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Student Post - "Wait Until She's Sober": Pentagon Official on Sex Crimes

By Corey Rayburnyung

The military is launching a new crusade against sexual assault. The campaign, which comes after a reported 25% increase in sexual assault in combat zones, advises soldiers to ?ask her when she?s sober.? Last week the director of the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Dr. Kaye Whitley, released a statement that pitched ?bystander intervention? to help curb sexual assaults. This prompted a response from Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-Rochester) expressing shock at the statement made by Dr. Whitley. From the NY Daily News: "This woman is not in the right line of work," Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-Rochester) said of the statement last week by Dr. Kaye Whitley, director of the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).