Senator Barbara Boxer Delivers Keynote Address on Ending Gender-Based Violence
Senator Barbara Boxer delivered the keynote address at “A Call to Action: Taking a Stand Against Gender-Based Violence,” a special event hosted by The New Republic and CARE. In her remarks, Senator Boxer spoke about the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military and brought up the story of survivor Stacey Thompson:
In Okinawa, a 19-year-old Marine named Stacey Thompson was drugged and brutally raped by a male Sergeant from her own unit.
She told me how her rapist abandoned her at 4 a.m. the next morning in front of a local night club, forcefully pushing her out of the car and leaving her alone on the street.
Stacey made the courageous decision to report the rape to her superiors, but her allegations were swept under the rug. While her attacker was allowed to leave the Marine Corps without ever facing trial, Stacey became the target of a drug investigation stemming from the night of her rape, and was separated from the Marine Corps with an Other Than Honorable Discharge.
You can also watch the entire event below. Senator Boxer’s remarks start at 01:08:40
Taking a Stand Against Gender-Based Violence from The New Republic on FORA.tv
