The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1985 Page: 1 of 42
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VOL. 4 4 NO. 5
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“Little Red School House” closes for last time. See story
pg. A6.
Boxing clinic held at Abrams Physical Fitness Center.
See story pg. Bl.
Garryowen Troops practice air mobile exercise. See
story pg. Cl.
57th Sig Bn’s maintenance program important to mis-
sion. See story pg. C8.
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More than 590 soldiers of the 2nd Bde’s Task Force re-
turned to 2nd Armd Div from the “Zone.” See story pg. Dl.
Index
Always eady .............. Off uty.................... ... B10
Blackhorse Bugle......... R9 Proven In attle__ .... B3
Cav Country................... Cl Signal Report........... ....... C8
Community Calendar.. D6 S ports....................... Bl
Consumer ip ............ A4 Street Scene............. .... A4
CPO Job Openings....... D7 SUPCOM ................ __ B4
Hell On W heels............ Dl Trading Post............. D4
om efront.................... A6 287-DUMB .............. __ A4
Hood rie fs .................. C6 iew oint.............. A4
KISD Summer Classes. B7 World N ew s............. .... B4
S/s*00
By DAWN YANNUCCI
JS
ONE EOA on post said the
women in their unit experience
the most of the street hassling
while running PT down Motor
Pool Road from people hang-
ing out of barracks windows af-
ter duty hours and in the dining
facility. “A lot of women won’t
eat in the dining facility any-
more because people bother
them ” the EOA said.
Fort HooJ First in Army Combat Power
Sexual harassment has been
around since the beginning of
time. It happens almost every-
here and has nothing but
negative effects on people and
the organizations to which they
belong.
ON FORT HOOD sexual
harassment cases involving the
military are governed by Army
By DAWN YANNUCCI
S treet hassling cat calls
leers jeers or whatever you
want to call them are one form
of sexual harassment that most
any female soldier has experi-
enced.
THE INTENSITY of this
harassment can range from the
honk of a car horn to the rudest
gestures and words im agin-
able.
There really is no way to
avoid this type of harassment.
It can happen anywhere at any-
time and to anybody. It doesn’t
really matter how you are dres-
sed. They can do it equally well
whether you’re wearing BDUs
or are doing PT in sweat pants
or shorts.
“Overall E-ls to E-4s get the
majority of it” said Capt. Ira A.
Rouse the 1st Cav Div equal
opportunity advisor. “While in
uniform no one is going to
th an officer or senior
NCO and they have been in for
awhile so they generally know
how to handle the problem.”
“The young E-l to E-4s ha-
ven’t been in long and they
have difficulty handling the
problem” he continued.
A miscellaneous tip from the
III Corps Commander’s Hand-
book says “See if your female
FT. HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY JUNE 6 1985
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official expression of the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisements and advertising inserts does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services
advertised.”
Fort Hood Pam phlet 27-10
further clarifies this by adding
that “coercion is the element
th a is tin is sea
a ra from rm al
Army loses time money
to sexual harassment
Regulation 600-21. The regula-
tion defines sexual harassment
as behavior involving crude re-
marks filthy language innuen-
dos gestures and abuse of rank
or position which cause sol-
diers personal humiliation and
loss of human dignity.
Women face stand up
to sexual harassment
soldiers feel welcome in the
unit dining facility. If there is a
disproportionately small per-
centage coming to the dining
facility find out why. It may be
an indicator of real perceived
or ru red sex al arass-
ment.”
“I DON’T have any problems
in the office but there’s a lot of
harassment in PT formation. I
normally don’t go anywhere on
post by myself especially after
dark” said Sp4 Lori Campbell
HHD 2nd Chem Bn 13th SUP-
COM when questioned by the
Sentinel for the Street Scene
column.
Compliments or the beep of a
car horn isn ’t hat bothers
most women. “I wasn’t object-
ing to genuine compliments
what I was angry about wasn’t
compliments. They were taunts
and insults meant to put me in
my place” wrote Gwenda Blair
in the July 1984 Mademoiselle
magazine.
E verytim I approach a
group of men I feel my stomach
twist into a big knot” a friend
told Blair. “I know what’s com-
ing and there’s nothing I can
do about it. It’s almost like they
think it’s expected of them
they have to do it to prove they
have what it takes.”
ACCORDING TO Blair the
sexual harasser is practicing a
form of sexism. “He was telling
me he was a an I was a
woman and the two still we-
ren’t anywhere close to equal”
she said.
