Fox News pundit Liz Trotta made a series of incendiary statements about rape in the military during a Sunday appearance on the network.
Trotta was reacting to news that the military will allow women to work closer to the front lines. Speaking to Fox News host Eric Shawn, she alleged that feminists wanted “to be warriors and victims at the same time.”
She cited a recent Pentagon report that sex crimes committed by army personnel have increased by 64% over the past six years. Then she made a startling statement:
“I think they have actually discovered there is a difference between men and women. And the sexual abuse report says that there has been, since 2006, a 64% increase in violent sexual assaults. Now, what did they expect? These people are in close contact, the whole airing of this issue has never been done by Congress, it’s strictly been a question of pressure from the feminists.”
Trotta also alleged that “feminists” have demanded too much money to fund programs for sexual abuse victims. “You have this whole bureaucracy upon bureaucracy being built up with all kinds of levels of people to support women in the military who are now being raped too much,” she said.
Shawn argued that the programs are necessary to protect those victims. Trotta responded that the purpose of the military is “to defend and protect us, not the people who were fighting the war.”
Trotta has a history of controversial statements. Among other things, she joked about assassinating President Obama during his campaign in 2008.
Source: Huffington Post
