Sexual harassment in the military
For those who cover mulitary bases, and the military, here’s a fairly fresh U.S. Government Accountability Office report (PDF) on sexual harassment in the military. Among the findings:
GAO found that DOD has limited visibility over the occurrence of sexual harassment because not all military installations and commands report sexual harassment complaint data to their respective service-level sexual harassment program offices and found that the department does not have a set of uniform data elements with which to collect such data.
GAO also found that servicemembers resolve most complaints of sexual harassment informally rather than report them formally. Estimates from DOD’s survey found that the majority of servicemembers who felt they were harassed sexually chose not to formally report the incident. Similarly, GAO’s survey found that 82 of 583 servicemembers indicated that they had been harassed sexually during the preceding 12 months; of these, only 4 indicated that they had reported the incident formally.
Chart with results of a survey conducted a various domestic and foreign bases.
