More than 60% of women serving in Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, have experienced sexual misconduct ranging from lewd remarks to physical harassment, according to a new study presented by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), on Wednesday.
Fifteen percent said they had been harassed with images taken against their will or altered using artificial intelligence. Nine percent of servicewomen and 3% of servicemen said they had been physically assaulted, while 2% of both women and men said they had experienced outright sexual violence in the Bundeswehr.
2% of both women and men said they had experienced outright sexual violence in the Bundeswehr.
The fact that this number is about equal is … interesting.
At least this only affects the Bundeswehr and not society as a whole! /s
I’m not sure if the /s is necessary. Being an office working woman in Germany is an above average experience, at least compared to the rest of the world. (not saying there are no sexual predators anywhere, but it’s not bad on the whole)
Among the demographic that is willing to sign up to be a soldier, the experience is very different. In fact regarding most militaries in the world, signing up as a woman is generally a really bad life decision.
What’s the non military number? I bet shockingly high.
I doubt the number of those who experienced it at work is quite as high among the general population…
I also wonder if the reporting ratio is similar between those in the service and civilians. If I recall correctly the reporting rate for civilian women is low.
This is a study that interviewed people rather than relying on what was reported to official channels, otherwise you would never get a number as high as 60%. I don’t see a reason why civilians would be more or less likely to report their sexual assault experiences to the interviewers in a study.