Posted on Apr 24, 2016
Sexual assault in military tied to veterans' homelessness
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If all Military Services and the VA offered recovery programs for bullying, sexual harassment, and sexual assault then I am sure it would reduce attempted suicides, completed suicides, and homelessness.
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That is sad news SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL that "new research finds that troops who are sexually assaulted are at higher risk for homelessness, with males in greater jeopardy than females."
"The rates are nearly double that of veterans who said they weren’t sexually assaulted, 0.7 percent within 30 days of returning home, 1.8 percent within one year and 4.3 percent within five years."
"Between men and women, homelessness was more pronounced among male sexual assault victims than females, 11.8 percent versus 8.9 percent at the five-year mark."
Sexual assault is horrible and should never be condoned, encouraged let alone glorified.
It is not surprising to me that homosexual sexual assault of heterosexual or homosexual male soldiers significantly impacts those soldiers for many years if not the rest of their lives including and increased risk of homelessness.
Disclaimer: I was molested and threatened with death by drowning by a child molester before I new how to swim - some time before I was 10 year old. It is only by the grace of God that I was able to deal with what I had suppressed for so long.
"The rates are nearly double that of veterans who said they weren’t sexually assaulted, 0.7 percent within 30 days of returning home, 1.8 percent within one year and 4.3 percent within five years."
"Between men and women, homelessness was more pronounced among male sexual assault victims than females, 11.8 percent versus 8.9 percent at the five-year mark."
Sexual assault is horrible and should never be condoned, encouraged let alone glorified.
It is not surprising to me that homosexual sexual assault of heterosexual or homosexual male soldiers significantly impacts those soldiers for many years if not the rest of their lives including and increased risk of homelessness.
Disclaimer: I was molested and threatened with death by drowning by a child molester before I new how to swim - some time before I was 10 year old. It is only by the grace of God that I was able to deal with what I had suppressed for so long.
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