Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., the first woman in the Air Force to fly in combat, told a hushed Senate hearing room Wednesday that she had been raped by a superior officer, one of multiple times she was sexually assaulted while she served her country. Sen. Martha McSally, the first woman in the Air Force to fly in combat, told a subcommittee hearing on sexual assault in the military Wednesday that she had been raped by a superior officer. ( Mark Wilson / GETTY IMAGES ) McSally said that when she began talking about her attacks, her account was handled so poorly that she “felt like the system was raping me all over again” and wanted to quit the Air Force. McSally, the first woman to command a fighter squadron, said she ultimately determined it would be best to remain in the Air Force. An aide to McSally said Wednesday that McSally had spent days working on her remarks to the subcommittee.

Source: thestar March 07, 2019 06:45 UTC