DerangedUnit
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I think it has a lot to do with the places mentioned.... the military is notorious for having low opinions of women. To give one example, a friend of mine while overseas went to see the camp doctor to see if he could get something to help him sleep, they had given him stuff to keep him awake because as a cook you have to be up extra early and down extra late and as a result he hadn't slept in days. They asked him when was the last time he had sex. And he answered bewildered "not since I got here obviously" and they told him they would arrange for one of his female cohorts to work the same duty shift as him in a secured area. He yelled that he didn't like what they were insinuating and stormed out. But that attitude carries over for many soldiers, that women are just there to meet your needs. Personally I know a lot more bitchy women than men... but in every case that's because they aren't getting laid, which is one of the oldest stereotypes in the book but it does seem to have its effects. If you ask men who have been in prison "why?" They say the equivalent of "the man screwed me" you ask women who have been in prison they say "my man screwed me" I think men in some areas are trained to be assholes, those assholes make the women around them bitches, those bitches go out and find nice guys the opposite of the last, those nice guys become sadists, those sadists train their sons to treat women like shit and the whole cycle continues.... but it's also just as easy to turn around by not being a dick. Once someone makes the first move and starts being nice, if they can keep it up without faltering people around them soon follow.
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