She was raped because the movie is a work of fiction and the rape was in the script.

And violence. And power. It isn't one thing or the other. It's many things. They were angry at her. They got revenge. Simple as that.
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. - George W. Bush

Raped is about control.
I read the book probably in 1997 or so. And it goes into more detail about the rape and why the men who raped her and reasoning behind it. She out ranked them and many felt it was because of her father and they resented her because of that, plus when one of them did something wrong against orders and she turned him in (Elby) and just pissed them off even more. As she got lost in the brush they were stalking her, and that frightened her even more. Then one by one they all grabbed her, tied her up (they carried the stakes and the rope in their packs, so it was premeditated strike against her) they decided to beat her up first and then one of the guys said she needed to be humiliated that's when they raped her.
In the book also, the general's wife Ann was alive. And Fowler's wife (I don't recall her name) had a role in it too. She didn't want him to take the heat for what General Campbell did but she went out to speak with Elizabeth and she refused to come back to the house. The last time Col Fowler went out to talk to her she was already dead and he didn't report it to the General. So he knew before hand when Brenner and Sunhill told him. In the end he didn't get the job when word leaked out.

Rape is more about violence than sex. They hated a woman being among their ranks and rape is one of the most violent things that can be perpetrated on a woman. In many cases they still hate them being there today, though it's lessening, considerably. Eventually the hatred will stop altogether, except with a select few idiots. The sooner, the better.
The plural of mouse is mice. The plural of goose is geese. Why is the plural of moose not meese?

Sadly, there seem to be a lot of unreported cases of rape in the military. We still haven't had the full story behind what happened at deepcut barracks.

No, the cadets raped her because she was a good student at West Point, and was better than most of the cadets at many of the related activities. The rape was an expression of power.

@dethdroogie502: I sympathize with you in the attempt to explain the facts but I'm afraid it's pointless to explain to someone who 1) doesn't remember the movie that well 2) isn't too fond of 'women in the military' 3) probably would have hated her in case he served under her command so, yeah. Pointless.
I saw the movie yesterday so I remember quite well. But I don't know how can someone forget the important stuff and remember 'something about her being a bitch who deserved it' without being an a-hole. Wait, I know :rolleyes:

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no she wasn't "banging" the men who raped her(she didn't even know who they were). she was sleeping around with ranking officers that worked with her father as a pay back sort of thing at her father. She was messed up mentally after the rape so by that time she was starting "lose it" so to speak. As in her grades began to slip and performance in drills were barely getting by, the mind games she was playing against her father, etc. do you get it now?(not being sarcastic btw)

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dude she was "f-cking" those men AFTER the rape as a way to get back at her father for not protecting her with the rape incident and also was mentally traumatized because of having to keep what happened to her secret not mention having her own father, a general, tell her to just "forget about it" and have no remorse. Yeah for her behavior post incident she should had been discharged but those idiots who raped her should had been charged and put in prison long before that.
also Mark1985 it was made clear in the film that those guys hated her becuase of the fact she was smart and capablefar from a "dumb broad".

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wow you are a complete moron.

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It seems as though someone is.

(slams fist) She kicked one of them down.But obviously the other guys were stronger.This is ridiculous.

I have no idea how that reply fits in to my post about tent stakes; but I see you changed your name (just not your space bar impairment)
cheers

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Well,i there was such a word,I reply to that statement.But what I don't get is where they got the stakes and rope from.Plus,I don't think that she would just sit around and wait for them to get it.

Well, it's a little hard to set up a tent without them
Apparently the concept of soldiers carrying tent gear while out on training exercises is foreign for you.
By the way, space bar. Learn it. Know it. Love it.

I know your post is five and a half years old, but holy crap, do you need help. It was the most violent rape scene I've ever seen in a movie and there was nothing pleasurable about watching it. I hope in the time since you posted that you got some serious counseling.
I couldn't even watch. I turned away, but the audio was still disturbing.
I think they are trolling, but if not they deff should seek therapy.
I watched the whole thing and I was crying through most of it. Very sad and disturbing.

I know your post is five and a half years old, but holy crap, do you need help. It was the most violent rape scene I've ever seen in a movie and there was nothing pleasurable about watching it. I hope in the time since you posted that you got some serious counseling.
I couldn't even watch. I turned away, but the audio was still disturbing.
I think they are trolling, but if not they deff should seek therapy.

Well,at least we got to see her naked!!!
I know your post is five and a half years old, but holy crap, do you need help. It was the most violent rape scene I've ever seen in a movie and there was nothing pleasurable about watching it. I hope in the time since you posted that you got some serious counseling.