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VA: Sex trauma big problem in military
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/va-sex-trauma-big-problem-in-military/article_8c431e62-9e6e-11e2-8ae3-001a4bcf887a.htmlVA: Sex trauma big problem in military
April 06, 2013 12:00 am
By MIKE TIGHE
TOMAH — Sexual assaults have been a “big, huge” problem in the military that have been grossly underreported, says Dr. Cindy Keene.
“The military comes out with numbers like, for last year, there were 3,000 reports. But their own research shows an estimated 19,000 cases,” said Keene, a psychologist who is military sexual trauma coordinator at the Tomah VA Medical Center.
“When cases were reported, they were not handled by command, or victims were told to forget, or cases were dropped,” Keene said.
The VA has been collecting data on military sex abuse for 10 years. It has found that 1 in 5 women report being victims, compared with 1 in 100 men.