On the never ending list of disturbing, tragic and unjust consequences of the Iraq war, this has to be one of the most upsetting.
A government report states that 4 in 10 women in veterans hospitals report having been sexually assaulted while in the military.
Read the entire article here. It goes on to say:
"...41 percent of the female veterans seen there say they were victims of sexual assault while serving in the military..."
"Twenty-nine percent say they were raped during their military service..."
"Women serving in the U.S. military today are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq."
The report is so unbelievably shocking, and yet it has hardly been mentioned in the news. Why?
What the hell is going on over there? How is this allowed to happen at all, let alone on this scale?
The psychological implications of this kind of behavior is too big for me to comment on here. One thing that is certain - we will be dealing with a very messed up generation of veterans once this is all over with. We had better be prepared to step up and deal with it properly.
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Do you know if this eventually got more coverage, or if the report resulted in changes in policy, practice, anything at all? Did this report really get published with NO FURTHER ACTION?
And we wonder why so many women have trust issues.
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