NYT/AP: 1 of 5 Women Cadets at Citadel Report Assaults

[DeepModem Mom]

1 of 5 Women at Citadel Report Assaults
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 23, 2006

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- About one of five female cadets at The Citadel last spring reported that she had been sexually assaulted since enrolling at the formerly all-male military college, according to a survey released by the school Wednesday.

Nineteen male cadets, or about one in 25 of the men surveyed, also reported being sexually assaulted since joining The Citadel.

The survey, first reported in The Post and Courier, comes a decade after the first class of four female cadets walked onto campus at the state-supported college. Last year, there were 118 women and 1,770 men in the school's corps of cadets.

All of the women and about 30 percent of the men were asked to complete the anonymous online survey regarding sexual assaults and sexual harassment, Citadel spokeswoman Charlene Gunnells said. Of those, 114 women and 487 men responded to the inquiry, which is being used to determine how well the school is assimilating female cadets into the corps....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Citadel-Assaults.html?_r=1&oref=login

[saigon68]

1. Just a Few "FRAT PRANKS"

Just wait til a few of these SweetHearts make it to Iraq-Nam

Then a few muslim women will see what they can do. Strip searches etc.

[filer]

2. Why would anybody want to enroll at The Citadel?

Female or Male? I don't understand the fascination with military schools. Of course, I was asking the same question in 1967.

[JudyM]

3. Outrageous: 20% assaulted, not propositioned. Great moral leadership

'trickles down,' apparently.

[Placebo]

4. Shameful.

Never let it be said that women have it easy in the armed forces.

[Pithlet]

5. kick

[deadparrot]

6. Female Citadel cadets report assaults

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Almost 20 percent of the female cadets at The Citadel last spring reported being sexually assaulted since enrolling at the state military college, according to results of a survey released by the school Wednesday.

About 4 percent of the male cadets also reported being sexually assaulted since joining the formerly all-male school, according to the results of the survey.

"Some wonder why I would release information that reflects negatively on the college," said the school's president, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Rosa. "My reason is simple: In order for us to address these issues, we must discuss them openly."

Rosa previously was superintendent of the Air Force Academy in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that found female cadets feared they would be disciplined if they reported rapes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_re_us/citadel_assaults

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

7. Props to General Rosa.

By doing this, he's flying in the face of some old, very ugly traditions.