Yesterday, a deeply poignant Senate subcommittee hearing took place on Capitol Hill. The focus of this session lay on the unsettling revelations of sexual harassment and assault within the Coast Guard. Numerous victims, brave women from different epochs of service, gave profoundly impactful testimonies of their harrowing experiences, which had caused incredible uproar among lawmakers toward the Coast Guard for their alleged long-standing mishandling and cover-up of these abuses.
The testimonies seem to have unveiled a disturbing pattern of sexual violations within the Coast Guard. Not only did the victims report instances of rape and other forms of sexual assault, they also painted a picture of a system that was systematically unfavorable to those who came forward to report these heinous acts.
