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Surprised no one has posted this from The White House (Original Post)
intaglio
May 2014
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GeoWilliam750
(2,549 posts)1. Thank you President Obama
Really
Jenny_92808
(1,342 posts)2. Yes, Thank you...
President Obama.
madamvlb
(495 posts)3. I was one
Raped in the US Army and given an article 15 for leaving my door unsecured.
Warpy
(113,131 posts)5. I'm so sorry
The brass were told to stop sexual assaults. They just stopped the prosecutions to make their numbers look a little better.
pnwmom
(109,643 posts)10. Welcome to DU, madamvlb.
It's infuriating to hear you were treated that way.
For the attention it deserves
byronius
(7,648 posts)6. Great post.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)7. And the more men who speak up,
the more men who tell other men it's not right, the closer we'll get to ending assault and rape.
I know it won't ever completely end, but there has got to be a total end to the notion "She asked for it."
ismnotwasm
(42,482 posts)8. K&R