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Lawmakers demand civilian enforcement of military’s rape laws after scandals
A group of U.S. lawmakers from both parties announced Thursday that they are proposing legislation to hand over prosecution of sexual assaults on and by U.S. military personnel to civilian authorities. According to Bloomberg News, the officials are taking the action as evidence mounts suggesting that the military is either…
Top Air Force commander blames ‘hookup culture’ for rise in military sexual assault
The top commander in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) suggested on Tuesday that the rise in reported sexual assaults against military service members was caused by a more permissive social climate, the Los Angeles Times reported. “Some of it is the hookup mentality of junior high even and high school…
Pentagon survey: More than 70 military sexual assaults occur per day
Survey data to be released this Tuesday by the Pentagon will explain that every day, more than 70 sexual assaults are carried out against members of the U.S. military, with more than 26,000 in 2012 alone. Word of the report’s shocking details came by way of Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI),…
Military provides inadequate care for injuries suffered during sexual assaults
Some women in the military are still receiving inadequate care for sexual assault, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report published Tuesday found. The report found that “not all first responders had completed the required training,” even after a 2005 Department of Defense directive mandated “a comprehensive policy for the prevention…
Phyllis Schlafly complains ‘only men’ blamed for sexual assaults against women
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly on Tuesday joined those condemning the Pentagon’s decision to allow women in combat, saying the new policy would lead to increased rates of sexual assaults. Schlafly, a notorious anti-feminist, wrote at Human Events that the policy would adversely effect male soldiers, who would be enticed by…
What do Republicans have against rape victims?
Sexual assault is a horrible crime committed far too often in the United States and successfully prosecuted even more rarely. It takes a huge physical toll on its survivors — and not everyone survives — as they are forced to contend with physical injuries related to the violence used and…
Report: Camp Lejeune has most sexual assaults of any Marine installation worldwide
Sexual assaults at the Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina have risen an astonishing 10 percent in the last year, putting it atop the list of the most sexual assaults at a single Marine Corps installation worldwide, according to a story published Sunday by Stars and Stripes. The…
Egyptian women’s march protesting sexual assaults subjected to violent sexual assaults
CAIRO — A group of men attacked a women’s march against sexual harassment in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday and sexually assaulted several of the protesters, witnesses said. The unknown assailants overwhelmed the march by dozens of women and male supporters and violently assaulted some of the women, the witnesses…
Pentagon seeks to crack down on sex assaults in military
(Reuters) – The military will ramp up efforts to combat sexual assault in the ranks, a crime the secretary of defense decried as a “stain” on the honor of troops and one the Pentagon suspects is vastly underreported. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said…
Air Force Academy charges 3 cadets with sexual assault
Less than a week after a Department of Defense report found a sharp increase in sexual assaults at military academies, three Air Force Academy cadets have been charged with sexual assault. Official documents say that Robert M. Evenson Jr. used his position as the Cadet Non-Commissioned Officer for Honor cases…
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