{"id":83387,"date":"2018-12-10T11:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T15:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83387"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:33:02","slug":"female-veterans-quietly-struggle-with-sexual-harassment-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83387","title":{"rendered":"Female Veterans Quietly Struggle With Sexual Harassment, Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Female veterans are almost twice as likely to kill themselves as civilian women.<\/p>\n

Pfc. Nichole Bowen-Crawford said she was walking to lunch on her Army base near Nasiriyah, Iraq, in 2003 when she received her daily proposition from a passing fellow soldier.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Bowen,\u201d the officer tossed out, \u201clet\u2019s go f— in the bunker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowen-Crawford told VOA that while this was the most shocking example of the day-to-day regimen of verbal sexual harassment she experienced while in the Army between 2001-2004, it was not her worst experience \u2014 she had been assaulted by a higher-ranking sergeant earlier that year.<\/p>\n

When she reported the incident to a male supervisor, she was advised to stay quiet for the sake of her career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ummm… No Pfc. Nichole Bowen-Crawford I do not believe you.\u00a0 An “officer” that said such a thing to anyone let alone a Private would find his and or her ass in deep shit.\u00a0 \u00a0The probability that an Officer cares less about their “career” than a Private does is nonsense.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCertainly a mental health diagnosis like PTSD is a risk factor for suicide,\u201d said Megan McCarthy, VA deputy director of suicide prevention. \u201cCertainly, there\u2019s some evidence that experiencing MST (Military Sexual Trauma) is associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors, so those that have experienced MST are more likely to think about suicide and possibly more likely to attempt suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy told VOA that the relationship between suicide and trauma is complex. The VA\u2019s own research has shown that veterans who experience MST tend to be at higher risk for suicide. A 2016 VA survey of 60,000 veterans found that more than 41 percent of female veterans had experienced sexual harassment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quoting, “The VA’s own research…” does not add any credibility\u00a0to the matter.\u00a0 We have seen so many of these Posturing for Profit studies its hard to believe\u00a0anything they report.<\/p>\n

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Women are not experiencing increased Sexual Harassment in the military.\u00a0 That is simply not true.\u00a0 Does it happen?\u00a0 Sadly, yes it does.\u00a0 What women in the military are experiencing is a lowering of the bar for what defines sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

How about one of those fancy studies to determine how many times during a woman’s\u00a0career they use their sexuality for their own benefit.\u00a0 Find me in a drunken stooper and I can give you a dozen examples off the top of my head.<\/p>\n

How about another one of those fancy studies to determine how many times some woman makes false claims.<\/p>\n

How about “they” do a study to see what the effects of making every veteran in the country a victim of something are and what that is doing to us as a Nation.<\/p>\n

You can read the rest of this\u00a0Posturing for Profit nonsense at the link below.<\/p>\n

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Source: Female Veterans Quietly Struggle With Sexual Harassment, Suicide<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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