Fox News’ Liz Trotta, defending her comments about women in the military being raped too much.

This is a defense?

Video.

(via reallyfoxnews)

Yeah seems more like a double-down than a defense. She just exists in some strange hateful 1950s temporal distortion.
-Joe

(via stfuconservatives)

Really? Just shut up. People will use any defense to reject equality. Perhaps this woman cannot handle pressure and war, but as a man, I can easily say that there are thousands of women who could act better in a war situation than me. It’s not biology, it’s the person. I’m a complete wuss and would turn tail and run if anyone was trying to hunt me down in a war zone, and I know there are women who can stand and fight.
Think about this: Joan of Arc, Molly Pitcher, Lucy Brewer, Harriet Tubman, Abigail Smith, and the Night Witches. All of these women showed more courage in war than most men have in their entire lives.
I also remind you that “biology” and “they are just different than us” is the same argument used against blacks in the military before and during the Civil War. No one has complained about them now. They are fine soldiers despite all prejudices thrown on them and have proven themselves time and time again, and I assure you, no politician could say that they shouldn’t be allowed to serve in the military today. So why do we treat women differently?
Finally, this is getting a little too political here, so I warn you, I love how Conservatives deny sciences and scientific progress in all of their platforms, but as soon as equality is mentioned, they use pseudo-science to get their way. “Biology” has proven nothing of the sort that women are weaker than men. In fact, science has proven that women can have higher pain thresholds than most men due to events like childbirth.  On a personal note, I can find many women who would be able to kick my wussy ass any day, yet I’m allowed to go on the front lines and they are not?
Even if a lot of women might not want to be on the front-lines (very few people want to be in the line of fire, me included), the point is that they were simply not allowed. What the hell? Everyone should have the ability and freedom to get into whatever position and job they want to, regardless of sex, race, beliefs, background, or practices as long as they have the will and the ability.
/rant