Sexual Assault In The Military

The military being a male dominated workforce in the United States military had lead to the prevalence of sexual assault against military women to be more prevalent than that of women in the general population. Researcher has shown that women in the military are at an 8% increase of being sexually assaulted than those in the general population (Bostock et al., 2007, Compbell et al., 2010, Coyle et al., 1996, Martin et al., 1998, &Turchik et al., 2010). Other important findings are that age, and martial statuses are contributors to the rate of sexual assault in the military. Single, unmarried, divorced, and young women who join the military are at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted, as well as women who join and have a history of

First, superiors in the military must take action when they suspect that sexual assault or any other type of assault, and or crime is occureing. When a sexual assault is reported, a superior should not be allowed to just say that he does not belief that it was not serious enough to start an investigation, and when an alligation of sexual assault or any other time of assault is reported a case must be open in order to investigate the alligation. Now if superiors do not open an investigation when one is reported then the superior should face conequences such as demotion, pay cut, and in the most serious circumsatcne dishonorable discharge from the military. In the other hand, false sexual assault alligation should also have conequences such as demotion, pay cut, and in the most serious circumsatcne dishonorable discharge from the military. Second, a board of overseers must be created who will overlook investigations, and alligations. For example when a sexual assault is reported the superior must send a written report of the alligations to the board of overseers, also the victim can also directly go to the board of overseers, and report the alligations. Lastly, the board of overseers should be composed of indivudals who are not part of the military in order to keep it as unbias as possible, this would exclude formal miliotary members, and indivudals who have any ties with the