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The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel is currently holding a hearing on sexual assault in the military, including testimony from victims and military officials. You can watch the live stream of the hearing here. We are also live-tweeting thoughts and reactions from @Feministing using #MSThearing.
Past Feministing coverage on this topic:
Is the military labeling rape survivors as “crazy” to get rid of them?
Sexual assault of men in the military
Military rape crisis center presses US coast guard to improve sexual assault prevention and Response
Documentary about military sexual assault gets Oscar nod
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Anu Bhagwati of the Service Women’s Action Network has posted her testimony here: http://servicewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Anu-Bhagwati-Senate-Testimony-Final.pdf
“The Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that 19,300 sexual assaults occurred in 2010, and that while 8,600 victims were female, 10,700 were male.
This is a critical point. Military sexual violence is not a ‘women’s issue’. Sexual assault is
widely misunderstood by military personnel, who have been over-exposed to a culture of victim blaming and rape mythology…”
Thanks for this Becca.