“Though it is acknowledged that most males who are assaulted in the military do not report their assaults, the extent of underreporting is not well understood. Those numbers could be higher because the majority of men serving in our armed forces do not report what happened to them. In truth, military men are raped too and by an alarming rate.Īccording to research published in a 2015 American Psychological Association’s journal entitled: Don’t Tell: Military Culture and Male Rape, approximately 50% of service members who are sexually assaulted are males. When the topic of rape in the military comes up, many people assume that it only happens to women. Here are 5 lies about men who are sexually assaulted in the military that need to stop. Male military rape happens a lot more than you might think.
