王伍2018-01-08 20:03:32

A group of active and retired US troops have gathered in freezing temperatures outside the Defense Department near Washington to protest against sexual harassment and assault in the US military.

 

The protesters, most of them women and none in uniform, carried placards that read "Denial is not a policy", "Stop the retaliation", and "#MeTooMilitary," a reference to the social media campaign with the #MeToo hashtag denouncing sexual assault in the workplace.

The rally comes amid an ongoing wave of revelations about sexual harassment in the US, which has toppled a number of powerful men in entertainment, politics, business and the media.