[fintstone]

Originally Posted by nostatic

The military is acknowledging a significant sexual harassment/sexual assault problem. And the majority of the incidents are male-on-male.

Part of the problem is the double-standards around sexuality and objectification. For instance pretty much everyone thinks that an adult male in a position of authority (e.g. a teacher) having sex with a underage female is wrong. Yet switch the genders and it is "gee, where were the hottie teachers when I was a kid" and fist pumping.

Assault is assault, rape is rape. Our culture objectifies and provides tacit (and sometimes overt) approval. Then we wonder why bad things happen.

I don't think this is quite accurate. The incidence of rape is quite low in the military (unless you multiply the actual number times some huge nonsense multiplier that represents unreported cases to make it seem that way)...and almost nonexistent in some services (compared to the same age group and living condition in society). The "majority" are not male-on-male in any service (especially when you consider the much larger percentage of males)...although it is up significant this administration since "don't ask don't tell" became "gays are us" and being openly gay has become celebrated and popularized both in the military and Federal service with a huge emphasis on making gays and transsexuals another group deserving of "extra" opportunity. Much effort and money is spent on constant gay pride training, events, groups, months, etc. to celebrate gayness much like we celebrate women who report sexual harassment (whether a reasonable person would think it occurred or not). Make anything popular enough or supported by leadership enough and you will end up with more of it. We used to encourage bravery, leadership and efficiency.