Every week there is some news story about General so-and-so stepping aside due to investigations. The Canadian Forces Reddit seems to be cheering this shit on, and saying that all of the senior people in the military need to be replaced. Anybody on here with time in have some perspective on what the fuck is going on?
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The CAF Reddit is laughably pozzed
Yeah, I would not use that garbage fire as a barometer of anything.
As for all the recent "sexual harassment" stuff, I'll say this: I retired from the CAF as a senior officer. I am tall, handsome, and charismatic. Over the years I had female subordinates give me overtures with some frequency; I never took advantage of it but I can see how it happens. You're talking about a job that is stressful, emphasizes physical fitness and machismo, of course men and women are going to get together.
Have you had any experience with the American military and their culture/laws about fraternization?
It seems like part of this “culture problem” is Canada/CAF’s own design. On the one hand we say that whatever happens in the bedroom between two consenting adults is nobody’s business and we turn a blind eye when people of vastly different ranks have relationships... but then inevitably we have members (typically women...) who just do not take any responsibility for their actions and claim that they were subtly coerced because of power dynamics or whatever excuse. What do we do about that? The “everybody is an adult” approach apparently isn’t working. Do we just make relationships in the CAF illegal?
I remember a few of my friends getting into a room in the shacks to get a female out of there. She was drunk and was about to have sex with a subordinate.