The Journal

Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: Opinion/Editorial

Stephanie Cunningham

Since our troops have been in Iraq, Americans have showed their support for our men and women regardless of their stance on the war. The support has come in several forms such as displaying a flag on a porch, placing a sticker on a car bumper or wearing a ribbon on a shirt lapel. However, a group called Operation Take One For the Country is showing its support for our soldiers in a quite unconventional and controversial fashion.


OTOFTC is a group of women who congregate in bars and restaurants members of the armed forces frequent. These establishments are usually near bases that prepare troops before they ship off to war. OTOFTC's mission statement said group members try "to discretely provide U.S. troops shipping out overseas with the most sensually pleasing departure possible." In other words, their goal is to have sex with the soldiers prior to their deployment.


While the idea of women having sex with troops as a pre-war courtesy may seem outlandish or even outrageous, women have been providing their free services for troops ever since World War II.


Also known as "charity girls," women during the 1940s acted more discretely about their contributions, trying to keep their group's intentions unknown. However, today's ladies are blasting their message across the Internet, hardly exhibiting a representation of the low-key version of the '40s. The women of the OTOFTC do not hide their efforts, displaying the OTOFTC's logo on T-shirts.


The Moonlite BunnyRanch, a brothel in Nevada, also openly promotes sexual favors to troops. In 2003, the prostitution house was offering free vouchers for sexual acts up to $3,000 in value. Soldiers flocked to the ranch to redeem their coupons and cash in on the ranch's self-proclaimed "patriotism."


It is hard not to be curious about the type of women who are active within the OTOFTC. A picture of desperate women lurking around a bar for an easy, drunk target creeps into mind. Are these women desperate or just promiscuous?


Women have always struggled to be seen as equals in society. However, after learning about this sorry excuse for an organization, it is no wonder some people think women have only their bodies to offer. This organization is not only disgusting, but sets the female gender back to a time when a woman's talents and gifts were perceived with little respect or any true value.

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