How we have a new abuse scandal breaking out in the armed services and the cadets. 360 complaints have been received over the last five years and 260 of them have been referred to the police. Once more we have seen another institution of the state avert it's eyes from the reality of powerful men having power over young women and men. From Deep Cut Barracks to the sea cadets those who deny what has happened simply end up serving and protecting the needs of the abusers. Just as Jimmy Saville went unnoticed or ignored for so long does not mean that powerful institutions like the armed services should've able to hide from scrutiny.
The
plague of sexual abuse haunts the upper reHes of the state. In the armed
services the nature of authority and a culture of command, control and
obedience makes it easier for the purveyors of sbuse to disguise, hide
and deny their actions. The barked orders, the regimentation, the need
to fit in all go against the power of the abused to stand up Nd say what
is going on. The very abuse that occurs behind the seen where power is
exercised in such ways are itself a contributing cause to the
possibility of abuse. From the Public schools and private education
comes equally such abuse. Those like myself who experienced the English
Prep school recognise the realities of what has been going on within
the armed services . Those who wield power often fail to understand how
power works and is experienced. New revelations emerging in tonight's
Panorama must allow a full investigation to explore the nature of
systemic sexual abuse that runs through the institutions of the state.
From Donald Trump's locker room attitude to women to the power of
paedophiles drawn to positions of power there is no difference .Each has
an intersection of attitude that is connected and similar. The women in
the USA complaining of alleged assault by Trump are kept as silent by
power as are the victims of abuse kept silent by authority with the
private schools or the armed services. It must end...this scandal too
like Saville goes back to the 1970s...it's how society has been and it
time to reveal the truth... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40457123
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