Time: The Fulcrum of Sexual Assault in the Military
Time magazine writes:
Experts say sexual violence isn’t about sex as much as it is about power. That may help explain why the problem has long seemed intractable in the U.S. military, where hierarchy defines everything, and a commander’s order is accepted without hesitation.
But that’s only part of the challenge.
It helps to think of it in terms of physics.
The simplest of the classical six simple machines is the lever.
A military commander wishing to sexually assault someone under his or her command has leverage simply because of their respective links in the chain of command, even though the potential victim knows sexual assault is against all the military’s rules.
That’s where the lever’s key partner – the fulcrum – comes in to play.
