By Hysen Sisco
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, announced on August 14, 2014 she has tasked campus athletic coaches with greater involvement in preventing sexual assaults. This announcement follows reports of sexual abuse by athletes and lax faculty supervision as well as a culture in the athletic department that encourages sexual harassment and assaults. Lt. Gen. Johnson fails to address the causes of such misconduct.
Dawn Hawkins, Morality in Media’s Executive Director, comments on this situation as follows:
This culture of sexual exploitation thrives in military environments due, in part, to the acceptance of rampant porn use. Despite the Military Honor and Decency Act, which requires the US Department of Defense to remove all sexually explicit materials sold or rented by stores on military bases, pornography continues to be sold by the Army and Air Force and widely consumed daily by troops and academy students.
The belief that women and subordinates are objects for sexual pleasure—rather than co-workers or fellow students—is strengthened by regular porn use. Research has demonstrated that consumption of pornography leads to profound changes in attitudes and beliefs by some, including the belief that women deserve or enjoy rape and sexual violence. …read more
Read the full article here: http://pornharms.com/statement-by-mims-dawn-hawkins-military-schools-bases-should-be-porn-free-zones/
