tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post3602525095496456561..comments2024-03-27T17:16:47.951+01:00Comments on UNDER MATTAN: Pressfriheten "ökar" i USA - nu på samma nivå som i Haiti och El SalvadorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post-19588671602291411362014-03-04T00:22:32.202+01:002014-03-04T00:22:32.202+01:00--Almost a quarter of female troops become victims...--Almost a quarter of female troops become victims of sex assaults in combat zones--<br /><br />RT: December 27, 2012<br /><br />Almost half of all US women deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan say they were sexually harassed, while nearly one-quarter claim they were sexually assaulted. The findings shed light on the additional stress military women face when they work abroad.<br /><br />Research by the Department of Veterans Affairs shows that sexual misconduct is a much greater problem than previously believed, since the Pentagon asserts that few reports were filed alleging sexual assault.<br /><br />Only 115 such reports were filed in 2011, even though about 20,000 women were serving in Afghanistan in February. One of the study’s lead researchers, Amy Street, believes the data demonstrates an emotional cost of war that has hardly been considered.<br /><br />The “lion’s share of the attention… has focused on combat exposure,” she told USA Today.<br />Of the 1,100 women who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and were surveyed by Street’s team, 48.6 percent admitted to being sexually harassed and 22.8 percent admitted to being sexually assaulted – and in some cases raped – while serving in a war zone.<br /><br />But regardless of the new findings, the Pentagon has not promised to take any action to tackle the problem of sexual misconduct. Nate Galbreath, a senior adviser for the Pentagon’s sexual assault prevention office, said that he is not assessing Street’s research until he learns more about how it was conducted.<br /><br />“It comes down to culture. (It) hasn’t changed, no matter what the generals or the secretaries of Defense say about zero tolerance,” California Rep. Jackie Speier told USA Today. “They have not scrubbed the sexism… out of the military.”[...]<br /><br />http://rt.com/usa/sexual-military-reports-assault-962/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com