Defense Dept. Surveys Academy Sex Assaults 1 Woman in 7

[Robert Oak]

Reports Being Attacked

One female student in seven attending the nation's military academies last spring said she had been sexually assaulted since becoming a cadet or midshipman, according to a report on the first survey of sexual misconduct on the three campuses released yesterday by the Defense Department.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48335-2005Mar18.html

[Skittles]

1. I would get the nearest baseball bat

and made any of those f***ing perverts truly sorry they messed with me

[Solly Mack]

2. Everyone has to sleep eventually

and caste iron skillets aren't just for cooking...

[rodeodance]

3. Defense Dept. Surveys Academy Sex Assaults -1/7 Woman Reports Being Att

we keep hearing this has been 'worked on"!! cleared up or addressed or fixed!
and they worry about gays in the military!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48335-2005Mar18.html

Defense Dept. Surveys Academy Sex Assaults

1 Woman in 7 Reports Being Attacked

By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 19, 2005; Page A01

One female student in seven attending the nation's military academies last spring said she had been sexually assaulted since becoming a cadet or midshipman, according to a report on the first survey of sexual misconduct on the three campuses released yesterday by the Defense Department.

More than half the women studying at the Naval, Air Force and Army academies reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment on campus, according to survey responses. But few of those incidents, and only a third of the assaults, were reported to authorities. A new confidentiality policy for assault victims, also released yesterday, attempts to improve reporting of sex crimes on military campuses......


The survey, conducted largely in response to allegations of widespread sexual harassment and assault at the Air Force Academy in 2003, suggests a prevailing climate at the academies that worries military leaders. Too many students condone off-color jokes and unwanted sexual advances. Too few dare to confront classmates with their transgressions or to report them to anyone else, the survey shows.

"The very idea that anyone here at the academy family could be part of an environment that fosters sexual harassment, misconduct or even assault is of great concern to me; it keeps me awake at night," Vice Adm. Rodney Rempt, superintenden........ of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, said in a statement........

[Tace]

4. So Much For Honor