Sexual harassment rampant in U.S. military, schools: report

Sexual harassment was rampant in the U.S.military and schools, victimizing women and children, according to the report, titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014," released on Friday.

Reports of female soldiers getting harassed were on the rise. In an average day in the U.S. military, at least 16 sexual assaults were reported, says the report by China's State Council Information Office.

It also cites a report released by the U.S. Department of Defense as saying, there were a total of 5,983 incidents of sexual assaults in the fiscal year ending in September of 2014, up by over 8 percent from the fiscal year ending in 2013.

Moreover, 62 percent of female victims said they faced repercussions for reporting assaults, the report cites the bbc.com as saying.

The report also points out, sex violence in American high schools was astonishing.

According to a survey by the American Association of University Women, in a given school year, 58 percent of 7th-12th graders experienced sexual harassment. One in 5 high school girls said they had been sexually assaulted at school, and 1 in 8 high school girls said she had been raped.

A culture of sex violence was casting a pall over American campus, but failed to be dealt with properly by any American higher learning institutions, the report quotes the Wall Street Journal as saying. Endi