ERIC Number: ED384555
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Feb-3
Pages: 11
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DOD Service Academies: Further Efforts Needed To Eradicate Sexual Harassment. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Force Requirements and Personnel, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate.
Gebicke, Mark E.
This testimony provides a review of sexual harassment at the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. Information on the extent to which sexual harassment occurred at the academies, the forms it took, its effects on those subjected to it, as well as the academies' efforts to eradicate sexual harassment is presented. This review contains the following sections: (1) Background; (2) Results in Brief; (3) Sexual Harassment Continues at the Academies; (4) Women at the Academies Tend To Deal with Sexual Harassment Informally; (5) Sexual Harassment Can Produce Stress; (6) Academy Programs Generally Met DOD Standards; (7) Additional Steps Taken by the Academies; (8) Academies Have Not Evaluated Their Sexual Harassment Eradication Programs in a Routine, Systematic Manner; (9) Other Options for Sexual Harassment Prevention Programs; and (10) Conclusions. In summary, data being collected by the academies is not adequate to judge their progress in eradicating sexual harassment. Without trend data to determine whether sexual harassment is declining, the academies will not be able to assess the effectiveness of their programs or to decide whether to continue existing programs, restructure them, or institute new ones. (EH)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Emotional Abuse, Females, Higher Education, Military Organizations, Military Schools, Military Training, Officer Personnel, Program Evaluation, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Verbal Abuse
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. National Security and International Affairs Div.
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