EQUAL

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• EQUAL
• OPPORTUNITY

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BRIEFING OUTLINE

• PROGRAM AND POLICY
• SOCIALIZATION PROCESS
• VALUE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS
• RACISM AND SEXISM
• DISCRIMINATION POWER
• SEXUAL HARASSMENT
• COMPLAINT PROCEDURES

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PROGRAM POLICY

• Strong Command Support Leader
  Commitment
• Clearly Stated Policy
• Sequential Progressive Training
• Effective Responsive Complaint System
• Frequent Climate Assessment
• Evenhanded Enforcement of Sanctions

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SOCIALIZATION PROCESS

• An all encompassing educational process from
  which values, goals, beliefs, attitudes and sex
  roles are acquired.

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SOURCES THAT IMPACT SOCIALIZATION

• Nation- womens rights, democracy
• Region- southern pride, hospitality
• Community- country, suburbs, city
• Family- mom/dad, grandparents
• Media- TV, radio, internet
• Peers- church groups, NG members

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• VALUES,
• ATTITUDES
• BEHAVIORS

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VALUES

• Value- belief about the worth or importance of
  people, concepts, or things.

LIFE
Spiritual
Health
Family/friends
Career/money
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VALUES

• use them to decide between alternatives
• basis of how we see ourselves and others see us
• influence our priorities
• can and will conflict at times
• values cannot change unless a SEE occurs

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ATTITUDE

• - tendency to evaluate something in a
  favorable or unfavorable manner a state of mind
  in regard to something.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF ATTITUDE

• May create stereotypes
• Can have positive or negative implications
• Attitudes are learned gradually through many
  different kinds of experiences
• Once an attitude is formed, it is not easily
  changed

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BEHAVIOR

• the result of a persons reaction to a situation,
  group or person

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• VALUES (what you feel)
• ATTITUDES (how you think)
• BEHAVIORS (how you act)

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• RACISM
• SEXISM

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RACISM SEXISM

• Prejudice- a negative attitude or feeling toward
  certain groups based upon faulty and inflexible
  generalizations.
• Racism/Sexism- the transformation of prejudice,
  through the exercise of power against the group
  defined as inferior with intentional or
  unintentional support of the culture.

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• EXTREMIST
• ORGANIZATIONS

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PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR
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DISCRIMINATION

• -ACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF A DOMINANT
  GROUP WHICH HAVE A DIFFERENTIAL AND HARMFUL
  IMPACT ON MEMBERS OF A SUBORDINATE GROUP.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF
DISCRIMINATION

• OVERT OR HIDDENDIRECT OR INDIRECTINTENTIONA
  L OR
• UNINTENTIONAL

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• SEXUAL
• HARASSMENT

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• a form of sex discriminationthat involves
  unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
  favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a
  sexual nature when...

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• 1) Influencing, offering to influence, or
  threatening the career, pay or job of another
  person in exchange for sexual favors
• 2) Deliberate or repeated offensive comments,
  gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature
  in a work or duty related environment or
• 3) Conduct which interferes with an individuals
  performance or creates an intimidating, hostile
  or offensive environment.

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TWO TYPES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• QUID PRO QUO
• HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT BEHAVIORS

• VERBAL COMMENTS jokes, profanity, sexual
  comments, sexual stories, jody calls, whistling,
  terms of endearmentNONVERBAL GESTURES staring,
  winking, blowing kisses, licking lips,
  pornography, sending E-mail, screen
  saversPHYSICAL CONTACT touching, neck rubs,
  pinching, blocking passageways, patting, bumping

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHECKLIST

• IS THE BEHAVIOR SEXUAL IN NATURE?
• IS THE BEHAVIOR UNWELCOME?
• DOES THE BEHAVIOR CREATE A HOSTILE OR
  OFFENSIVE ENVIRONMENT?
• HAVE SEXUAL FAVORS BEEN DEMANDED, REQUESTED, OR
  SUGGESTED?

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RELATED ELEMENTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• IMPACT VS. INTENT
• REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD

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THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• Examine your own personal behavior
• Show respect for individuals regardless of their
  position
• Control social interactions so that they do not
  interfere with productivity, and
• Take corrective actions(s) whenever inappropriate
  sexual behavior is displayed.

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TECHNIQUES TO DEAL WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• DIRECT APPROACH
• INDIRECT APPROACH
• THIRD PARTY
• CHAIN OF COMMAND
• FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT

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• CASE
• STUDIES

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• Female helicopter pilot (Ms. Kline)
• goes to her supervisor (1LT Jones)
• to request more challenging flight
• missions. The 1LT implies that he will
• grant her request if she goes out with
• him that night.

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• Private Sue McClain is harassing Private
• Tom Hart and causing him to be distracted
• from his studies. She suggest that they get
• together later on for a real work-out and to
• remember the good times they used to have.
• Later she shows up at his door when he is
• trying to study.

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• While in the Enlisted Club, Squad Leader
  Turner
• and Platoon Sergeant White are gossiping and
• spreading rumors about the real reason that
  female
• SGT Hernandez got promoted. Hernandez overhears
• them gossiping and stands up and defends herself.
• Platoon Sergeant Johnson also overhears them
• gossiping and corrects their inappropriate
  behavior.

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• PVT Joe Patton and SGT David Lewis are out
• in the field with a Bradley which has broken
  down.
• A female mechanic, Sergeant Holly arrives to
• repair the Bradley. Patton and Lewis make lewd
• comments to Holly and at one point Lewis rubs up
• against Holly. Patton laughs at Lewis actions.
• Holly tells Lewis, Don't ever touch me again,
  and
• knock off the smart remarks!" She also addresses
• Patton and says that she will report them both to
  the
• Commander if it happens again.

