There are significantly higher rates of rape in veterans 49% than civilians, 22% (Allard, Nunnick, Gregory, Klest, & Platt, 2011). Given that MST occurs within a restricted time period – typically 2 to 6 years of service, the incidence of sexual maltreatment appears to be higher for individuals in the military than in civilian life. “The prevalence of MST is notably similar to lifetime prevalence rates of sexual assault and harassment in the general population. (Holliday, Williams, Bird, Mullen, & Suris, 2015). Having MST leads to negative mental and physical health consequences. This likely reflects the energy that the military has put into encouraging women to report but ignoring men (Farrell, 2015).Ģ3% of female and 1% of male veterans experience sexual trauma during their service. This is low compared to ACTUAL numbers of incidents found in anonymous surveys (Farrell, 2015).ġ3% of men and 40% of women reported their assault. In 2014 – 1,180 men and 4,104 women reported sexual assault to DOD. Most of the change for both occurred from 2006 to 2010. Sexual harassment of men is going down over time from 6% in 2006 to 3.5% in 2014. Sexual harassment of active duty women is going down – from 33% in 2006 to 20% in 2014. In 2014, 62% of women who reported sexual assault to military authorities were retaliated against in at least one way. Navy had a significant drop in sexual assault of men from 2012 to 2014 (good). Men’s rates remained statistically equivalent. Unwanted sexual contact (Sexual assault) has a declining trend for women over time – 6.8, 4.4, 6.1, 4.3% from 2006 to 2014. Navy, of all services, had most sexually hostile work environment than all services. Navy men had highest rate, women had 2nd highest in Navy, highest in marines. (Morrall & Gore, 2014).įor Navy – 1.5% of men and 6.5% of women experienced sexual assault in one year.
Mostly sexually hostile work environment. Men in Army – 1 in 12 had MEO Navy 1 in 10 MEO. Mostly sexually hostile environment also gender discrimination.
MEO – sexual harassment – women in Navy and Marines, 1/3 in the last year. Morrall & Gore, 2014.Ĥ3% of female victims and 35% of male victims had penetrative sexual assaults (other kinds = non-penetrative and attempted). 1% of active duty men, 5% of active duty women. (Morral, Gore, & Schell, 2015).ĩ5% confidence that 18K-22.5K active duty service members experienced one or more sexual assaults in past year. In 2014, 20,300 military members experienced sexual assault – 10,600 men and 9,600 women. (Wilson, 2016).ģ2% report MST 9% men, 53% women when the measure is only harassment. (Wilson, 2016).ġ4% report MST – 2% men and 24% women – when the measure assesses only assault. Current Research on Male Military Sexual Traumaġ6% of military personnel and veterans report MST – 4% of men and 38% of women when the measure includes both harassment and assault.