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When comparing men's ability to women's ability, is there really a big difference? Many people believe that differences do take place, but how? Both men and women have hopes, dreams, strengths, weaknesses, and goals. Even though these similarities exist, women are still sometimes thought to be lower than their male peers. There have been many cases in which women felt they were being treated differently than the males around them. But, did you ever think there would be the problem of inequality between men and women in America's defense system? Both men and women have the right to serve in the military; but, many times women face discrimination and the problem of being unaccepted, possibly affecting women's ability to serve their country. The military was fully integrated in the mid-1970s (Moskos 107). Yet, twenty-some years later, women are still trying to gain full equality. In those past twenty years, there have been many courageous women who have been fighting their way in!to record-breaking positions so their male peers would accept them. Two of these women are Shannon Faulkner and Shannon Workman. Faulkner was the first woman to become a cadet at the Citadel as she walked through the gates on August 12, 1995. Faulkner ente
------------------------------------------------------------------------ esigned from the Naval Academy in 1987 then in 1976 (Barringer 7). One of the biggest problems that is currently growing in the military is sexual harassment. Like the problem of being unaccepted sexual harassment is not an isolated case, because it too is found in all branches of the military. Captain Hartman stated, "If sexual harassment goes the way racism in the Navy and Marine Corps, you can expect to have it around for a long time." In 1989 a study at the Pentagon showed that sixty-four percent of women said they were sexually harassed, that percent was only at forty-two two years earlier in 1987 (McGonigle and Timms 1). Then in 1990, it was labeled that sexual harassment was an "epidemic" because in a survey given to twenty thousand women, two out of three said they at one time or another had unwanted advances made at them (Francake 157). Forty-seven percent of investigated women said they had experienced this "unwanted sexual attention." Fifteen percent said they exper! s as well. Statistics show that only twenty percent of jobs in the Marine Corps are open to women. The Army follows with fifty-one percent. The Navy has a total of fifty-nine percent of jobs open to women; and, the Air Force has an astonishing ninety-seven percent (Sagawa 1). "Despite inequality among ranks in the military, women attain similar achievements in academics, athletics, and military achievement," (Barringer 7). If it is true that women are attaining, "similar achievements" with men, why is it that women hold very few positions as higher-ranking officers? In the Army, only five percent of its executives are women and the Marine Corps has only one woman that holds an executive position (McGonigle and Timms 1). The reason as to why women might not hold as many executive positions was stated in a book, "Sound Off! American Military Women Speak Out." This statement said that,"... women must waste the energy that men can save for their jobs or their pleasures in proving he! nto a zone and from there your punishment will depend on the degree of your offense (Dowd 11). Although the Navy believes this to be a great idea, the Army is skeptical and an army official expresses his feelings by saying, "Oh gosh. I didn't know saying 'Good Morning,' to someone is a green zone, and I am really glad to know that rape is a red zone," (Dowd 11). After the Army conducted the largest investigation of sexual harassment, they stated in a report that, "...sexual harassment exists, throughout the Army...and the leadership is responsible." After this investigation, drill sergeants who came in contact with women recruits were required to have more difficult screening. Also, three-star generals would serve as "watch-dogs" over basic training leaders at the training centers. The Air Force, as well, has been making a conscious effort to prevent sexual harassment. General Bradey C. Hosmer gathered five hundred and eighteen women in an auditorium and had all of the men removed! ienced sexual coercion, and seven- percent had experienced sexual assault (Shenon 7). These statistics are backed up when Cadet Adelle Belisle stated, "We came her naive and trusting, thinking that we'd be protected by the people around us. It was shocking. We all know cases of sexual harassment here," (Schmitt 13). In the Navy, it was found that fifty percent of its women midshipmen experienced harassment at least twice a month at the Naval Academy (Francake 173). Two examples of talked about sexual harassment cases are founded in the Navy. One of which in 1989, Gwen Dreyer was physicall
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