Caged eyes : an Air Force cadet's story of rape and resilience

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Label

Caged eyes : an Air Force cadet's story of rape and resilience

Title remainder

an Air Force cadet's story of rape and resilience

Statement of responsibility

Lynn K. Hall

Title variation

Air Force cadet's story of rape and resilience

Creator

• Hall, Lynn K

Author

• Hall, Lynn K

Subject

• Autobiographies
• Autobiographies
• Autobiographies
• Autobiographies
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
• Biographies
• Cadettes (Forces armées) -- Colorado -- Biographies
• Cadettes (Forces armées) -- Crimes contre -- Colorado
• Colorado
• Hall, Lynn K
• Harcèlement sexuel dans les forces armées -- Colorado
• History
• Meningitis -- Patients -- Biography
• Méningite -- Patients -- Biographies
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | Media & Internet
• Rape
• Rape -- Colorado
• Rape victims
• Rape victims -- United States -- Biography
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment
• Sexual harassment in the military
• Sexual harassment in the military -- Colorado
• United States
• United States Air Force Academy
• United States Air Force Academy -- Biography
• United States Air Force Academy -- History -- 21st century
• United States, Air Force
• United States, Air Force -- Women -- Biography
• United States, Air Force -- Women | Crimes against
• Victimes de viol -- États-Unis -- Biographies
• 2000-2099
• Women military cadets -- Colorado -- Biography
• Women military cadets -- Crimes against -- Colorado
• États-Unis, Air Force -- Femmes -- Biographies
• États-Unis, Air Force -- Femmes | Crimes contre
• Women military cadets
• Armed Forces -- Women

Genre

• Biography
• History
• Biographies
• Autobiographies

Language

eng

Summary

• In one of the worst scandals ever faced by the military, in 2003, six women went public with their accounts of sexual assault and harassment at the Air Force Academy. Lynn Hall was one of those survivors. A story of grappling with shame and a culture that blames victims, "Caged Eyes" is also a moving account of Hall's struggle to advocate for herself and recognize her own strength
• "Desperate to realize her childhood dream of being an astronaut, Lynn K. Hall was an enthusiastic young cadet. For Hall, the military offered an escape from her chaotic home--her erratic mother, absent biological father, and a man she called "dad" who sexually abused her. Resolute and committed to the Air Force Academy, Hall survived the ordeals of a first-year cadet: intense hazing from upperclassmen, grueling physical training, and demanding coursework. But she's dismissed from the Academy when, after being raped by an upperclassman and contracting herpes, she is diagnosed with meningitis and left with chronic and debilitating pain. Betrayed by the Academy and overcome with shame, Hall candidly recounts her loss of self, the dissociation from her body and the forfeiture of her individuality as a result of the military's demands and her perpetrator's abuse. Forced to leave the military and return to the civilian world, Hall turns to extreme sports to cope with and overcome PTSD and chronic pain. She, in turn, reclaims herself on the mountain trails of the Colorado Rockies. An intimate account of grappling with shame and a misogynistic culture that condones rape and blames victims, Caged Eyes is also a transformative story of how it's possible to help yourself and others in the aftermath of a profound injustice."--Publisher's website

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography