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1. paddw+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-06-25 20:12:26
This isn't "the military" doing anything, these are individuals taking their own initiative. (Military probably doesn't mind though.)

Are droves of young men really being driven into the ranks of the army in frenzies of desire? I somehow doubt it.

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2. probab+f2[view] [source] 2023-06-25 20:27:57
>>paddw+(OP)
I've never been in the military, but I doubt recruits are allowed to show up wearing full makeup and long flowing hair to shoot internet videos without at least the authorization of their superiors. And I doubt their direct superior has the authority to decide that by themselves. You never know which classified information can be guessed from a single picture, much less a series of videos.

As for the "droves of young men", propaganda works. The fact that the military had cooperated with 10k Hollywood Films attests to that. They may not join for her, but it all adds up in the effort for painting military life as cool.

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3. rospay+05[view] [source] 2023-06-25 20:48:03
>>paddw+(OP)
Did you read the article? Most of them are doing this as a job.
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4. jonnyb+J6[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-25 21:00:11
>>rospay+05
No evidence is given this is their actual job.
5. 2-718-+h7[view] [source] 2023-06-25 21:04:35
>>paddw+(OP)
> Are droves of young men really being driven into the ranks of the army in frenzies of desire? I somehow doubt it.

‘A Poison in the System’: The Epidemic of Military Sexual Assault [1]

Latest Military Sexual Assault Report Shows ‘Tragic’ Rise in Cases, Pentagon Officials Say [2]

Sexual assault reports increased 28% at US military academies in 2022 [3]

... etc ...

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/magazine/military-sexual-...

2: https://news.usni.org/2022/09/01/latest-military-sexual-assa...

3: https://usafacts.org/articles/sexual-assault-reports-increas...

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6. jonnyb+M7[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-25 21:07:47
>>probab+f2
> I doubt recruits are allowed to show up wearing full makeup and long flowing hair to shoot internet videos without at least the authorization of their superiors

They can. As long as they’re not on duty, violating uniform regulations, or OPSEC, it’s pretty much fine.

7. litera+w9[view] [source] 2023-06-25 21:21:20
>>paddw+(OP)
75% of Gen Z doesn't even qualify to join the US military from obesity and drug use.

I am pretty sure the military is doing whatever they can do to market to that remaining 25%.

Beautiful women doing this I am sure is rather effective too. I would have considered the military far more when I was young if my image of the military was not that of the movie Platoon. A large group of young men getting yelled at by older men in between running.

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8. chii+vt1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-26 10:11:37
>>probab+f2
> painting military life as cool.

So is the problem you have being the military using sex to sell(or recruit), or that their message is that the military is painted as being cool?

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9. junon+hv1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-06-26 10:27:01
>>litera+w9
You're saying 75% of Gen Z (assumedly in the US) are either drug users or obese?

Good lord, that needs a source.

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