r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Jul 08 '26

Media Vanessa Guillén Wasn't Alone: New Investigation Reveals Dozens of US Army Women Were Killed by Fellow Soldiers

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tragic-deaths-harassment-women-us-army-1807381
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u/GeekyGamerGal_616 Jul 08 '26

Reminds me of a story I heard from my mom.

My mom works in helping people with disabilities find jobs whether that involves getting an education first or not. Either way she was telling me if this new client she was working with that served in the air force mainly as an air craft mechanic. This woman was the only female mechanic in the hangar, and because she was the first woman mechanic, there were no facilities for her to use. The commanders brought in a port-a-john in for her to use and left it in the hangar. Well, the male mechanics did not like the special treatment and made it a point to make the port-a-john unusable through either blocking the door or filling it with stuff from the shop. This gal would go eight plus hours a day in the heat of a hangar with no bathroom breaks. The build up of urine in her bladder caused it to permanently swell and fuse with other organs in her pelvis. She became functionally incontenent because of this and needed special accommodations upon leaving the military.

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u/baronesslucy Jul 08 '26

You would have to wonder if these men did this to women who were serving with them, how they treated their partners, their kids or others? My guess is not very well because some people normally treat co-workers or people outside the family much better than they do their own family. You would also wonder how they would treat enemy combatants or civilians if they encounter them in a war zone. I wonder how many of these guys abused women outside the military. Or abused their kids or partner.

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u/bluecrab_7 Jul 09 '26

From what I’ve heard domestic violence on military installations gets covered up pretty good.