#MeTooMilitary in Context

Military sexual assault has plagued the institution and incidents of sexual harassment and assault continue to rise annually. Although the increasing statistics are partly due to an influx of assault victims coming forward or utilizing a secondary reporting option, military sexual assault prevails due to social and institutional manipulation. Previous studies in the book have investigated the phenomena of military sexual assault and have found that the main factors of social and institutional manipulation relate to victim-blaming attitudes and problematic criminal investigations. Yet, various studies in the book primarily report on statistics, risk factors, and negative effects of military sexual assault. Therefore, there is scant research that focuses on the victim/survivor perspective of military sexual assault. Moreover, few studies have utilized social media platforms like Twitter and the different variations of the #MeToo movement (e.g., #MeTooMen or #MeTooMilitary) to analyze sexual assault-related data from the survivor perspective.