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Within the Asian culture, it's always about saving face.

 

Learn more about PTSD from Michael Nguyen (US Navy, 1991-1993) and other Veterans who’ve been there: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/AboutFace

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Within the Asian culture,
it's always about saving face.

You know, so how are you
gonna come out to your dad

or your mom and tell
'em, "Oh yeah, you know,

"I was sexually assaulted by a female."

You know, like most people
were all like, "Wait a minute."

A female, a lot of...most
of the time, females are not

as strong as you, you
know, so how can you?

But there's a lot more ways
of being able to hurt someone

without having to be physically strong.

You know, for example, she's my officer.

She holds my evals over
my head so she can decide

my career going forward.

Which apparently it ended
my career, you know,

because at first I was
thinking about doing 20 years

in the Navy but you know,

I didn't last that long.

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