According to Pentagon, 'gay' rapes in the military are underreported. Is this a problem that now needs to be resolved?

2015-11-03T17:59:47-05:00

Far more military men are being raped by other men than is reported by the Pentagon because of the stigma attached to such sexual assaults, says a new study published by the American Psychological Association.

“Rates of military sexual trauma among men who served in the military may be as much as 15 times higher than has been previously reported, largely because of barriers associated with stigma, beliefs in myths about male rape, and feelings of helplessness,” the APA said in releasing the findings Tuesday.

The Defense Department issues a biannual report on sexual assaults. Based on Internet emailed surveys it found that more men than women, in pure numbers, are sexually assault victims. Women make up about 14.5 percent of the 1.4 million active force...

“Male veterans who reported being sexually assaulted while serving their country suffered more severe symptoms of PTSD and depression, had higher rates of suicidal thoughts and were more likely to enroll in outpatient mental health treatment than those who were not assaulted,” the researchers found.

In 2013, the Pentagon reported that for one ear, 26,000 service members were the victims of sexual assaults, 14,000 of them men.

If the study’s findings are based on one year, then the true number for military men is 210,000 sexual assaults per year.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/3/gay-rape-military-underreported-pentagon/

‘Gay’ rape in military underreported by Pentagon

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 6:01 PM

2015-11-03T18:01:44-05:00

Rape of any kind needs to be reported. Period!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2015 6:05 PM

2015-11-03T18:05:19-05:00

I still want to know why they are saying gay rape. Because I don't care what the gender is of the victim and perp is, rape is still rape.