gee, when was the last time this, or an item quite like it, became news.
yes yes, the commanders, they always do the right thing, eh?. suu-re.
commanders are Only interested in promoting their own careers and reps.
bad news?...dont turn to commanders.
i will say this for the males: Plenty of Males get raped in the military. they Rarely Ever come forward.
this aint about women. this is about violence against another human male or female.
violence and intimidation and capitalism promotes the behavior.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force- ... legations/ December 11, 2017, 7:37 AM
Current and former cadets speak out on sexual assault at Air Force Academy
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"How are they treated by their commanders?" O'Donnell asked.
"A lot of it is depending on the commander. Some commanders unfortunately will begin retaliating on the cadet as well," Beasley said.
That's why two current cadets are risking their careers by speaking to us about their sexual assaults. They requested that we protect their identities.
"He held me down while he-- he-- while he assaulted me," Cadet 1 told CBS News.
"I am at some house. I don't know where I am. And he is raping me. And then he-- I can't-- I can't fight him off. I can't do anything," Cadet 2 said. "And I was going to take it to my grave."
"There's no understanding in the commanders about sexual assault, the trauma, the effects. They don't know. They don't realize that when I'm depressed in my bed, it's not 'cause, 'Oh, I don't wanna go to class today,'" Cadet 1 said.
"I was terrified of reporting. Because I've heard of things that happen to people. And it did happen to me. So it's not horror stories," Cadet 2 said. "It's slut shaming. It's victim blaming. It's rumors. It's your career on the line. I've never wanted this. All I've ever wanted to do in my life was serve my country and be one of the best officers that I could be."
Oh, opps!!!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Unit ... lt_scandal2003 United States Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal---
Findings
Twelve percent of the women who graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2003 reported that they were victims of rape or attempted rape while at the Academy. Of 659 women enrolled at the Academy at the time, 70 percent of the 579 women at the academy alleged they had been the victims of sexual harassment, of which 22 percent said they experienced "pressure for sexual favors."[3]
Nineteen percent of those surveyed claimed to have been the victims of sexual assault and more than seven percent said that assault took the form of rape or attempted rape.[3] The alleged attackers had since graduated; there was insufficient evidence for court-martial. Sexual predation was mainly directed toward freshmen and sophomores who were under 21 and were blackmailed after accepting alcohol from upperclass cadets. Several assaults allegedly occurred while women were under the influence of alcohol.
This situation is thought to have been generally known among the leadership of the United States Air Force, but little has been done until recently[when?] to correct the situation or to discipline officers in leadership positions at the Academy;[4][5] those that have been disciplined have often been scapegoats, including a colonel who was forced into retirement despite having been assigned to the Air Force Academy for only two months, well after the rapes occurred. Lieutenant General John R. Dallager, the superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, was demoted to major general due to the scandal. This culture of sexual abuse represents a significant stain on the honor and reputation of the Academy[6]
In more recent years, however (beginning specifically in the spring semester of 2003), new leadership was instated at the Academy, and began sweeping changes to the Academy culture and environment in order to correct the problems. Specifically new sexual assault reporting procedures have been produced, alongside new mandatory reporting procedures, as part of an "Agenda for Change" program.
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