The US Government is notoriously bad at preventing rape and sexual abuse. Rape by fellow soldiers is the number one danger facing Women currently in the military, even those stationed in battle zones. Fully ⅓ of women veterans reported having been sexually abused or raped. Further the situation is getting worse, not better. Source: Time Magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1968110,00.html
The situation in prisons is no better. 65,000 former prison inmates report they were homosexually raped or abused, and the government has been similarly unable to improve this situation. Source: Department of Justice:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/journals/259/prison-rape.htm
So given an age, experience, size, and weaponry difference between for instance drill sergeants and 18 year old recruits, if the military welcomes gay personnel at all levels and hands them weapons, why would homosexual rape in the military be any less likely than heterosexual rape or homosexual rape in prisons? Would you turn a blind eye to the risk and send your daughter OR your son into the military knowing the statistics?

Topics: statistics, military, prisons, rape, sexual abuse, recruits