Went to school in west Texas, in one of the 3-4 blue and liberal districts in the state. Anyway, at my high school there was no set Sex Ed, just one week during health class where a completely unqualified PE Teacher taught everyone about STDs. What really stuck with me was the group of girls sitting behind me; one…

Haha. Caffeine depravation! My apologies.

Me?

I have a theory that its coming to a head because there are finally more women than ever in consequential positions. Not only that but all the men that have served in the last 20 years are marginally more used to female colleagues and noticeably more supportive than the Old Boys' Club, so more women are coming…

Women go there because we can't back down and let misogynist shits fill those slots and then commission. Besides, it's not all assholes, there are some truly amazing people there.

Also, what you see as ridiculous and overbearing discipline is what is meant to mold people to make choices in terrible conditions when both Soldiers' and civilians' lives are at stake. Military personnel don't get to have the same freedoms (privacy, free speech). So many people that join don't seem to understand…

Emails sent over a government network are never private. They used the Microsoft outlook attached to their cadet emails, aka, emails set up and run by the army. West Point Goldcoats, they guys in charge of the network at USMA regularly scan and block all kinds of content, including what goes through outlook. If they…

This is one of the hugest problems in the military right now. When I was a cadet, a female freshman went out with a group of cadets. One of them later barged into her room and raped her. She was punished because as a plebe she wasn't allowed to leave Post or drink. It was like "oh, never mind about that rape thing,…

Academy culture. At West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy home football games are mandatory for ever cadet or midshipman. Period. Because America.

But seriously, in case I rambled and wasn't clear, I think you're right. I was just contributing an anecdote for added perspective

I agree with you but as it was said above, it is something to put in context. I'm a service academy grad, and home football games are never optional for anyone, period. As a cadet/midshipman it is deemed your Place of Duty, and yeah, it's "college" but you're also already in the military, which means attendance is a…

I just read snippets of Taranto's piece to my (male) office mates (I'm in the army) and one reaction general reaction was ; why do these impotent middle aged male assholes, that have never ever been in the military always want to shit on women currently in uniform? or put succinctly....STFU, no one asked you.

This is all strictly in my experience......I'm an Army Officer and even with all the "ladyz be wanting a husband!" tropes I've noticed my male peers are the ones desperate to put a ring on it. Some are like bad, gender bent Jeniffer Aniston chick flick characters. Then again, there are times when the Army is pretty…

Off topic as fuck but I love your screen name. Selena for ever.

That was beautifully put. Yes. You get few options as a female cadet: you can be a sexually desireable virgin (who will obviously eventually be a whore) you can be a whore (sexually active/empowered) or you can be a "cool" girl, aka female misogynist. My sexual partners, real and imagined were actively discussed…

Wow. What a dick. I came upon his blog on my Facebook. The west pointers were circulating it when news of the rugby bros broke. Thanks for this

.....I'm a little confused...what is this?

It gets worse when you're their peer and successful *and* sexually active. I had a boyfriend while I was at the academy. We had sex because duh. Somehow though, with my male peers this made me an incredible whore. Sex. Monogamous sex. Made. Me. A. Whore.

Trou is a vile oldie term. It goes back to 1976 when women were first allowed into the academies. Back then there were no cadet uniforms tailored for the female body and the cut of the pants on female hips sat awkwardly. The male cadets started saying that it was because all the females were fat (and therefore…

I replied above. It's one of those especially horrible academy terms