Class Action Lawsuit by Female Soldiers Against the Defense Department

It should come as no surprise to anyone that has followed the situation regarding women in the military that a class action lawsuit has been filed due to the inability of the U.S. military to effectively investigate and prosecute sexual assaults.I have written about this extensively in the past and while the lawsuit did not add much new information, it serves to highlight the ongoing callousness that is directed towards victims of sexual assault.

Here are my previous posts on the subject:

http://endviolencetoday.blogspot.com/2010/02/women-at-war-bbc-goes-in-depth.html

http://endviolencetoday.blogspot.com/2010/04/women-are-not-just-victims-different.html

http://endviolencetoday.blogspot.com/2010/01/peril-in-war-zones-sexual-abuse-by.html