据一位美国官员称，五角大楼即将公布的数据将显示，与两年前进行的调查相比，自称经历过某种不想要的性接触的服役人员数量大幅减少了近19%。
此外，美国学生人数也有所下降性侵犯据这位官员说，涉及服役人员的报告是去年提交的。
美国军方每两年进行一次匿名调查，国防部官员认为，与受害者可能不愿意站出来报告性侵事件的年度报告相比，这是一个更好的指标。
今年的调查显示，近29，000人报告了不想要的性接触，比2005年减少了近19%在2021年进行的调查中报告了35，800人.
五角大楼的调查将不想要的性接触定义为从不想要的触摸到强奸。
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这是八年来的首次削减，拜登总统周三在白宫会见美国高级军事领导人时对此发表了评论。
“我感到自豪的是，近10年来，性侵犯和性骚扰率首次下降...他说:“现役部队人数减少了，因为你们的领导。
另外，据该官员称，2023年的性侵报告数量也从2022年的8，942起降至8，515起。
五角大楼增加了对性侵犯受害者的支持和照顾，并提高了人们的意识，鼓励受害者挺身而出，举报往往被低估的案件。
但在这些努力增加的几年里，事故和报告的数量有所增加，因此尚不清楚新的数量下降背后的原因可能是什么。
此前对军队中性行为发生率的调查显示，性行为发生率从2万人大幅上升至3.58万人，但国防部官员指出，这是因为调查方式发生了变化。
这使得在今年的调查发布之前不可能对这两项调查进行全面比较。
Pentagon report to show significant drop in unwanted sexual contact in military
Soon to be released Pentagon figures will show a significant almost 19% reduction in the number of service members who say they have experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact over the previous survey conducted two years ago, according to a U.S. official.
There was also a drop in the number ofsexual assaultreports involving service members filed last year, according to the official.
Every two years, the U.S. military carries out an anonymous survey that Defense Department officials believe is a better indicator of the prevalence of sexual assault in the military than the annual reports where victims may be reluctant to step forward to report a sexual assault.
This year's survey indicated close to 29,000 reported unwanted sexual contacts an almost 19% reduction from the35,800 reported in the survey carried out in 2021.
The Pentagon survey defines unwanted sexual contact as ranging from unwanted touching to rape.
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The reduction was the first in over eight years and drew comments from President Joe Biden as he met with senior U.S. military leaders at the White House on Wednesday.
"I'm proud that for the first time in nearly a decade, rates of sexual assault and harassment ... within active duty forces are down -- are down because of your leadership," he said.
Separately, the number of reports of sexual assault also decreased in 2023 to 8,515 from 8,942 in 2022, according to the official.
The Pentagon has increased the support and care it provides to victims of sexual assault and has raised the awareness encouraging victims to step forward with what is often underreported.
But numbers of incidents and reports have gone up in years that those efforts have increased, so it’s unclear what might be behind the new drop in numbers.
The previous survey of sexual prevalence in the military showed a dramatic increase from 20,000 to 35,800, but defense officials noted that was because of changes in how the survey was carried out.
That made full comparisons between those two surveys impossible until the upcoming release of this year's survey.
