I know I'm starting to sound like a broken record commenting on the whole "I've got the worstest PTSD eva" storyline, but it absolutely sickens me
When I was in Afghanistan my squadron would run clinics and (I guess you'd call them "Urgent Treatment Centres") for the local civillian population when we rotated off of frontline casualty evacuation duties.
At every single clinic we'd have women and girls from ages six to sixty, and even young boys, turning up and you just knew why they were there before they even spoke to the translator/local medic.
Unable to make eye contact, staring down at the floor or off into the distance, clutching at themselves, and some even struggled to walk or sit
Some would even turn up with their male "chaperone" and you could see the absolute terror etched onto their faces.
But, we could not do a damn thing... No SARC facilities/staff, no witnesses (even family members) willing to come forward, no local police trained in investigating (or willing to investigate) serious sexual assault, no real punishment for sex offenders, especially considering the blame was often placed squarely at the feet of the victim.
We'd have female staff attend to their medical needs and try to get as much information as possible out of them via translation, but often they'd be too terrified to speak, or the talking would be done for them by a third party.
It was one of the many things which haunted me terribly when I demobbed. Knowing the extent of what was going on, yet being utterly powerless to intervene or provide the very best care and support the victims deserved
My point being (sorry to rant) those poor victims never had a voice. They never will. So to hear this utter garbage being spewed so casually from her rotten gob just bewilders me. I know as a bloke I have no right to ever disbelieve an alleged victim, but let's be right, the majority of users on this Fred are women and even you ladies know she talks absolute bollocks. It all just seems so insincere and said for nothing more than to indulge her insatiable thirst for attention...
Anyway, sorry to take the Fred to a rather dark place, but I just wanted to get that off my chest. Time to put the kettle on... Yes, I know it's late lol x