Military Brochure Instructs Sexual Assault Victims: 'Submit'
by Evan McMurry
A bad week for the military and sexual assaults keeps getting worse. Following Monday's arrest of the Air Force's Chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response for grabbing a woman in an Arlington parking lot, and a new Department of Defense report showing a dramatic escalation of sexual assaults in the armed forces, comes the revelation of a pamphlet from the Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, advising, among other things, that victims “submit” in response to an attack.
The pamphlet, entitled “Sexual Assault Prevention & Response,” proposes that “it may be advisable to submit rather than resist. You have to make the decision based on circumstances.”
Wired obtained a copy of the pamphlet from an anti-rape advocacy group, and says a public relations officer for the base believes it to be current.
While not all the advice is as egregious as submitting, Spencer Ackerman notes that the pamphlet “does not offer instruction to servicemembers on not committing sexual assault. Prevention is treated as the responsibility of potential victims.”
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