"Jack Williams rejects the table the hostess has chosen in the middle of the Mexican restaurant. He asks for the least desirable faux-leather booth in the back corner, where he can sit with his back to the wall. He can't stand to have people come up behind him. That's what his rapist, an assistant drill sergeant in the Air Force, did almost 50 years ago." This is how the article starts; with a pull. Williams was raped 3 times, the first most shocking. It devastated him when someone so trusted and held in high esteem- his drill sergeant- would commit such an act.
With every time it happened, his organs got more and more damaged. He needed medical help. Yet, in the beginning, Jack would not tell anyone. He did not want to spread allegation against someone higher up than him, didn't want to cause an uproar. But it was also a man thing. About half of the reported sexual assault cases are from women, the other half from men. However, many men do not come forward with the information. This was the case with Jack Williams in the beginning.
After other Air Force soldiers saw blood in his urine, he went to get the help he needed- physically. Mentally, he was on another planet. The sergeant never got convicted of his crime against Jack.
Williams' ancestors had been in the military, so he wanted to follow suit. What haunts him to this very day, however, are the medical problems that weren't completely dissolved, a feeling of loss, and the possible bout of depression.
It is understandable. The reasons why you wouldn't come forward immediately. That is just about all that is completely understandable about this case and story. There are a lot of questions that could be asked, and a lot of them would not be answered. If it doesn't put them in more danger, there's hope that others are coming out with their stories. They may get extra money for side things, and may get little rewards for their outcomings. However, a bit of money and recognition may not be enough for some. For some, the occurrences continue to hassle and will continue to hassle them until the day they leave the Earth.
But at least they'll have benefits, right?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/military-suicide-rape/index.html?hpt=us_c1
With every time it happened, his organs got more and more damaged. He needed medical help. Yet, in the beginning, Jack would not tell anyone. He did not want to spread allegation against someone higher up than him, didn't want to cause an uproar. But it was also a man thing. About half of the reported sexual assault cases are from women, the other half from men. However, many men do not come forward with the information. This was the case with Jack Williams in the beginning.
After other Air Force soldiers saw blood in his urine, he went to get the help he needed- physically. Mentally, he was on another planet. The sergeant never got convicted of his crime against Jack.
Williams' ancestors had been in the military, so he wanted to follow suit. What haunts him to this very day, however, are the medical problems that weren't completely dissolved, a feeling of loss, and the possible bout of depression.
It is understandable. The reasons why you wouldn't come forward immediately. That is just about all that is completely understandable about this case and story. There are a lot of questions that could be asked, and a lot of them would not be answered. If it doesn't put them in more danger, there's hope that others are coming out with their stories. They may get extra money for side things, and may get little rewards for their outcomings. However, a bit of money and recognition may not be enough for some. For some, the occurrences continue to hassle and will continue to hassle them until the day they leave the Earth.
But at least they'll have benefits, right?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/military-suicide-rape/index.html?hpt=us_c1
As I read this, i tried to put myself in the situation and see how I would handle it but i couldn't imagine how scary it must have been for that to happen. It's even more scary that it happened in the military, a place of strict rules and and propriety.
ReplyDeleteIt crushes me to know that this happened, and (as Jack McKay said) in the military, no less. Sexual assault in the military is a hot topic right now, even being directly addressed by the president. And as long is this is happening, it certainly needs to be in the national view. It is intolerable.
ReplyDeleteAlso: wonderfully written submission.