him. Just buddy buddy with their men counterpart.
🙏 😔
What sucks is that many people don’t acknowledge this, idk why...
Disgusting. There’s barely any Gentlemen left in this world nowadays
I was shocked and was really shocked by the stories!
We need a solution for this kind of disgusting offense to women!
God bless you!
Let's be honest, justice wont be served.
if we do something then it will. they need to change
@@alice-cj3tbthe military is a groups of the best trained killers and that is what it is meant to be. They aren’t going to get rid of their best soldiers over allegations especially when the military number is reducing by day
I'm grateful you didn't succeed in overdosing. Thank you for standing up and speaking out. Blessings of Love✨
Yeah
I asked a girl out to watch a football game at a wide open sports bar. Sometime later I was told she made a sexual complaint about that. Like wtf... I was just asking someone out. That made me paranoid about asking girls out.
God I’m glad I was raised better then this
Imagine not respecting women.
Imagine letting ex rapists into your military and wondering why this happens
While I was in the USCG, I had to report 2 sexual assaults. One outranked me by 2, and the other was my same rank. The one that outranked me was given a slap on the wrist and allowed to stay in, and the other was kicked out. Then, I was medically retired for PTSD during my short time in.
Bro people literally disgust me, some people didn't even bother to help them and called their stories fake. Why would someone fake being raped? This is serious and sad how people handle this. And those rapists should go to jail as well.
It’s sad that people in the military have to deal with this and they can’t do anything about it because they get slapped with undermining the chain of command
I wonder how it would have been handled if an physically abused female soldier would have shot and killed a male soldier in self defense.
Wow. This is extremely frustrating!!
Her sister speaking towards the beinging of the video gave me goose bumps over my entire body! Such a sad story! The truth behind that story is far deeper than what we all may think/believe. The base that she was stationed at has been basically taken over by corruption- aligning themselves with their "Cartel" counterparts! Moving drugs, guns and who knows what else across OUR Nation's borders! Our countrymen have foresaken us on so many fronts!!!!
My grandma was with my grandpa who was in the army and when he was training my grandma cleaned houses in the army base and the Colonels were frisky and touching her inappropriately.
That’s why I did not join the military
Same.
Yeah after I came out of hs I said no but I felt so dedicated to serve my country but .... I'd be in prison if a fellow soldier told me she/he was harmed. I'd torture them then castrate.
Pussie
@@arizonalady7569 Yeah the military isn't the only way to serve your country, you can volunteer, get politically active, if you want to be in government and "see the world" you can join the Foreign Service...even voting is a way to serve our country.
So heartbreaking😞
If people can't even stand for the right of these women how can we trust them with the safety of the country.
Not only in the military everywhere
Sadly, have a male family member who served in Kuwait and Iraq, who verified that this type of behavior happens and is systematically "squashed" by the superior officers. Additionally, the offending officers familiars will routinely harrass the woman who was brave enough to step forward in a coordinated effort to make her recant.
Friends, family and themselves have been suffering because of people like them!
Let me set the record straight. I am a veteran, I went into the military to create a better life for me and my sons. I was proud to be a soldier. However, the system was and still is corrupt. After 8 years I left. It didn't matter how hard I worked, I was always expected to lay on my back in order to gain rank. Be all you can be is not a slogan for women. If every woman that encountered this type of situation was to stand up, the world would be shocked. THIS IS VERY COMMON.
So you where a single mom?
How can our country defend these monsters? They shouldn’t be allowed to defend us.
I am in the process of joint the military but after seeing this I’m having second thoughts.
What did you end up doing?
When stuff like this this happen the military does not care
i mean they do what do you think they're doing right now about it
@@Slicks__ raping
It’s weird how other females won’t have female victims’ backs. Smh
the fact that this happened recently blows my mind.
Seeing this just breaks my heart because I was thinking whether I should join but if I do join and I do see this I have to do something
Ion wanna be vannesa just dont join at all
@@soulaandefender that part. I always wanted to but nah. There's always gonna be dudes who think like that and we just gotta stay away from em. Ion wanna be Vanessa either 💯💯
😭
Every time Vanessa's sister talks that way I start crying
I never understand girls who get drunk around guys she doesn't know.
