Tag: 2024 Body Control

By Andrea Menzies

The famous Life Magazine VJ 1945 Sailor Kiss photos is a popular image of sexual assault. It was wildly protested by the #metoo movement. I had to work in another class today (4th this year) with this horrific photo on the wall. It shows a terrible image of women lacking body control in the USA being owned by a sailor, and people laughing and smiling at it. Arms at her side hating the kiss with a man she doesn’t know. Men who served their country are not owed sex. He did not know that woman, she was not returning the kiss, he is much bigger, and has her pinned. A very offensive image to see at work. Years ago when I was in the military they tried to make me take an AIT reclassification class when I had not completed basic training, or AIT. This was an illegal action before the military men started demanding sexual favors. I had to have rape survival therapy for years afterwards. Images like this cause real problems. Rapist-rapist all my tortured eyes did see, rapist-rapist all Fort Lee.

(Many thanks to Wikipeadia and https://veteransbreakfastclub.org for story quotes and photos.)