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Jackie Speier (D-CA) Alerts Marines To 'F'N Wook' Facebook Page, Sends Letter Urging Action
One day after a Pentagon report revealed a jump in military sexual assaults, more evidence has emerged of disturbing behavior toward female service members.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) issued a letter Wednesday to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Marine Commandant James Amos and Inspector General Lynne Halbrooks, alerting them to a Facebook page displaying content degrading female members of the U.S. Marine Corps. She urged that action be taken.
The background wallpaper for "F'N Wook" shows a woman's breasts, and includes numerous pictures depicting women in various forms of nudity and being verbally and sometimes physically abused. The page also includes images of women taken without their permission, inviting commenters to add their own captions. Many of the pictures imply women only advance professionally by performing sexual favors and otherwise promote the idea that women are inferior and only useful as sexual objects and sandwich makers.
Speier added that the sexual assault numbers show reforms to be "woefully insufficient" thus far.
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Full article here, also hyper-link in article to Spear's letter/photos: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/jackie-speier-marines-fn-wook_n_3241469.html