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A damning report by a Parliamentary Committee in the UK has revealed the stories of servicewomen in the armed forces being sexually abused and losing their jobs for reporting them.
One such case talks about a junior servicewoman who said she is a victim of rape and was forced to leave the force while her abuser continued to hold his position.
The whistleblower testimony, published on Thursday, disclosed the accounts of rape and sexual assault of eight women. The report, collected by medical teams and sent to a Commons defence committee, highlights the continuing sexual abuse in the military.
In January, a report by The Telegraph said that hundreds of women in the armed forces were being “misdiagnosed” with various personality disorders after they reported their sexual assaults at the hands of their colleagues to the department.
The testimonies
The previously mentioned victim, a junior servicewoman, was raped by someone she shared a “casual relationship” with. Initially reluctant to report the issue, the woman approached a military general physician (GP).
The GP, however, advised her to “choose her partners more carefully in future.” A second doctor persuaded her to report the...
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