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Now That Women Are Cleared For Combat, How About A Rape-Free Workplace?

Matthew Fleischer reports for Huffington Post:

Many women, like U.S. Marine Stephanie Schroeder, are punished or even discharged for reporting being the targets of sexual assaults. Schroeder was 21 years old when a fellow Marine violently raped her in the bathroom. When she reported the incident, Schroeder told CNN, her superior officer informed her: “ ‘Don’t come bitching to me because you had sex and changed your mind.’ ”

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