Liz Trotta

As she wears her pearls and red lipstick, her hair perfectly done: a shining beacon of the 1950's housewife, Liz Trotta is a picture of well-to-do East Coast propriety. The former reporter and occasional Fox news contributor is approaching her 75th birthday with the grace of someone who has had a life of ease and success. Recently she made some interesting comments regarding "radical feminism" and the role it's playing in our modern military, a video of which can be seen here: http://jezebel.com/5887072/noted-asshat-liz-trotta-thinks-feminists-are-causing-military-rape

Now, perhaps this is simply my incorrect assessment of Ms. Trotta, but it appears to me that this elegantly aged woman has never been in combat, has never worn the uniform, has never fought along side men, or experienced the training one must undergo to hold those positions. She was a reporter during Vietnam and has seen her share of war, but only as an outsider looking in. Her views paint her as a bright example of a new agenda coming forward from Conservative Baby Boomers to revert to better times and by doing so, back-peddle 50+ years of progressive movement.  

Now, I understand, as she has not been in the military, she misunderstands the life and role of a woman in the Armed Forces. As I have worn the uniform, I have my opinions, and quite honestly, I don't really believe that women should be in roles like the infantry - I will admit, our biology is different, our physical capabilities are different, HOWEVER those beliefs are not based on an idea that women can't do those jobs, or that our biology makes us incapable, weak, or less than men. Simply put, I believe that men would have a hard time dealing with women in those positions due to their emotional weaknesses and biology, and that (most) women are simply smart enough to let the men do that work. That is not being said to diminish men, nor to insult women. I fully believe, and have seen women do amazing things, complete the most physical of tasks, and make the hardest decisions. I have seen men do the same. But I will attest that infantry just might be a job better left to the boys. *note: I know girls who would love to do it and who would rock at it*

As far as Ms. Trotta's claim that wartime rape is product of...let me pull out a quote, "...the environment of combat by definition sets up a situation where basic instincts rule. The niceties of male, female interaction fade in this arena and any scientist will tell you that testosterone rules." Rape is a product of testosterone! I mean, really, the only reason all women aren't being raped as they walk down any street in the USA is because men are able to control their basic instincts - because as soon as that goes, it's time for some raping. Thank god we have such amazing research journalists like Liz Trotta, who can definitively say that radical feminism and those crazy leftists have created an environment that begs for rape - I mean with all those women turning our manly military into a big-ol' spa party where the men are forced into mani-pedi's and rose petal facials...really, the rape is just their way of reclaiming their man-card. *note: I knew many male Marines who would choose to frequent salons for manscaping and the occasional mani-pedi after a long day of grunting and sweating in uniform*

I am simply appalled that  Fox News would allow such horrific views to be stated on their program. More than that, I'm horrified that a woman like Liz Trotta, whose life has so obviously benefited from the progression of women's rights, could be so close-minded as to think men are merely products of their hormones and that women are merely those that give life. Liz Trotta, I challenge you to investigate another Liz: Countess Elizabth Bathory - estimated victims: 600. Biology is never destiny.