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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2018, 01:16 PM Sep 2018

"I was Sexually Assaulted by Another Marine. The Corps Didn't Believe Me"

"I came to realize that it wasn’t the assault that had the most enduring effect on me. It was people’s refusal to believe that one man would assault another man": In @NYTimesAtWar, a Marine writes about his fight for justice after an assault

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"I was Sexually Assaulted by Another Marine. The Corps Didn't Believe Me" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 OP

This is a bigger problem that the military is letting on MosheFeingold Sep 2018 #1

MosheFeingold

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1. This is a bigger problem that the military is letting on

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2018, 02:12 PM

Sep 2018

When I was in the Army, I heard about many a rape (male on male) that went unreported or where the victim was punished for coming forward.

Generally, senior enlisted on teenage privates (no pun intended).

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