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The numbers are alarming to say the least. The documentary, "The Invisible War" , to be released at the Sundance Film Festival is sure to get a great deal of attention.
NPR said that estimates based on the usual under-reporting of sexual assaults indicates that there were 19,000 of them in the military in the last year.
It's a concern shared by retired U.S. Army Colonel Ann Wright, who quit her State Department job in protest of the 2003 Iraq invasion and now champions the cause of MST victims. She claims that many American female soldiers in war zones fear the portable latrines, which historically are recognized as rape traps.
"Women are supposed to go to the latrines only with a buddy, as so many rapes have occurred near the porta-potties," she says. "That's why many women carry knives in Iraq and Afghanistan for protection."
NPR said that estimates based on the usual under-reporting of sexual assaults indicates that there were 19,000 of them in the military in the last year.
I'd be VERY careful about extrapolating any "usual" under-reporting from any broad population to a specific population like a military unit.
Not saying it would be more or less....just that I wouldn't trust that methodology whatsoever.
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Rape in the Military
