Volatile Environments of Men
By TJW
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A couple of klicks away from the FOB
hot shower time
time for reveille
She’ll be standing there
all five-foot-three
standing under the
rubber tree
Ficus elastica to be exact
glossy and white and milky
maybe her rapist felt
guilty
for raping her
under there
So close in approach
the distance
a cunt hair
where
She would salute with field manual care
but what did I see there?
sagging tips of lips and eye
lids low
Scuttle butt had it she was raped and I was
not surprised because a female is fodder
in a male soldier’s eyes
Call me a chauvinist a mysogynist
Heaven forfend!
Females in combat I will never defend
in volatile environments
of men
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Hi JJ. As this is tagged as
Hi JJ. As this is tagged as 'Non-Fiction' I guess this is based on your real army experience.
I'm struggling a bit with the meaning of the last verse. Are you saying that you think a female soldier in a combat zone is fair game to be raped - by her own side ? And if that happened you wouldn't defend her ?
Please tell me I'm wrong.
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Not at all.
Not at all.
I just wanted to know if I had interpretted it correctly.
I could have worded it better, sorry,
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You don't come across as
You don't come across as chauvinist, you come across as chivalrous.
Thank you for explaining it so eloquently. I understand what you're saying and I agree with you.
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