US Military Sexual Assault Claims rise by 50% , Male Victims still Refuse to Come Forward. - Polidicks

[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/apnewsbreak-military-sex-assault-claims-up-50-pct/2014/05/01/68f71784-d10c-11e3-a714-be7e7f142085_story.html?hpid=z1[/url] [QUOTE]WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults by members of the military rose 50 percent after the Pentagon began a vigorous campaign to get more victims to come forward, prompting defense officials to order a greater focus on prevention programs, including plans to review alcohol sales and policies. But officials are still unhappy with the low number of male victims who reported sexual assault, and they say there will be a greater emphasis in the months ahead on getting men to come forward and seek help. Final data obtained by The Associated Press show that about 14 percent of the reports filed last year involved male victims. Defense officials said Wednesday that encouraging more men to report sexual assaults is a difficult challenge because male victims often worry that it will make people think they are weak and trigger questions about their sexual orientation “There is still a misperception that this is a women’s issue and women’s crime,” said Nate Galbreath, the senior executive adviser for the Pentagon’s sexual assault prevention office. “It’s disheartening that we have such a differential between the genders and how they are choosing to report.”[/QUOTE] [editline]1st May 2014[/editline] [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1390072&p=44689086&viewfull=1#post44689086"] Yeah[/URL]

I blame feminists. This must be their fault somehow. It's good that reporting is up. Hopefully more men will feel safe enough to report in the future.

[QUOTE=Last or First;44694112]I blame feminists. This must be their fault somehow.[/QUOTE] I hope you're joking.

[QUOTE=Last or First;44694112]I blame feminists. This must be their fault somehow.[/QUOTE] Maybe they weren't raped by women.

[QUOTE=IKTM;44694630]I hope you're joking.[/QUOTE] I am, in case people couldn't tell. I'm making fun of how quickly the other thread went to "It's feminism's fault no one takes men seriously!" and "Stupid SJWs ruining everything" and such. If anything, feminism is to [I]thank[/I] for reporting going up. Sadly, apparently "this must be feminism's fault somehow" is said unironically too often for it to be instantly pointed out as a joke.

[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;44696156]You need to make it more obvious.[/QUOTE] I'm going to have to go with the batteries on this one.

[QUOTE=Last or First;44694112]I blame feminists. This must be their fault somehow.[/QUOTE] What's with anti feminists and pro feminists (idk what people call these groups) putting snide remarks about the other in threads like these?

[QUOTE=Last or First;44694677]I am, in case people couldn't tell. I'm making fun of how quickly the other thread went to "It's feminism's fault no one takes men seriously!" and "Stupid SJWs ruining everything" and such. If anything, feminism is to [I]thank[/I] for reporting going up. Sadly, apparently "this must be feminism's fault somehow" is said unironically too often for it to be instantly pointed out as a joke.[/QUOTE] if you have to explain your jokes then it's not a good joke

Not all of these reported are actual sexual assaults. They might be reported "as" sexual assaults but once NCIS gets through with them they're either thrown out or acquitted (due to shakey or false stories, lack of evidence, both parties were drunk, it was drunk and consensual, etc.)

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbImcfXCNTQ[/media] This shit needs to stop immediately. 49:49.

[QUOTE=KennyAwsum;44694654]Maybe they weren't raped by women.[/QUOTE] Why is this dumb? Men can rape other men just as much as women can rape men. It would be naive to assume that all of these rapes were women raping men.

[QUOTE=Last or First;44694112]I blame feminists. This must be their fault somehow. It's good that reporting is up. Hopefully more men will feel safe enough to report in the future.[/QUOTE] yeah, preempt the bullshit, then it just won't happen nope, sorry, you've just managed to derail this thread before it even got started

Makes sense especially in the military, where a masculine image is so strongly perpetuated.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;44693921] [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1390072&p=44689086&viewfull=1#post44689086"] Yeah[/URL][/QUOTE] That video genuinely depressed me. Thats really upsetting.

[QUOTE=Last or First;44694677]I am, in case people couldn't tell. [/QUOTE] The specific post linked points out how certain feminist perspectives view the rape of men. [QUOTE] and saying that women can rape too moves the subject away from men's aggressions and sexism.[/QUOTE]

And of fucking course that if we try to have a discussion over a serious topic, some people just go "buht feminsem" and we all go downhill.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;44699649]The specific post linked points out how certain feminist perspectives view the rape of men.[/QUOTE] Actually, that quote's about- well hey, someone already said it! [QUOTE=KennyAwsum;44694654]Maybe they weren't raped by women.[/QUOTE] It's not saying "don't focus on men being raped", it's saying "don't focus on women raping". Still incorrect, but not as bad as "ignore men being raped". [QUOTE=HumanAbyss;44699419]yeah, preempt the bullshit, then it just won't happen nope, sorry, you've just managed to derail this thread before it even got started[/QUOTE] well so far half of the posts have just been about how dumb I am and it took 10 hours to reach "feminism's to blame", rather than it devolving into an instant "grah damn SJWs" like the other one so I consider this a success

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