Environmental conditions, not innate nature, make rape likely in the military.
Evidence
Men are not naturally rapists, and the majority of men in the military—whatever their degree of obedience—do not commit sexual assault. But across human societies, certain conditions enable rape and make sexual assault more likely. These are the conditions generally found in the U.S. military and on bases worldwide. This is an environment where females are considered inferior; where women are frequently reduced to sex objects in camptowns, in pornography, and in USO shows; and where men are trained and encouraged to enact a masculinity centered on demonstrating one’s strength and dominance over others who are considered weaker, inferior, and deserving of being dominated. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 586
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
Related
- Military bases foster the specific conditions that enable rape across human societies (similarity 0.93)
- Military environments structurally enable sexual assault regardless of recruits’ innate nature (similarity 0.93)
- Military service raises the likelihood of sexual offending while lowering other crime rates (similarity 0.87)
- Military entertainment culture contributes to assaults the force is meant to prevent. (similarity 0.84)
- Sexually objectifying base entertainment links to epidemic of military sexual assault (similarity 0.84)
- Military service raises men’s sex-crime imprisonment odds while lowering other crime rates (similarity 0.83)
- Military service specifically elevates sex-crime imprisonment rates while lowering other crime rates. (similarity 0.82)
- Camptown sexual exploitation normalized in training drives later military sexual violence (similarity 0.82)
- Government-funded sexually objectifying entertainment helped cause the military’s sexual assault epidemic. (similarity 0.80)
- Penetration and dominance define the idealized military masculinity groomed on bases (similarity 0.79)
- Military policies create the camptown environments that encourage the very behavior they officially condemn. (similarity 0.79)
- Providing paid commercial sex keeps troops financially dependent and enlisted (similarity 0.79)
- By 2006 one in five enlisted troops had received moral waivers (similarity 0.78)
- In absolute numbers, more men than women are sexually victimized in the military. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Military service raises the likelihood of sexual offending while lowering other crime rates
#corroborates(0.70) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 588 - Sexually objectifying base entertainment links to epidemic of military sexual assault
#exemplifies(0.65)