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Susan Collins: “There is just such a lack of respect for women there. Once we stepped through those gates, we were no longer human. We…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
There is just such a lack of respect for women there. Once we stepped through those gates, we were no longer human. We were just objects for them to conquer.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins highlights disturbing alumni accounts of disrespect towards women at the academy.

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