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38 Men Raped in U.S. Military Each Day

Majority of sexual assault victims are male.

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While most of the fire from the public and Congress directed at the military addresses women who are sexually assaulted, more than half of victims are male. According to the Pentagon, 38 military men are sexually assaulted every single day, and because of the stigma, culprits nearly always go free because the survivors don’t want to speak. As one Veterans Affairs psychologist notes, "One of the myths is that the perpetrators identify as gay, which is by and large not the case. It's not about the sex. It's about power and control."

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