He married four times. He thought of suicide. He would start trouble. Fla. He is one of the few VA health professionals to tackle this issue, he said. While the military is doing a good job assisting women who have been victims of sexual assault, it has not been nearly as diligent in helping men, he said.
Stigma surrounds it.
Our culture, he said, expects men to take care of themselves. Girard could not say how often this crime occurs in the military, only that he believes it happens more than most people think. And this is not about homosexuality, either. Fla. Weir's life also unraveled after he was raped. He was in the Air Force, joining in 1970.