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Why do most men in the military act worse than guys who arent in the military?

Not saying all, but from my personal experience when I was in the Air Force, didnt know why the men would always anounce to other people that they have a new female airmen at their unit. Also, it made me very uncomfortable when I would walk around the base by myself either in uniform or civilian clothes, the men would always yell out their cars, whistle and honk at me. At the time, I didnt have a car, so I had to walk to get to where I needed to be. And I was the only female on the second floor at the dorms and some of the guys would walk by my room and bang on my wall or door. That kinda made me feel discriminated since I'm a female And it seemed like everybody wanted to screw everybody on base. Anyways, it was the wors experience I've ever had, but thank God, I'm out of the military for good. It's sad that most people on here who answered my question are so judgemental and quick to judge when they haven't been really in my shoes. Only God can judge me, not humans. For those who took my side, thank you , I really appreciate that. May God bless you, your family and everything that you do.

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1. Hummmmm...
2. That's the Air Farce for you. Find out what unit they belong to, and notify their commander. Call the M.P.'s. If that doesn't work, take it to the I.G. Even if you are out, you may as well do one more thing for your country. Don't let some bad apples spoil the barrel. I suspect you may have a chip on your shoulder you need to get off. Maybe talking to the I.G. or Equal Opportunity would do you some good. Otherwise you'll carry that resentment for a long time, and end up just looking like sour grapes and b-u-l-l-s-h..... er, uh, I mean excrement. I was just kidding about the Air Farce. I mean, Air Force.
3. Wrong ppl in a wrong place and in a wrong time!
4. omg I’m so sick of Female Service Members like you who make all female Service Members look weak your statement is insane and biast. You realize your talking about a single group of Airmen not Military Men in general, and since the Air force is one of the smallest of all the branches. Guys act like Guys and i could go into a lengthy explanation about Female Airmen but it would be a generalization and therefore a bigot’s statement. Christ this post makes me Angry if you had a problem you needed to report it that was your responsibility i have serverd with many female Soldiers and none of them were ever cat called or discriminated against in fact we often do not open doors for Female Soldiers in Uniform since we treat them like equals most Female Soldiers don’t like that sort of treatment. Stereotyping makes you a bigot why don’t people understand this simple definition do not stereotype its wrong anyway your doing it its immoral. Go ahead and give me the thumbs down but this was an insulting post
5. My experience in the AF was not anything like that. In fact, I felt like I had hundreds of big brothers always watching my back and taking care of me. I was the only female in a shop of 36 guys and one of a handful of females on base. Of course I was a bit older and maybe wiser going in. I made it a point to not look/dress/act overly feminine around a bunch of guys. I also did not date within my shop and very little on base. We talked about work, sports, cars, politics, and news in the shop and at the bar. Never discussed sex or new girls on base. I worked as hard as they did, and could keep up with the best of them (at work and beer drinking). In fact I out paced most of them on promotions, with no hard feelings from them. What I hated was they were too polite. Always "Yes ma'am", holding doors for me, offering to carry my load, telling me not to hurt myself, asking if I was OK etc. If one of them slipped up and cursed in front of me, the others would chew him out, even though I had the mouth of a sailor myself. This always made me feel discriminated against. If I was supposed to be just another airman (one of the guys) why treat me differently because I was female? Just ingrained in them, I guess. Goes both ways. Guess it depends on the person, and maybe even the base and career field.... Some just aren't suited for it, and others just don't find their niche.
6. I'd suggest to switch your mind from being offended to being pleased.. it seems you are very attractive, consider the behavior of the soldiers to be a compliment. As for my little experience with USAF, I haven't seen anyone wolfwhistling or honking upon anyone at the Ramstein AB, and there was plenty of female soldiers.i've got to admitt I was only visiting the apron to pick up my pax and doing the flight planning there.
7. There is more to your story, I am also sick of hearing about whinny females like you who think that every male in there command has the hots for them. I am sure that you wore your civies a little on the tight side and maybe you a certain shake to your walk so it all evens out. Good for you did your time and now the Air Force is much better off.
8. I've nevered had this problem and most of my friends are military males. They are really more polite and freindly then cilivian males. the only time maybe if they are drinking but even then they have never done anything like you are talking. Sorry you should have reported them but I have heard from other people the air force has this problem.
9. Well as a former soldier I think your post is insulting. You got what you deserved joining the Chair Force. If you wouldnt dress like a hooker guys wouldnt holler at you. Good luck in your civilian life
10. Wow and here I thought the Air Force was cutting edge when it came to women in service... It's too bad you had that experience but I'm sure that all of us that served and serve would beg to differ with you.
11. this is what it is mojority of people male/female are usually young therefore immaturity aggreing with me so far well anyway. the military is like high school all over again. thats a piece of my mind
12. Now this was a long time ago and people may well have changed. But I was a medic in the Army which meant that I worked with a high number of female service members. For that time anyway. I also have two female relatives in the military currently one Army one Navy. I have seen less of what you describe in service than what I saw in collage when I went after I did my tour. The females I know have stated that Military personal tend to have more respect for women and are less likely to be pigs than civilians. However, every-ones experiences are different and perhaps yours are more typical than what I have seen and heard.
13. You are the exact reason people wouldn't want women in the military; you're whiny, emotional, attention seeking and a drama queen. If they did announce there were new females at all, they weren't like hey check her out, it was more like watch your mouth around the newbie because people like you have a knack for turning a simple order and blanket statement into a personal attack or sexual harassment. You're right in one regard, you're out of the military for good and thank god for that. No one needs women like you anywhere, especially in the military.
14. guys in the military are away from their wives, girlfriends, women, and when they see a female they WILL do that, especially during wartime considering they know they wont be getting any in a while personally i think women should stay out of the military because of that reason. im not saying soldiers are bad, but the nature of man itself towards females can effect any given situation
15. Men are going to be men regardles of where you are. I know that you feel that not all men are like this but I think that since you are out of the air force you should stop complaining about it. Everwhere you go you will have men (and women if I might add) who are going to respect and disrespect. It's something that you can't control, and only accept. If you want respect from men; you are the only one who can show that you deserve it.