Odds of leaving military double after sexual assault, report finds
E-Mail Exposure to sexual assault in the U.S. military doubled the odds that a service member would leave the military within 28 months, and sexual harassment was associated with roughly 8% of all military separations during this same time period, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. Specifically, the report estimates that sexual assaults were associated with 2,000 more separations than would normally be expected, and another 8,000 separations were associated with sexual harassment. "Sexual assault and sexual harassment are associated with a wide range of harms to individu...
Source: eurekalert.org