Sexual assault in the military is not restricted to one gender

NY Times:

Women in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults

J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

Senator Claire McCaskill said that as a former prosecutor, when she saw how the military was dealing with sexual assault in its ranks, “I realized how out of step they were with the criminal justice system.”

The growing presence of women senators is most pronounced on the Armed Services Committee, where they have forced the long-simmering issue of sexual assault in the military to the forefront.

Actually more men than women are sexually assaulted in the military.  I suspect that both political and military leaders don't want to discuss that because of the issue of homosexuals openly serving now.  Clearly many of the male victims are homosexuals who are overpowered by other homosexuals.  Regardless of the sexual orientation of the victim or the gender, it is conduct that is intolerable.  We seem willing to have the conversation about the rape of women.  The rape of men not so much.