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Your Vagina's Belong to Them - V.3
Author: Raine
Date: 10/22/2009 13:43:13
I want to thank Velveeta Jones for her Blog post Last Sunday. That story is one that has been close to my heart for a hopeful outcome. It was a powerful story about how we treat woman in this country. It was also a powerful story about where the loyalties lie politically with some of our senators and it was a powerful story about the control corporation have over their employees.
Oh -- and it was about rape. It was about the power of rape. I had written about Ms Jones twice in February and April of 2008. Today, as before, it is graphic and contains strong language. I do not know if people have been charged since 2008. Somehow I don't think they have.
In the February post, I mentioned three women's stories. I mentioned that for every three women that spoke up there are many others who wouldn't. The April blog proved that to be the case.
In 2008, Jamie Jones also revealed that 40 other women have come forward through her new foundation. One woman was Lisa Smith: "That dawn, naked, covered in blood and feces, bleeding from her anus, she found a U.S. soldier she did not know lying naked in the bed next to her: His gun lay on the floor beside the bed, she could not rouse him and all she could remember of the night before was screaming and screaming as the soldier anally penetrated her while a colleague who worked for defense contractor KBR held her hand -- but instead of helping her, as she had hoped, he jammed his penis in her mouth." The article goes on to tell us more of the same type of cover-ups from KBR as I posted previously. She testified in April 2008 in Washington DC.
I believe that until I read of an investigation regarding the torture of our women and the institutionalizing of rape by KBR, the Justice Department is ignoring Title 7 of the 1964 Civil rights act: The EEOC, VII:
That said, I see movement regarding these crimes. Senator Al Franken in a hero to me for fighting to get this amendment passed. All of the Good Senators who voted for it get kudos as well.
The other 30 are scumbags for choosing to privatize rape. They proved to me what I said in my previous blogs -- They think they own our bodies. Let me make this clear: Lisa Smith -- an AMERICAN CITIZEN --was anally and orally raped by members of the US armed forces and KBR. KBR told her to shut the f*ck up. These stories are important. Al Franken knew how important it was. It's time the Justice department do something about this. For all the good things I see coming from this administration, this is an area in which I see little to no improvement. I want Holder's Justice department to send a message to companies like KBR that raping employees is NOT okay. As important as this amendment was for women and workers rights-- they still don't have the right to have their cases heard in criminal court.
Senator Jeff Sessions thinks we are ganging up on poor KBR for political purposes. Not that he or any of the 29 other Pro-Rape senators care, I reported that as of April of 2008:
No sexual assaults are acceptable to me, but 60% of those 2,688 cases were RAPE. Keep in mind these are military records -- I still wonder, a year and a half later, how many employees of companies like KBR have been raped and tortured. Protecting Women from rape and torture is not political -- it is moral. Is tort reform more important to these senators than protecting a woman's security?
Those numbers are rising, the problem is not getting better.CBS reported in March of 2009:
I thank Senator Franken for taking the lead in this. It's about time someone in Washington did SOMETHING to stop the torture of our own citizens.
OUR Vaginas belong to US.
and 
Raine
Oh -- and it was about rape. It was about the power of rape. I had written about Ms Jones twice in February and April of 2008. Today, as before, it is graphic and contains strong language. I do not know if people have been charged since 2008. Somehow I don't think they have.
In the February post, I mentioned three women's stories. I mentioned that for every three women that spoke up there are many others who wouldn't. The April blog proved that to be the case.
In 2008, Jamie Jones also revealed that 40 other women have come forward through her new foundation. One woman was Lisa Smith: "That dawn, naked, covered in blood and feces, bleeding from her anus, she found a U.S. soldier she did not know lying naked in the bed next to her: His gun lay on the floor beside the bed, she could not rouse him and all she could remember of the night before was screaming and screaming as the soldier anally penetrated her while a colleague who worked for defense contractor KBR held her hand -- but instead of helping her, as she had hoped, he jammed his penis in her mouth." The article goes on to tell us more of the same type of cover-ups from KBR as I posted previously. She testified in April 2008 in Washington DC.
says KBR then assigned full-time security guards to her which gave her no privacy to talk about the incident, and her movements around camp were restricted, yet her attackers' movements were unrestricted.
"KBR did little or nothing to restore my sense of safety after I reported being raped," said Leamon.
KBR release a statement today saying, "Ms. Leamon's allegations are currently under investigation by the appropriate law enforcement authorities. Therefore, KBR cannot comment on specifics of the allegations or investigation. The safety and security of all employees remains KBR's top priority. Any allegation of sexual harassment or assault is taken seriously and investigated thoroughly. As such, Ms. Leamon's allegations have been referred to law enforcement authorities and are being investigated accordingly."
Also at today's hearing, for the first time the Department of Justice is slated to answer questions on the investigation and prosecution of alleged sex crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. No one has yet been charged in Leamon's case.
Last December, the department declined to send an official to testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on law enforcement efforts to protect U.S. contractors in Iraq. The hearing featured testimony by Jamie Leigh Jones, a young Texan woman who also says she was gang-raped while working for KBR in Iraq.
Like Jamie Jones, Leamon believes she was drugged before her attack.
I believe that until I read of an investigation regarding the torture of our women and the institutionalizing of rape by KBR, the Justice Department is ignoring Title 7 of the 1964 Civil rights act: The EEOC, VII:
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
The other 30 are scumbags for choosing to privatize rape. They proved to me what I said in my previous blogs -- They think they own our bodies. Let me make this clear: Lisa Smith -- an AMERICAN CITIZEN --was anally and orally raped by members of the US armed forces and KBR. KBR told her to shut the f*ck up. These stories are important. Al Franken knew how important it was. It's time the Justice department do something about this. For all the good things I see coming from this administration, this is an area in which I see little to no improvement. I want Holder's Justice department to send a message to companies like KBR that raping employees is NOT okay. As important as this amendment was for women and workers rights-- they still don't have the right to have their cases heard in criminal court.
Senator Jeff Sessions thinks we are ganging up on poor KBR for political purposes. Not that he or any of the 29 other Pro-Rape senators care, I reported that as of April of 2008:
US military records 2,688 sexual assaults
The US military has recorded 2,688 cases of sexual assault involving its staff, 60 percent of which were allegations of rape, a study says.
Those numbers are rising, the problem is not getting better.CBS reported in March of 2009:
But that safety mechanism failed. Just weeks into her new assignment, her squad leader began making unwanted sexual comments. Then it turned physical when he tried to force himself on her. She was afraid to report it, tried to forget it, but the assault haunted her. In a completely unrelated incident when she was out one night, someone she knew from another base raped her.
“The betrayal issues to this day are still pretty deep,” she said. “You know, I was like, ‘I’m willing to give my life for this guy next to me but how do I know that he’s not going to hurt me?’”
Jessica’s story is not unique. One in three female soldiers will experience sexual assault while serving in the military, compared to one in six women in the civilian world. The Pentagon released a disturbing report Tuesday on sexual abuse in the military, saying that more than 2,900 sexual assaults were reported last year, up nearly 9 percent from the year before. Nearly two-thirds of the cases involved rape or aggravated assault.
I thank Senator Franken for taking the lead in this. It's about time someone in Washington did SOMETHING to stop the torture of our own citizens.
OUR Vaginas belong to US.
and Raine
