RE: Women in the Military More Likely to Be Traumatized by Sexual Assault Than Combat
November 25, 2012 at 2:35 pm
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2012 at 2:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Unsurprising, given that women are prohibited from combat arms. Not admitted to direct combat positions, subject to the same predatory behavior (perhaps amplified by the encouragement the military offers for predatory behavior in other areas) and often finding themselves the only target in a vast sea of swinging richard...I'd be surprised if the numbers were the other way around. Not acceptable (the professional soldier may be many terrible things - rapist, however, is not part of the job description), but not surprising either.
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