Women At War
September, 1993
Reporter's NotebookShould heterosexual men be excluded from the military? That's not as facetious as it sounds. Women make up an increasingly important component of our Armed Forces, and available data indicate that a high rate of rape and other assaults by military men puts them at serious risk.In the Gulf war, for example, at least 24 female soldiers were raped or assaulted by men they were serving with. According to the Army's own records, they were raped while on guard duty, in their barrack...
