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Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) on Tuesday suggested that the “hormone
level created by nature” was to blame for rapes in the military and that
all pregnant servicewomen should be investigated to make sure their
condition was the result of consensual sex.
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on sexual assaults
within the military, Chambliss opined that the Pentagon’s decision to
allow women in combat roles was only going to make the problem worse.
The Georgia Republican recalled that “several years ago when we had
the first females go out on an aircraft carrier, when they returned to
port, a significant percentage of those females were pregnant.”
“Was
any investigation made by the Navy following that incident to determine
whether or not all of those pregnancies occurred as a result of
consensual acts?” he asked Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan
Greenert.
The admiral replied that he did not have details of the incident immediately available, but he pledged to follow up.
Chambliss noted that Democratic proposals
to modify the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and take sexual
assault reporting outside of the victim’s chain of command might not
work because young servicemen were being driven by their “nature.”
“The young folks coming in to each of your services are anywhere from
17 to 22 or 23,” he pointed out. “Gee-whiz, the hormone level created
by nature sets in place the possibility for these types of things to
occur. So, we’ve got to be very careful on our side.”
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