Sexually objectifying base entertainment links to epidemic of military sexual assault

Evidence

There’s no ambiguity about the general disdain for all that’s female in a military where words like “pussy,” “bitch,” “dyke,” and “girl” are common insults. During the war in Vietnam, Hynes notes, the military appears to have “deliberately infused” training with “misogynist language and imagery and phallic allusions to weapons … to build battlefield aggression and improve the rate of weapon use.” In many ways, little has changed. As Hynes points out, “when sexist epithets and misogynist chants are used in drill exercises, and when women are singled out and harassed by drill sergeants, it gives license to male recruits to do likewise, and it seasons the recruits and sets the culture for future military sexual harassment and assault.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 587 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Militaries use paid access to sex to deepen troops’ dependence on military salaries — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 545; Base-abroad conditions drive high rates of sexual assault and sex trafficking; Hypersexuality stereotypes justify sexual assault of black and Latina women (+5 more)

Related

• Misogynist training language is deliberately used to build battlefield aggression (similarity 0.90)
• Military entertainment culture contributes to assaults the force is meant to prevent. (similarity 0.84)
• Government-funded sexually objectifying entertainment helped cause the military’s sexual assault epidemic. (similarity 0.84)
• Military bases foster the specific conditions that enable rape across human societies (similarity 0.83)
• Military environments structurally enable sexual assault regardless of recruits’ innate nature (similarity 0.83)
• Military training dehumanizes women to teach soldiers to kill. (similarity 0.82)
• Military service raises the likelihood of sexual offending while lowering other crime rates (similarity 0.82)
• Environmental conditions, not innate nature, make rape likely in the military. (similarity 0.81)
• One in three servicewomen is sexually assaulted, with base-abroad overrepresentation (similarity 0.81)
• Overseas basing worsens sexual assault and fuels trafficking (similarity 0.80)
• Militaries use paid access to sex to deepen troops’ dependence on military salaries (similarity 0.80)
• Objectifying military entertainment reinforces the culture behind troop violence against locals. (similarity 0.79)
• Penetration and dominance define the idealized military masculinity groomed on bases (similarity 0.79)
• Military sexual assault is rampant, with nearly one in three female veterans raped (similarity 0.79)
• Base-abroad conditions drive high rates of sexual assault and sex trafficking (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Base-abroad conditions drive high rates of sexual assault and sex trafficking #corroborates (0.80)
• Misogynist training language is deliberately used to build battlefield aggression #complicates (0.40) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 587