It's worth noting that men get raped in the US Armed Services as well, typically by a superior.

WHAT THE FUCK

"...these servicemen aren't given helpful tips or training on how to avoid physically and sexually assaulting their peers."

Tips on not being a complete asshole? Tips on how to not force yourself upon someone who's crying and begging you to stop? Yeah, that was ma and pa's job. And society's. And we've all (miserably) failed.

Rape/sexual assault should be punishable by the most draconian measures imaginable, and it's absolutely shameful that we go so easy on these despicable people. Enough wrist-slapping already. These guys need to be made to SUFFER -- suffer to such an extent that all of their rapist buddies will take notice and become instilled with a genuine fear of reprisal commensurate with the brutality of their crime.

Of course we will never be able prevent every instance of rape from occurring simply by passing more laws or implementing harsher penalties, but, believe me, plenty of these fucks would think twice if they knew that they'd *automatically* -- no plea bargains, no probation, no parole -- be spending the rest of their life in prison and/or that their dick would literally be cut off if they got caught.

HIT- Another problem is that in the military you have to pretty much get caught in the act to get in trouble for anything.

@ ill:

Yeah, well that sounds just about stupid enough to be true.

Anyway, i was talking about ALL rapists, not just those in uniform.

"Yet these servicemen aren't given helpful tips or training on how to avoid physically and sexually assaulting their peers."
Are you sure about that?
While rape is appalling on any level, your interpretation of this strikes me as wrong.

Yeah, I just read the whole pamphlet (finally) and at the very least your headline is mis-leading.
"Air Force Advises Female Recruits to "Submit" to Being Raped"
That was bullshit Cienna.
It seems to me they are saying if you are in that horrible situation that you have to weigh whether or not the attacker, whom will usually be bigger and stronger, will beat the shit out of you in addition to getting raped.
It seems like sensible advice to me.
I managed to go through 8 years in the AF without raping anyone, as does the vast majority of our servicemen.