A Third of Military Women Surveyed Say They Suffer Sexual Harassment

Military women report harassment

A Third of Military Women Surveyed Say They Suffer Sexual Harassment

PAULINE JELINEK
AP News

Mar 14, 2008 14:33 EST

One-third of women in the military and 6 percent of men said they were sexually harassed, according to the latest Pentagon survey on the issue.


The figure for women was worse than the previous finding several years ago but better than a similar survey taken in 1995, the Defense Department said in a report Friday. The Defense Manpower Data Center said it compiled the data from a survey of 24,000 people in 2006.

A separate report on sexual assaults showed that fewer cases were reported among military personnel in 2007 after years of significant increases.

There were 2,688 sexual assaults reported last year by people in uniform, the figures showed. That was down about 9 percent from the 2,947 reported the year before.

Officials said some changes in the method of reporting data made it difficult to compare numbers year to year. In 2005, there were about 2,400 sexual assaults reported.
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