How should the victim of this
ty of a ra ssm react?
Almut Poole a self-defense in-
structor in Los Angeles told
Glamour magazine that any re
acc ep table social behavior
such as paying someone a com-
pliment on his or her appear-
ance or asking a person out to
lunch or a drink.”
he E a E lo
O pportunity Com mission is
charged with enforcing sexual
harassment complaints in the
civilian sector. The EEOC re-
ceives its authority from Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
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sponse that keeps you in con-
trol is OK. He even suggests re-
sponding to profanity with pro-
fanity if you’re comfortable
with that type of language.
Men are ’t prepared for
women to respond forcefully”
Poole said. “In my experience
it makes them shut up for a
second and you walk away
feeling good about yourself!
That’s the important thing.”
ASKING THE heckler if he
would like someone to talk to
his other or girlfriend like
that may also make him stop
and think according to Poole.
Bruce L. anto a Detroit
psychologist told Glamour “If
the heckler’s comment is basic-
ally com plim entary (‘You’ve
got great legs aby!’) you
ig co a ith
an s ’ve got reat
taste .” Such a remark says
you’re confident and not easily
intimidated.”
(See Street pg. A3)
Saint takes over Corps
III Corps and Fort Hood
will conduct a change of
com and ceremony at 9
a.m. June 11 at Sadowski
Field.
LT. GEN. Crosbie E. Saint
will succeed Lt. Gen. Walter
F. Ulmer Jr.- as the comman-
der of III Corps and Fort
Hood.
Besides Fort Hood units
other units participating will
be the 1st Infantry Division
FORTY-FOUR PAGES
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
has been defined by the EEOC
as “unw elcom sexual adv-
ances re sts for sexual
favors and other verbal and
physical conduct of a sexual na-
ture constitute sexual harass-
ent when 1) submission to
such conduct is made a term or
condition of an individual’s em-
ployment 2) submission or re-
jection of such conduct is used
as the basis for employment de-
cisions and 3) such conduct un-
reaso ably in te rfe re ith
work performance or creates an
intimidating hostile or offen-
sive working environment.”
“Sexual harassment has the
effect of degrading the dignity
and self esteem of the victim.
The most obvious forms of sex-
ual harassment include grab-
bing touching patting and
leering. Sexual harassment fre-
quently takes the form of ver-
bal abuse in the guise of any-
thing from comments and in-
nuendos about a person’s body
to sexual jokes and profanity”
is written in FH Pam 27-10.
ALTHOUGH the om en’s
ov em ent ro sex al
harassment to the awareness of
the American public sexual
a a is ju a
women’s issue. “Sexual harass-
ent doesn’t just pertain to
women. It can happen to men
also” said Capt. Carol Shiere
6th avalry rigade equal
opportunity advisor. “It’s not a
male/female issue. It happens
not just because of women’s
values it can offend en’s
values too.”
“Sexual harassment either
way male to female or female
to male is wrong” said SFC
Ronald Spence III Corps and
Fort Hood equal opportunity
advisor. “We’re all soldiers
whether male or female and we
deserve the dignity and respect
that is due us on and off the
job.”
In the early 1980s many sur-
veys on sexual arassm ent
were being done. “In 1980 a
survey was sent to 23000 feder-
al employees and about 85 per-
ere re turn ” said
O lia ro a
om en’s program manager
Fort Hood Equal Employment
Opportunity Office. “Both men
and women responded. More
than 40 percent of the women
and 15 percent of the men re-
ported that sexual harassment
had occurred with them at one
time or another.”
A SIMILAR survey was con-
ducted by the Harvard Busi-
ness eview and edbook
magazine in 1981. “What they
found was that sexual harass-
ent is seen as an issue of
power men and women gener-
ally agree in theory on what
sexual harassment is but dis-
agree on how often it occurs
and ost respondents view
sexual harassment as a serious
matter and favor company poli-
cies against it” reported Jolene
Saunders in the February 1984
(See Harass pg. A2)
Fort Riley Kan. 4th Infantry
Division Fort Carson Col.
5th Infantry Division Fort
Polk La. 49th Armored Di-
is io a N a tio a
Guard 50th Armored Divi-
sion New York N ational
Guard 3rd Armored Calvary
Regiment Fort Bliss Texas
420th E in eer rigade
Texas National Guard 45th
Separate Infantry Brigade
Oklahoma National Guard
and III Corps Artillery Fort
Sill Okla.
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