Friday, June 28, 2013
Don't Ask; Don't Tell
Today's inconvenient truth comes via Instapundit's better half, Dr. Helen Smith, who points out:
And she says she learned it from the daily read James Taranto.
It's not a surprise if you bother to think about it for a few seconds. As a former prosecutor, I'm not sure I'd call "unwanted sexual contact" an "attack," at least not every time.
In its latest report on sexual assault, the Pentagon estimated that 26,000 service members experienced unwanted sexual contact in 2012, up from 19,000 in 2010. Of those cases, the Pentagon says, 53 percent involved attacks on men, mostly by other men.
And she says she learned it from the daily read James Taranto.
It's not a surprise if you bother to think about it for a few seconds. As a former prosecutor, I'm not sure I'd call "unwanted sexual contact" an "attack," at least not every time.
Labels: Armed Forces; Unwanted Sexual Contact