S21 Ep1: (1/2) [Gwenevere] Innate Dignity
Something Was Wrong
Broken Cycle Media
4.1 • 26K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
*Sources:
- This season, our theme Song U Think U, by Glad Rags.
- PTSD Coach (by US Dept for Veterans Affairs) https://mobile.va.gov/app/ptsd-coach
- Beyond MST https://mobile.va.gov/app/beyond-mst
- An Overview of Sexual Trauma in the US Military: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6519533/
- Veterans’ Benefits: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title38/html/USCODE-2011-title38partII-chap17-subchapII-sec1720D.htm
- State of the Knowledge of VA Military Sexual Trauma Research: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481813/
- Military Sexual Trauma in Men https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21534094/
- Military sexual trauma research: a proposed agenda https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21534099/
- US Naval Institute on the Latest Military Sexual Assault Report https://news.usni.org/2022/09/01/latest-military-sexual-assault-report-shows-tragic-rise-in-cases-pentagon-officials-say#:~:text=Across%20all%20the%20services%2C%208.4,t o%20use%20than%20older%20versions.
- Protect Our Defenders https://www.protectourdefenders.com/
*Resources:
- Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources
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| 0:00.0 | Something Was Wrong is intended for mature audiences, as it discusses topics that can be upsetting, |
| 0:05.9 | such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, rape, and murder. |
| 0:10.9 | Content warnings for each episode and confidential resources for survivors can be found in the episode |
| 0:17.2 | notes. Some survivor names have been changed for anonymity purposes. |
| 0:22.5 | pseudonyms are given to minors in these stories for their privacy and protection. |
| 0:27.2 | Testimony shared by guests of the show is their own and does not necessarily reflect |
| 0:32.1 | the views of myself, broken cycle media, or Wondery. The podcast and any linked materials should not be construed |
| 0:40.2 | as medical advice, nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or |
| 0:46.7 | treatment. Thank you so much for listening. Military sexual trauma or MST is the term used by Veterans Affairs to refer to experiences of sexual assault or sexual harassment experienced during military service. |
| 1:04.5 | More concretely, MST includes any sexual activity that you're involved with against your will. |
| 1:16.6 | Some examples of MST include being pressured into sexual activity that you're involved with against your will. Some examples of MST include being pressured into sexual activities, such as with threats of negative treatment if you refuse to cooperate, or promises of better treatment in exchange for sex. |
| 1:23.6 | Sexual contact or activities without your consent, including when you were asleep or intoxicated, |
| 1:29.7 | being overpowered or physically forced to have sex, being touched or grabbed in a sexual way |
| 1:35.5 | that made you uncomfortable, including during hazing experiences, comments about your body |
| 1:41.1 | or sexual activities that you found threatening, or unwanted sexual |
| 1:45.2 | advances that you found threatening. Exact statistics that pinpoint the prevalence of military |
| 1:50.7 | sexual trauma, otherwise known as MST, are relatively unknown, often due to delayed or denied reporting. |
| 1:58.8 | The military attempts to measure the prevalence of sexual assault using two metrics. |
| 2:03.8 | Estimates that extrapolate from anonymous surveys and formal reports. |
| 2:08.6 | Formal reports reached an all-time high of 7,378 service members in 2022, |
| 2:15.7 | according to the Department of Defense annual report on sexual assault in the military |
| 2:20.2 | fiscal year 2022. While its estimated women in the military face a higher risk of sexual assault than |
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