Recent reports indicate a significant decrease in reported sexual assaults within the US military, with a confidential survey showing a 19% drop in service members experiencing unwanted sexual contact. This marks a reversal of the previous trend of increasing sexual assault cases. The Pentagon plans to allocate over $1 billion towards sexual assault prevention programs this year. Despite the decline, less than half of women in the military trust leaders to handle sexual assault reports effectively.
For the first time in nearly a decade, we've seen a decline in military sexual assaults. This comes after years of work to reform the military justice system and culture, and while there's still much to be done, I'm encouraged by this progress. https://t.co/duLVZ5cUHq
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Reports of sexual assaults in the US military dropped for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a new Pentagon report released on Thursday. https://t.co/uqu9btuMnZ https://t.co/uqu9btuMnZ
Military sexual assaults declined for the first time since 2016. The Pentagon will spend more than $1 billion on sexual assault prevention programs this year. https://t.co/GXWpF2VnIw
Less than half of women in the military trust leaders to properly handle reports of sexual assault, according to new Pentagon data. https://t.co/1ml5OfaBWc
The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact, according to new figures. https://t.co/0PWpxtsugT
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More than 29,000 active-duty service members said in the survey that they had unwanted sexual contact during the previous year, compared with nearly 36,000 in the 2021 survey. https://t.co/BqqgVPS5DT
Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem https://t.co/FqHijZ5UrR
In reversal of recent years, military sex assault reports drop https://t.co/mYqtcx4xrG
A soon to be released Pentagon report will show an almost 19% reduction in the number of service members who say they have experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact in the past two years. https://t.co/gYIy9krEGH
A confidential survey also found a 19% drop in the number service members who said they'd experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact. https://t.co/mYqtcx4xrG