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WhiskeyGrinder

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5. About a quarter of female veterans report being sexually assaulted in the military.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2020, 02:28 PM

May 2020

About 1 percent of male veterans do so, but I would guess the number higher than what is self-reported, because of shame, and idea that it's necessary, etc.

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