Summary Of Invisible War Shines Light On Rape In The Military

annual sexual assault (Stander, Thomsen, 2016, pg. 21). In the video “Invisible War Shines Light on Rape in the Military”, they state that about 30% of women in the military have been raped or sexually assaulted while serving our country. The rapes and assaults do not follow legal actions against the assailant, but threats like being charged with adultery (Invisible War Shines Light on Rape in the Military). In some instances, like that of Jessica Hinves, she was not able to work anymore and was medically discharged due to the PTSD of her rape. These sexual acts are now considered a war crime and a crime against humanity (Wonders, 2016, pg. 5). Inequalities are heightened in the military; for example, Hinves was transferred to another base,

The correlation from the countries highlighted with the issue at hand is society’s global response, which is ignoring the issue. Victims are have self-learned through society’s response towards sexual assault and rape is to keep quiet and to be ashamed that it happened to them. Victim’s result to blaming themselves and thinking things such as: “I drank to much”, “It happened because of what I was wearing”, or “I didn’t fight back hard enough”. In countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Dar Fur sexual assault and rape cases are not talked about or ever recognized, but used as a weapon of war. In Spain and the United States such cases can be brought to trail but are extremely hard to try in court. Most of the time there is not enough evidence or they cannot prove the perpetrator beyond a reasonable doubt that they committed the act. In my case, being in a foreign country was used against me. While the trial process is similar to the United States, I did not have a jury. I do know the evidence that was included in my trial, which included: security tape footage that was captured from one of the buildings, his DNA, along with a witness that saw my perpetrator pull me out of the club by my arm. Although I was not there for the entire case, it might not have made a difference if I was there. I was represented by the city of Bilbao and had a public prosecutor, whom I had never met with to discuss my case. I did meet with the judge and the defense lawyer for them to question me prior to the beginning of my trial. The verdict for my case was that my rapist was found not guilty. These results left me and many other people to wonder what happened in the courtroom once I was gone. Like many cases that are able to make it to trial I was not granted the result I was hoping for, as stated above, my perpetrator was found not guilty. Which