In 2021, the US military sexual assault report increased by 13%, and nearly 36,000 people had non -voluntary contact

Jimu Journalist Li Lili Huang Jiaqi

According to the Associated Press reported on August 31 local time, the sexual assault report of the US military in 2021 increased by 13%.

U.S. defense and military officials said nearly 36,000 service personnel in a confidential survey said they had experienced non -voluntary sexual contact. A similar survey in 2018 shows that about 20,000 service personnel have such encounters.

American Pentagon (Picture Source Associated Press)

According to relevant officials, the overall growth of the survey data was mainly due to the increase in sexual assault reports involved in the army soldiers, which was the largest increase since 2013. The sexual assault reports involved in the naval soldiers increased by about 9%, the Air Force was slightly higher than 2%, and the Marine Corps was less than 2%.

The Associated Press said that the U.S. Congress has always criticized the Pentagon to deal with "sexual crimes" and "improper sexual behavior", and this report made the US military that was facing the "recruitment difficulties".

For the army recruited by recruits, the US media expects that by the end of September, the army recruitment will be about 10,000 less than the expected target.

Military officials said that the results of these investigations are worrying. If parents believe that their children are risk of being attacked, these numbers will definitely affect the recruitment.

Military officials said that it is important to make the parents and family members feel at ease. It is important to make them believe that their children are safe during service and will be taken care of.

The Pentagon and the Army have been working hard to formulate sexual assault and encouragement reporting system for a long time, but they have had little effect on reducing sexual assault and incidents of sexual improper behaviors. Since 2006, sexual assault incidents have increased almost every year.

Officials said that according to data from the US Disease Control and Prevention Center, surveys showed that women's chances of sexual assault in the army are roughly the same as ordinary women. But for men, sexual assaults in the army are much lower than in American society.

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