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"A recent Pentagon report estimated that as many as 26,000 military service members may have been assaulted last year. According to the report, a small fraction—just 3,374 instances —were reported. Those cases resulted in 238 convictions. The Pentagon also reported a 35% surge in the number of...

"At least 1 in 4 college women will be the victim of a sexual assault during her academic career. Hirsch, Kathleen (1990)”Fraternities of Fear: Gang Rape, Male Bonding, and the Silencing of Women.” Ms., 1(2) 52-56. At least 80% of all sexual assaults are committed by an acquaintance of the...

Yes, the Wall Street Journal piece was very good-- a rational explication of the facts and the reasons why the numbers in that sexual assault report are pretty much worthless; as opposed to all the overheated rhetoric coming from D.C. and other parts. McCain's response is really disappointing...

That's odd. You're right, when you open the link in my post you can't read the article. But if you google "Lindsay Rodman" "Wall Street Journal" you can get to the article and read it. it is well worth the read in light on the issues discussed on this thread.

FWIW, this is an interesting critique: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578484941173658754.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Dcomments

"The issue with the "female cadets need to make better decisions" line of thought is that it makes the assumption that male cadets are potential rapists." Not necessarily. It isn't just that it is a bad decision to get drunk because some guy might rape you in your incapacitated state. It is...

"Let's make it 100% certain -- alcohol was a factor. Let's suppose that without question, beyond all shadow of doubt the victim was thoroughly intoxicated.... Does that in ANY way make the victim responsible for being raped, or in ANY way lessen the actions of the accused?" What it does is...

"Sounds like you are taking a position that she wouldn't have been raped had she not been drinking, therefore she shares some of the blame for the crime? The problem is that there is that in so many cases the scenario is unclear. If she was drunk, and then someone raped her, that is one...

Biting the hand that feeds him from his tenured position at USNA seems to be Professor Fleming's schtick. Here is a thread from two years ago regarding abother one of his articles (same song, different verse): http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/showthread.php?t=12669

" i also am sending my dd to a sa this summer. what in the world to i tell my dd to prevent her from being assaulted? " The same thing you would tell her if she was going to civilian college. Don't drink (not just because you might not be able to fight off an assailant but, more importantly...

"Just out of curiosity for those that say it is 15 mins of fame, and they were not raped, is your position that not one female at an SA right now was not raped by cadet?" That is a gross mischaracterization of the discussion here. No one has said she wasn't raped. What has been expressed is...

Here is a link to the actual complaint: http://www.scribd.com/doc/90419209/12-CV-3117-23-2

"So I have no sympathy whatsoever to anyone who would raise any hint of wrong-doing on the part of the victims in these situations. Who gives a damn if they were drunk? Even if they begged for sex while under the influence a true gentleman would refuse to take advantage. How hard is that? "...

I agree that there is probably much more to this than was reported in the CNN story. I know from my son that West Point takes sexual assault accusations extremely seriously. And, even if one concedes the veracity of the allegations-- which I don't automatically do-- it seems like much of what...

Something to keep in mind when visiting this time of year . . . my son visited late March and was completely shaken by th experience. He really liked the plebe who hosted him, but he felt like all the plebes he talked to were incredibly negative and cynical. (His host actually emailed him...

My son went though some serious second thoughts about West Point after he had his first visit a year and a half ago. He had already accepted his appointment before he actually visited and the visit really shook him up. He like all the plebes he met but he was taken aback by how cynical and...

Dr. Fleming has written a rebuttal in the comment section at the end of Rajiv Srinivasan's blog post. His airy dismissal of the writer's post as "undergraduate vitriol" is illustrative of his condescension and arrogance. This passage is telling: "My POV is not that of one intense young man in...

Wow, Chockstock. . . That is a harsh and unfair judgment. I've read Bobby J's posts and I would never have come to the conclusion. His expression of excitement about the possibility of getting a full scholarship if he doesn't get an appointment seems completely normal.

This is a long, but very thoughtful analysis of the issue by a former naval intelligence officer. http://theoptimisticconservative.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/all-tell-%E2%80%93-no-ask/ I think her concerns are quite valid.