Women in UK military who report assaults face ostracisation, report says

Exclusive: women tell study they were punished for breaking rules rather than supported when they reported incidents

Women in the British military who report sexual assaults are being ostracised and punished for breaching minor rules, research shows.

The forces' misogynistic and toxic" culture of laddish" behaviour shapes the way it deals with and understands sexual assaults, according to the study, which is published in the Royal United Services Institution Journal.