Horrified and i felt sad and i felt angry and you know all along the course of the evening you know feelings just started to surface that were probably just simmering for a very very long time and she put her arms around me and were both there and saw it was like. This great weight had been lifted off for me. I think its important to recognize that military sexual trauma is not limited to women and in fact when it comes to the absolute numbers because of the proportion of men in much larger numbers than women actually the numbers are even greater. Or i think one of the last bits of research showed that about one percent of males had been victims of Sexual Assault within the past year in the military that equals to about 20000 youll get labeled as a. And thats the lowest term to be related to so its one of the things that you just dont you dont talk about it or you dont bring anybody attention just kind of keep yourself really really hard to forget. You know up until now is. They live i
A. Term to be related to so its one of the things that you just dont you dont talk about it or you dont bring in what is your sense you just kind of keep yourself really really hard for you. You know. They live in my head i can hear them. I can see their faces i can sue but theyre doing to me. So i felt scared. And i was scared to tell my friends the people that really knew me the truth about what happened the shame as bad as it is for women is even worse for men because its all tied in with him a phobia the people who are doing the raping are not gay thats not the problem theyre worried about gays in the military the gays are not the rapists theyre heterosexual man for the most part this is not an issue of Sexual Orientation this is simply an issue power and violence male sexual predators for the large part have charge of whoever is there to prey upon whether thats men or women whenever. There is. Evidence of another when one has been sexually assaulted the question i keep asking myse
I think the men that we attract to the military you know weve got a the army of one and you know be all you can be all those themes that weve had throughout the years very very heavily masculine masculinity cannot be victimized because if youre a leader if youre a masculine person and youre victimized then youre weak the problem is that anybody can be a victim of Sexual Assault. I join the service in 1072 the military is a great way to life. And see the world. I got educated i love the military. Was 19 and i want to challenge all along. The next thing i was laying on the ground i was struck from behind. And you guys will hold me down to one guy who was pulling my pants down. And. You know. He was taking care of his business and you know struggled and i was being struck and hit and told you know told to shut up or theyd kill me. And i see how it destroyed my life. I mean ive been married 3 times this luckily i have a wife right now who ive been married to for 25 years. You start wonderi
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A great well why. Not see the world. I got educated i love the military. Was 19 and i want to challenge all along and the next thing i know i was laying on the ground i was struck from behind. And you guys will hold me down one day i was pulling my pants down. And. You know. I was taking care of his business and you know struggled and i was being struck and hit and told you know told to shut up or theyd kill me. And i see how it destroyed my life. I mean ive been married 3 times this luckily i have a wife right now who ive been married to for 25 years. You start wondering you start sort of you know youre coming up with reasons why things are the way they are and for a long time i kept thinking i dont know this something something else. I had never told anybody over 30 years i decided to tell my wife. It was the scariest moment in my life i was going tell my wife she was going to leave me and i would be lost without her i mean i was to god i couldnt i couldnt get up every morning withou