Does The Military Continue To Have Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Against

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Term Paper Title	Does The Military Continue To Have Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Against
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"Does the Military Continue to Have Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Against
Women in the 90's?"

"Does the Military Continue to Have Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Against
Women in the 90's?"

     Yes, the military does have sexual harassment and discrimination against
women in the nineties.  "Firestone and co-researcher Richard J. Hurns analyzed
a 1988 DOD Survey of men and women in the military and found that 51.8 % of men
and 74.6% of women reported either experiencing or knowing of sexual harassment.
Amoung the women surveyed, 70.1% had experienced “sexual talk or behavior at
the work place [that] created an offensive, hostile or intimidating
environment.”  Amoung the men, 36.9% gave the same answer."(1)  The percent of
women being sexually harassed is much higher than the percent of men being
harassed.  Even though it is not tolerated, it still happens regardless of the
consequences, even in the nineties.

        While some women's experiences have been similar to those of black men,
their integration into the military has also differed in several ways.  Because
of our society's fundamental belief that protecting the home and going to war
are a man's work, men from minority groups have often been accepted more
readily in the military than the women. Women have been viewed as outsiders in
a male environment.  Discrimination and harassment occurs for women because we
are entering an all male dominated area.  Some areas are still restricted
because of it.  For example: serving in direct combat capacities such as armor,
infantry, and special forces--branches from which much of the senior leadership
is drawn.  “In 1994, the annual Navywide Personnel Survey included questions on
women's role for the first time.  Some 65 percent of officers and almost 50
percent of enlisted respondents said they did not think women were fully
accepted in combat roles. While approximately 80 percent said harassment was
not tolerated at their command, almost half of all respondents disagreed that
everyone is treated equally in promotions and advancements.”(2)  Some of this is
bases on the presumed physical and psychological characteristics of women which
may interfere with their performances of some military jobs.  For example: the
physical strength of women.  People believe that women are not strong enough to
lift and carry heavy equipment or wounded fellow soldiers and that we lack
endurance to perform these tasks over a lengthened period of time.  Also, there
is ...

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