Politico: Sexual assaults not scaring off female recruits

Politico reports, citing Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish:

Victims advocate groups like Protect Our Defenders get a number of questions from parents concerned about their sons and daughters enlisting now, according to Nancy Parrish, head of the organization.

“We’re giving them the statistics. And the DOD’s own numbers speak fairly loudly as to the challenge young servicemen and women are facing when they join,” Parrish said.

Potential recruits and their parents’ awareness of the issue will only likely grow, according to those familiar with the problem.

“I still think they have several years of growing skepticism about the safety of new recruits,” said Kirby Dick, director of ‘The Invisible War,’ an Oscar-nominated documentary about sexual assault in the military. “There are more reasons to really address this, to make some major systemic changes to get this under control.”