Victims of sex assaults in military are mostly men but women are more likely to speak up

[mota bhai 2,675]

More military men than women are sexually abused in the ranks each year, a Pentagon survey shows, highlighting the underreporting of male-on-male assaults.

When the Defense Department released the results of its anonymous sexual abuse survey this month and concluded that 26,000 service members were victims in fiscal 2012, which ended Sept. 30, an automatic assumption was that most were women. But roughly 14,000 of the victims were male and 12,000 female, according to a scientific survey sample produced by the Pentagon.

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“It appears that the DOD has serious problems with male-on-male sexual assaults that men are not reporting and the Pentagon doesn’t want to talk about,” Elaine Donnelly, who heads the Center for Military Readiness. She noted that only 2 percent of assailants are women.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/victims-of-sex-assaults-in-military-are-mostly-sil/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

[Karee 4,190]

Haven't seen Marvin around in awhile. I wonder what's his opinion on this.

[GandD 5,966]

Waiting on Darnell to weigh in.......

[Karee 4,190]

Waiting on Darnell to weigh in.......

[BaBamSam 239]

By numbers more men were victims, but what about by percentage? Last I checked, women were very much the minority in the military.

I am awaiting Darnell's response with baited breath.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Marines are always looking for a few good men.