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There are times when I think that Radical Feminism really does have a point.
"To maintain discipline in the military it must have been necessary at that time," said Hashimoto. "For soldiers who risked their lives in circumstances where bullets are flying around like rain and wind, if you want them to get some rest a comfort women system was necessary. That's clear to anyone." (Link takes you to the most recent article, but it contains a link to the earlier one from which this quotation is taken.)
Because, you see, the soldiers are PEOPLE who are having a horrible time and deserve to be "comforted".( Read more... )
TL;DR: There are days when, despite knowing lots of perfectly decent male humans, some of whom are even straight, I do find myself wanting to hit a button and wipe out the entire gender. For realsies.
*not, you understand, simply by the fact that these atrocities have happened. By the fact that intelligent, educated people in positions of power in 2013 DO NOT RECOGNISE THEM AS ATROCITIES. I mean, he's paying lip-service to the whole "this was a bad thing" notion, but on a gut level he's clear on the fact that the actual humans in the equation are the soldiers, and the women are the things the soldiers need to use.
"To maintain discipline in the military it must have been necessary at that time," said Hashimoto. "For soldiers who risked their lives in circumstances where bullets are flying around like rain and wind, if you want them to get some rest a comfort women system was necessary. That's clear to anyone." (Link takes you to the most recent article, but it contains a link to the earlier one from which this quotation is taken.)
Because, you see, the soldiers are PEOPLE who are having a horrible time and deserve to be "comforted".( Read more... )
TL;DR: There are days when, despite knowing lots of perfectly decent male humans, some of whom are even straight, I do find myself wanting to hit a button and wipe out the entire gender. For realsies.
*not, you understand, simply by the fact that these atrocities have happened. By the fact that intelligent, educated people in positions of power in 2013 DO NOT RECOGNISE THEM AS ATROCITIES. I mean, he's paying lip-service to the whole "this was a bad thing" notion, but on a gut level he's clear on the fact that the actual humans in the equation are the soldiers, and the women are the things the soldiers need to use.