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• An MP SGT Bill Buster and an MP PFC
• Susan Raisom are out alone on patrol. SGT
• Buster ask Raisom is she wants to practice
• some frisking techniques. She politely
• rejects his offer. He threatens her with the
• night shift if she tells anyone that he came
• onto her.

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• PVT Betty Keller is having trouble passing
• the APFT. Drill SGT Patricia Venus tells her
• that she will pass her if she "fulfill her
  needs".
• PVT Keller confides to her roommate what
• took place. Keller decides to take action and
• report the Drill Sergeant.

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• Cathy, a civilian wife, is waiting for her
  husband (Private
• Bill Turner) out in the company parking lot.
  While she is
• waiting she endures the stares and comments of
  several male
• soldiers as they walk by her. She confronts two
  in particular,
• and asks that they stop. When her husband
  arrives she tells
• him about it. He gets furious and makes a lunge
  for the two
• soldiers. Cathy asks Bill to calm down and to
  think about his
• actions. She doesn't want him arrested for
  assault. Cathy
• suggests that he find out if the Army has a
  procedure for these
• types of issues. Bill agrees and decides to
  speak to his squad
• leader to get his advise.

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• PVT Tom Moore and a SGT Cathy Adcock
• are on the firing range. The Private is
• shooting and the Sergeant grabs his hips to
• reposition him. The Private tells the Sergeant
• that the manner in which she has touched him
• is inappropriate. The Sergeant apologizes and
• says that she is just doing her job.

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• PVT John Hess is a very friendly, outgoing
  individual.
• He greets everyone in the unit with a big smile
  and
• handshake. While talking with other soldiers, he
  frequently
• touches them by placing his hands on their arm or
  shoulder.
• No one in the unit objects to his behavior, and
  in fact many
• appreciate his openness. Recently PVT Jane Reed,
  a new
• soldier, was greeted by PVT Hess. She felt
  uncomfortable by
• the encounter and filed a complaint of sexual
  harassment with
• the commander.

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• Every morning at PT, SPC David Jones goes
  out of
• his way to pair off with PFC Becky Fields for
  sit-ups.
• While holding her ankles, Jones makes small talk
  about
• how good Fields looks in her PT uniform and how
• muscular her legs feel in his hands. He says
  that if he
• wasn't married, he would ask her out in a second.
  
• PFC Fields is flattered by these comments, but
  tells
• Jones to keep his mind on PT. She also feels
  that his
• comments are inappropriate because he is married
  and
• wants him to stop.

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• An infantry brigade came in from the field after
  a rigorous
• training exercise at NTC. The CSM put out to the
  soldiers
• that they could dress down. Two young female
  soldiers
• changed into their PT uniforms and decided to
  walk to the
• PX. As they passed by some billets, three male
  soldiers
• belonging to an all-male unit shouted, Hey Baby,
  come here.
• We have a party for you for going on!

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• A black male SSG was in the hallway when he heard
  a
• female SGT talking bad about blacks. She was
  making fun
• of the term African-American and remarked that
  the unit
• just failed an inspection because the XO was
  black. The
• SSG lost his temper when he heard her use the N
  word.
• He grabbed her by shoulders and said, Bitch,
  youre
• lucky to be in the unit. Whores like you dont
  belong in the
• Army! She then broke away and ran to the
  commander
• and filed sexual harassment.

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• Whenever PVT Sally Wright and PVT Shirley
• Williams go to the PX, they avoid going by the
• Enlisted Club because soldiers hanging around in
  the
• parking lot always make howling sounds and grunts
• when they walk by. They know who these soldiers
• are but feel they can't do anything because it
  doesn't
• happen during duty hours and its not in their
  unit's
• area.

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• Your unit is short two clerks. Two male soldiers,
  each holding a
• secondary MOS of clerk-typist, are filling in
  until the new clerk-
• typists can be replaced. Recently, two female
  mechanics were
• assigned to your unit. While in-processing them,
  you discover that
• both can type 60 words per minute. Although
  neither soldier holds
• a primary or secondary clerk-typist MOS, you
  decide to send the
• two men back to the motor pool and give the
  typist jobs to the
• women. You feel that the women would be happier
  in an office
• environment and that their typing skills justify
  your decision.

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• PVT Frank Martinez and PFC Robert Steel are
• always sharing their romantic exploits with the
  rest
• of the men in the barracks. They know that after
  a
• long weekend they will have a ready audience to
• listen to their conquests. Sometimes their
  stories can
• be pretty graphic, with a few sexual jokes thrown
  in
• for good measure. Some of the men, especially
• those with strong religious convictions, feel
• uncomfortable during these sessions but don't
• complain because they don't want to be perceived
  as
• non-members of the group.

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• PVT Bob Smith is a poor reader and is
  having
• difficulty studying his Soldiers Handbook. One
  day,
• after formation, he approached his Drill
  Instructor,
• SGT Patricia Cox for help. She informs him that
  she
• would be glad to help, but that she only conducts
  
• extra training after 2200, in her quarters. She
  made
• it clear to PVT Thompson that special attention
  did
• not come cheap, and for this favor she expected
  him
• to perform on demand. Taking the hint, PVT
• Thompson agreed assuming that he would now have
• the best of both worlds because he was getting
  help
• with an extra bonus on the side.

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• WHISTLEBLOWER
• PROTECTION PROGRAM
• CANNOT BE REPRISED AGAINST FOR FILING A COMPLAINT
  OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION1-800-424-
  9098(D.O.D. I.G.)

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Chief, Human Relations

• MAJ Philip Cancienne
• [phone]
• philip.m.cancienne_at_us.army.mil