This is so sad I'm actually crying right now. Im thinking about not going, yes I am scheduled to leave for navy bootcamp on the 26th of this month, but I can still backup like nothing, I don't want to witness that or that to happen to me 😢
happened to my cousin, went in a happy girl came back a drug addict
@3D Modeller being stationed in a base = effects of war?
@3D Modeller so you're saying if you're not in combat you deserved to be raped? you think people choose to be in combat
This is so sad, watching all the way from KENYA🇰🇪
People separate genders in school but in military suddenly equal hmmmm
They do separate gender extensively in the military
Separate genders in school? What do you mean by that?
Hey everyone! PSA!! If someone is wearing something revealing or just existing in general, they’re not “asking for it”. No one asks to be raped. It disgusts me that a lot of you think like this. You shouldn’t bee treating this as a joke. It’s not a goddamn joke, grow up and open your damn eyes and realize this isn’t normal and this isn’t okay. Even if they’re your significant other, it doesn’t give you a freebie because you’re dating or married. If you think it is okay, get help. That’s all I can tell you.
@Reich Rising better than being the embodiment of actual garbage
Abuse is normalized even military to military spouses. Most of the time the men were just slapped on the wrists or transferred to another duty station. One of my rapist was transferred.
Quite shameful.....and this country talks high of their military service.....protect the women first then talk about your military or army ......Yuck...never expected they do this to women....and the most ironic thing is no one to support women once they report it.......
@Reich Rising whats so funny? share the joke and lets laugh too
Women shouldn’t be in the military
I’m sensitive to the harassment women go through because as a Black man I had to deal with racial harassment in the Navy. Unlike civilian life , YOU CAN’T CHARGE SOMEBODY WITH BATTERY IN THE MILITARY.
It's not a safe line of work for women
@@Ana-mo2vz Double for women.
Another terrible problem is sadist sexual harassment by male veterans towards single women who live in the same apartment communities as them. And, the VA doesn't help with that either. The military just lets these animals loose on the civilian population.
I'm a Navy veteran, one time when I came back from vacation, another sailor who I worked with asked me if I got breast implants cause they looked bigger.
On another occasion, the same guy told me he and the boss had discussed why I had been so slow on that morning's 1.5 mile run (I had a cold), well they came to the conclusion the reason I was slow was because I had been up all night having sex.
One time I was in the ER helping the Ortho people with an xray machine, it was very heavy and hard to move so the Ortotropic surgeon yelled at me and told me to hurry up cause the only thing he saw moving was my ass.
While on active duty two women of my acquaintance were raped by someone they knew and trusted.
Thankfully, I've never had to deal with those sexual comments in the civilian sector.
This happened to me 37 years ago!! It’s so sad it’s still happening 😢
Thanks for telling me the dark side of America 😑🤮
Oh, you don't want to know the " dark side " of the middle east
you watched the video. it’s on you love. x
ill reconcider on going to the military then
This makes me not want to go into the army like I wanted.
Lol, don't then. No offence but if your scared off by this then there's even worse to come if you end up captured or you know....tortured/killed
If you want to protect your country u can ofc, your safety is a priority tho! but it’s unsafe at this point...
Don’t go to the army
My daughter dealt sexual harassment throughout bootcamp she reported it she had Witnesses but when she got to AIT they told her it was unfounded and the person that is harassing her not only isnt I trouble but is now being moved to the very same base where she is and she scared to death and has no idea what to do and neither do i...how do I protect my daughter???
Get her out
I cant imagine what these soldiers must be doing to local women in countries which they have invaded
hmmmm idk giving them food to survive or maybe protecting them so they don't get sold or their head chopped off?
Man its nuts
The men will always get away with it. Literally, don’t ask don’t tell.
excatly
Stand up for yourselves damnit it's just gonna keep happening
@@ayetiwholikesinternet9335against some of the toughest men the world has to offer
Sadly the sister will never get the justice and answers she desperately seeks and needs.
This is the reality of being assaulted, no one is Willing to help people who get sexually assaulted.