Reports of sexual assault in military rose 11% in 2009

By GottaLaff

Reporting assaults is a positive thing, but fear of retribution is certainly not:

The number of sexual assaults reported in the U.S. military rose 11 percent last year, the Defense Department said Tuesday, but Pentagon officials conceded that they still don't know how common sexual assaults are because many troops fear retribution if the attacks come to the attention of their commanders.

Here's a not positive thing: Sexual assault is even more common in the military than it is for civilians.

But back to the upside... at least now more victims feel they can come forward.

Now back to the down side:

Women in the military, in particular, are reluctant to come forward for fear of appearing weak or being ostracized for reporting a fellow soldier, Pentagon officials say. Many women also complain that they've been accused of being gay under the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy after rebuffing unwanted advances from their male colleagues.

Now hold on just a minute, what? "Just saying no" to some offensive horny and/or violent animal forcing himself on you means you're (gasp!) gay, which is already considered to be as a bad thing that you have to hide?

Don't Ask Don't Tell has more negatives than a photographer's dark room.

This has wrong written all over its back, front, top, and bottom.

You know what I want to do when I read reports like this?

Don't ask.