Sexual abuse in the military

MSNBC (1.10.08): Missing Marine told stepmom she was raped

ABC NEWS (10.31.07): Female Veterans Seek Treatment for Sexual Assaults

PBS NOW (9.7.07): Military Sexual Trauma

NPR (10.4.07): Reported Cases of Sexual Assault in Military Rise by Michele Norris

NPR (10.4.07): Scars of War Run Deep for Many Female Vets by Gloria Hillard

CBS NEWS (08.19.06): Sexual abuse by Military Recruiters by Martha Mendoza

New York Times Sunday Magazine (3.18.07): The Women’s War by Sara Corbett

Recruiter Sexual Abuse: Friendly Fire at Home? Aimee Allison, AlterNet, July 24, 2007

Pentagon Acts to crack Down on Recruiter Misconduct Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, March 19, 2007

BOOK: Honor Betrayed: Sexual Abuse in America’s Military Dr. Mic Hunter, Barricade, New Jersey, 2007

The Private War of Women Soldiers:Female Vet, Soldier Speak Out on Rising Sexual Assault Within US Military Amy Goodman, DemocracyNow.org, March 8, 2007

The Private War of Women Soldiers Helen Benedict, Salon.com, March 7, 2007

Female Soldiers Treated ‘Lower Than Dirt’ Rose Aguilar, AlterNet.com, July 14, 2006

A Wave of Sexual Terrorism in Iraq Ruth Rosen, AlterNet, July 14, 2006

Military Hides Cause of Women Soldiers’ Deaths, Marjorie Cohn, Truthout.org, January 30, 2006

U.S. Army Recruiters to Get a Day of Ethics Retraining Damien Cave, New York Times, May 13, 2005

I Reported the Rape, the Watched My Career Implode Suzanne Goldenberg, Salon.com, October 25, 2004

Sexual Assaults in Army on Rise R. Jeffery Smith, Washington Post, June 3, 2004.

When Will the U.S. Military Tackle the Problem of Sexual Assault Cathy Hong, Salon.com, May 18, 2004

Enemy in their Camp: Scores of U.S. Servicewomen Raped by Fellow Soldiers
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, July 12, 2004

The Need to Know by Former US Air Force intelligence and playwright April Fitzsimmons

also I Know Why Maricela Guzman Doesn’t Sing about a woman who was raped in the military.

Suzanne Swifts’ mother, Sara Rich, speaks about the “command rape” her daughter endured for over a year in Iraq.

RESOURCES IN AUSTIN FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

UT Campus: University Health Services (Student Services Building/SSB)

• Medical care, appointments: 471-4955
• Nurse Advice Line: 475-NURS
• Health Promotion Resource Center: 475-8252

• Student organization dedicated to raising men's awareness of sexual assault issues.

• 471-3366

Community Resources

Austin Police Department:

• Police assistance, educational information
• Available 24 hours: 911
• Sex Crimes Unit: 974-5230
• Victim Services: Sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking: 974-5037
• Travis County Sheriff's Office: 473-9709

• Crisis Counseling and intervention
• Information, support, and counseling
• Sexual assault and relationship violence hotline: 267-SAFE

• 3000 S IH 35, Suite 315, 444-9922
• Sliding fee scale
• Mostly gay, lesbian, bisexual counseling
• Transgender and HIV therapy groups

• 24 hour help hotline: 703-8745
• Support group that meets the needs of Asian women in abusive relationships

Hotlines

• Safeplace: 267-SAFE
• MHMR/Suicide: 472-4357
• Teleserve: 974-5750 (Stalking)
• Child Abuse (CPS): 1 (800) 252-5400
• Family Violence Protection Team: 974-8535
• LifeWorks: 478-1648
• Protective Orders - Travis County: 473-9498
• Crime Victim’s Compensation Progam: 1 (800) 983-9933
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1 (800) 799-7233
• The Rape Abuse & Incest National Network - National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1 (800) 656-HOPE