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1/3 of Military Women Sexually Harrassed
The AP reports that one-third of women in the military and six percent of men said they were sexually harassed, according to the latest Pentagon survey:
The figure for women was worse than the previous finding several years ago but better than a similar survey taken in 1995, the Defense Department said in a report Friday. […]
There were 2,688 sexual assaults reported last year by people in uniform, the figures showed. That was down about 9 percent from the 2,947 reported the year before. […]
Reports of sexual assault reports had jumped by about 24 percent in 2006 and nearly 40 percent in 2005. Officials attributed the increases partly to more aggressive efforts to encourage victims to come forward.
Satyam Khanna is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.
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