US News and World Report: Military Justice: Blaming the Victim
US News and World Report writes:
One of the problems with stopping sexual assault in the military (and in general) is that victims are reluctant to come forward. A report by the Pentagon estimates that some 26,000 service members were sexually violated last year, but just 3,374 filed complaints.
If one wonders why, in the 21st century, when presumably we don’t think a victim of sexual assault or rape was “asking for it” by what she (and, in some cases, he) was wearing, or drinking or doing, then surely people should feel confident that they will receive justice by making a formal complaint.
