Academy confronts sex abuse with prevention

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On a college campus where men outnumber women five to one, female midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy sometimes endure sexual abuse to feel accepted, said one student.

“Sometimes they don?t want to be the one woman who stands up and starts objecting to this behavior,” said senior Laura Schneider, 20.

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