Salon.com > Pin-ups http://www.salon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 01:58:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 An end to Air Force pin-ups http://www.salon.com/2012/12/07/an_end_to_air_force_pin_ups/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/07/an_end_to_air_force_pin_ups/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13118702 This week the U.S. Air Force launched an initiative to rid its ranks of material seen to objectify women. Pictures and calendars featuring half-naked women will be stripped from Air Force work spaces and public areas in an attempt to combat the sexism and rape culture permeating the institution.

As of Thursday, commanders and supervisors in all active, reserve and Air National Guard units have 10 days to complete the sweep for pin-up images or similar materials. The sweep is part of broader efforts to combat what Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called a “silent epidemic” of sexual assault in the armed forces. According the military's own statistics, there are 19,000 victims each year of mostly unpunished rape and sexual assault throughout the military. Only 13.5 percent of incidents are reported; of those who have come forward about a sexual assault, 80 percent would, if given the chance, not do so again.

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