Friday, May 31, 2013

Overheard in Washington, D.C.:

Stacey Thompson
"Retaliation against the victim is a major part of the military rape culture? NO. It is part of our ENTIRE culture, from the child who is beat up when he says he was raped while a popular football coach did little or nothing to stop what was happening, to the female soldier who says she was drugged and then raped by her superior officer. It is victim-blaming and it is WRONG. Baseball is NOT America's favorite pastime: blaming the victim is."

Stacey Thompson, former lance corporal in the U.S. Marines who testified this week before members of congress about retaliation she faced when she reported being raped by her superior officer.

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