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From the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction files: Air Force charges victim in her own rape


Mary Shaw
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Being raped is bad enough. No person deserves it.

But if you're a member of the U.S. Air Force, it could be just the beginning of an unthinkable nightmare. You could face charges for your own rape.

The story goes like this: A female member of the U.S. Air Force was raped by three of her felllow airmen, and she is now being blamed and could possibly be punished and then publicly registered as a sex offender.

Sounds stranger than fiction, doesn't it? Especially here in the good ol' USA?

Read the full story at Feministing.com: Air Force Charges Victim in Her Own Rape

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Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views (more...)
 
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