But don't diminish from the fact that reports of sexual assault and harassment are increasing on a lot of college campuses. A righteous wave of justice, maybe not, but a wave in confidence that genuine cases of sexual assault will be taken seriously, I think so. This is as good as anecdotal since it's just three universities, but here's an excerpt from a recent memo: This isn't to disprove anything you're saying about why kids are banging less, but just to check on your statement that change in XYZ factors reflecting sexual assault on college campuses isn't making a noted movement in the "right" direction.Where things get a little more hand-wavey is when we start pretending that there's been some righteous wave of justice.
DOD’s Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies cited an increase in sexual assault reports at all three of the nation’s service academies, the greatest of which was at West Point, which went from 26 reports in 2015-2016, to 50 this last academic year. Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr. points to the increase as evidence that steps taken by the academy to encourage reporting are working.
Sure. But I grew up with the Tailhook scandal. Even now the Navy is dealing with the fallout from Fat Leonard. Al Franken had to fight valiantly for an amendment to federal contracts that allowed enlisted soldiers to sue contractors for rape, instead of having to rely on binding arbitration. I would argue the military is an outlier and if the rate of reportage doubles at military academies that doesn't mean they've caught up with the rest of the world yet.