Yeah, this may be the dumbest take I've ever seen on this issue. And it really is a massive issue.
During the Iraq War, US soldiers had a higher chance of being sexually assaulted than of being killed while in an active war zone.
The actual issue is accountability.
Reports of sexual assault in the military very often gets ignored or silenced by superiors. They even sometimes take retaliatory action against the people who reported it.
So people are afraid to officially report sexual assaults, because it could make things worse for them.
Can attest to this. A lot of SAPR training videos used to be, “Now why did you think it was a good idea to walk out to your car all by yourself at night without bringing a MALE colleague with you, hmm? Don’t you think that’s a little irresponsible?” It’s not much better now: it’s just one annual seminar, and there’s little to no accountability, especially if your leadership doesn’t care. Leadership cares more if you try to leave a minute early than if you assault someone.
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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '24
He's very stupid. Almost as stupid as the non-rich people who voted for him.