Kole Welsh Army, 2002–07 I had actually let the assault go, because I didn't want it to interfere with my career. If only I hadn't invited him back to my room.
I keep telling myself, If only I hadn't had a few beers that night. Jones I still don't believe I didn't bring this on. We cut your hair, and we give you the same clothes, and we tell you that you have no more privacy, you have no more individual rights-we're gonna take you down to your bare essence and then rebuild you in our image. You don't ask questions.ĭana Chipman Judge advocate general Army, 2009–13 The way we socialize people probably has some effect on the incidents. Sam Madrid* Marines, 1962–68 When a gunnery sergeant tells you to take off your clothes, you better take off your clothes. He pinned my arm above my head and my knee in the crook of his arm and covered my mouth with his right hand and looked at me and said, “You will not make a noise.” He managed to wrestle me onto my back, and I started freaking out. Gary Jones* Army, 1984–86 At first I thought he was playing around. Matthew Owen* Army, 1976–80 I heard one of them say, “Get that broom over there by the lockers.” He kept saying, “You're going to like this.”
Richard Welch Air Force and Army, 1973–82 I was coming in and out of consciousness. Terry Neal Navy, 1975–77 The part that I remember before I passed out was somebody saying they were going to teach me a lesson. Sex Discrimination & Employment Policies/PracticesĪn employment policy or practice that applies to everyone, regardless of sex, can be illegal if it has a negative impact on the employment of people of a certain sex and is not job-related or necessary to the operation of the business.To understand this problem and why it persists twenty-two years after the Tailhook scandal, GQ interviewed military officials, mental-health professionals, and policymakers, as well as twenty-three men who are survivors not only of MST but also of a bureaucracy that has failed to protect them. The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, a subordinate, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general.īoth the victim and the harasser may be any sex, and the victim and harasser may be the same sex or a different sex.Īlthough the law doesn't prohibit minor teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not frequent or serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted). Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person's sex, including the person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy.
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