The Invisible War Page #7

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this notion

That it is really,

really hard,

Almost impossible

to prosecute rape.

But when you look at

prosecution rates

In the 2010

department of defense reports,

You begin with 2,410

unrestricted reports

And 748 restricted.

What that means is they've

already funneled

victims into a system

That absolutely

no adjudication whatsoever.

Then you take the 2,410

that have been reported.

Of those, they identified

Now, what happens

once you send a perpetrator

Over to command?

Well, the command has

just completely

Unfettered discretion to do

whatever it is they want.

And what is it

that they do do?

First off,

they drop 910 of them.

They just don't

do anything.

Then of the 1,025 where

they actually take some action,

Do they court-martial them?

No.

Only half of them, 529,

Actually got court-martialed.

The rest, 256,

were subjected

To article 15 punishments.

discharges.

And then 131 to, "other adverse

administrative actions,"

Whatever the heck

that means.

And then

of the convictions where

They actually get

jail time,

When you work your way

all the way through the numbers,

What you're looking at

is that

Out 3,223 perpetrators,

Only 175 end up doing

any jail time whatsoever.

- I have been in congress

for seven terms now.

And every, single term

we have had meetings with d.O.D.

And they come in and

they confirm to us,

"we are going to be serious.

"we're gonna

take care of this.

We're gonna stop this,

zero tolerance."

But the rhetoric is not

being turned into

The reality

of protecting our women,

And in some cases men,

In our military.

And they're like, "but we have

the sarc and sapro program."

And it's like,

"well, oh, great."

What does that do?

They can strongly suggest

to the military

To do something.

- As a band of brothers

and sisters,

It is our personal duty

to prevent sexual assault.

- They can't order them.

They can't enforce it.

They don't back it up.

In April of this year,

we will debut

A social marketing campaign

As part of our

prevention strategy.

- Preventing sexual assault

is part of my duty.

- So I saw my buddy's

date was drunk,

I told him,

"ask her when she's sober."

- It's ludicrous.

It's the year 2011 and,

you know, we have posters

That say,

"wait until she's sober."

I mean, it's remarkable that

that's allowed to pass

In today's military.

- We've implemented training

at each and every level

Of military service.

From the moment they enter

the service

And basic training,

they're given that.

And our campaign, uh,

consists of a series

Of posters that are

actually training tools.

And each of those posters

has a different focus.

- You cannot prevent

sexual assault

With pretty posters,

all right?

Posters do not prevent

sexual predators

From preying upon women

and men in the military.

We're talking about people

barging into rooms

In the middle of the night.

No poster's gonna prevent

a criminal

From barging into your room-

these are violent people.

- Well, one of the things

that we do

In our prevention strategy

is to focus on

Bystander intervention.

And in that strategy,

and in that training,

We ask for each soldier, sailor,

airman, and marine to be

Aware of what sexual assault

is and how to prevent it.

- Sarc is a joke.

The things that they say

are ignored,

Or they're made fun of.

- # turn the other cheek

is a thing of the past #

# up close and real

when they try to harass #

# so when they there

in the dark #

# and the predator

persists #

# step up in his face

# you can tell him this

# we stand, we stand

# we fight, we fight,

intervene #

- There might be a video

or 20 slides.

Um, it's, like, a lot

of military training

Where it's the once a year

check in the box.

- # intervene, act, motivate

# you need to intervene,

act, motivate #

- Sapro can't fix anything.

- You walking back alone?

- Yeah, it's such a short walk

to my chew.

- All right.

- And all the money seems

to be spent on advertising,

Which is just rife

with victim blaming.

- What's your name?

- Hey, stop, stop.

- Hey, come here.

Come here, let me talk to you

for a sec.

I just wanna talk to you.

- Oh!

Are you okay?

- No, there's this guy,

he grabbed me.

- Why are you by yourself?

Where's your buddy?

- I didn't think

I needed one.

- Sexual assault

is preventable.

Are you doing

your part?

And so this notion that,

you know,

Essentially, like,

anyone could be a rapist.

We all have to be

on alert.

It misses an opportunity

to take real steps

Towards preventing rape.

If they actually had

systems of accountability

That prosecuted and imprisoned

perpetrators,

You would get rid of a lot

of the rapes right away.

- How would you characterize

the typical sex offender?

- Well, if I look at our data

from the department of defense,

It's young people

that are ages 18 to 24 or 25.

- Would you say that most

of them are serial rapists?

- Um, I don't have data

one way or the other

To determine that.

- And what percentage

of the rapes

Do you think are caused

by serial predators?

- Um, I don't-

I don't have any numbers.

I don't know how to-

I don't think

We collect

that type of data.

- There's been studies done

that people

Who enter the military

are twice as likely

To have committed rape

as the equivalent

Population

in the civilian world.

- I'm not aware

of that study.

My area of expertise

focuses primarily

On prevention

and victim care.

- But wouldn't prevention

include

Focusing on

the perpetrators?

- 'cause I noticed

that dr. Kaye whitley

Is not in her chair.

Is it under your direction

that she has not, uh,

Shown for testimony

this morning?

- Uh, yes, sir.

- You directed her not to?

- I did.

- Uh, do you have an

executive privilege to assert?

- Uh, no sir.

- You've instructed her

not to come?

What is your reason

for doing that?

- If you find

the department's response

In preventions efforts

fall short

Of your expectations,

Responsibility for that

shortfall rests with me.

- That's a ridiculous answer.

What is it that

you're trying to hide?

We all remember tailhook

and the scandal-

And how the military

tried to cover that up.

I don't know who you think

elected you

To defy the congress

of the United States.

We're independent branch

of government.

- So for now, mr. Dominguez,

you are dismissed.

- Intimacy is definitely

affected.

He'll go for months

without sex.

I have to initiate.

If I'm comfortable enough-

If I'm having a good day

and I think

My husband looks hot

for the day-

- [laughs]

- I have to initiate.

When he comes up and hugs me,

sometimes I'll cringe.

And I'll just want him to-

You know, like,

he'll feel it.

And then he gets mad

'cause he didn't-

Like, "why aren't you

hugging me back?"

Or whatever.

- I still do that.

Uh, there were times

where I-

- And, like, him grabbing

my hips and, like-

- I didn't understand,

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