Sexual Harrasment
Is there a non sequiter in the argument to revise the system? Had the respondants in the survey attempted to use the extant system, or did they choose not to complain because of other concerns (fear of career reprisals, ineffectiveness of the 'system', or a perception that the incident did not warrant reporting?). It is, nonetheless, a chilling report which will have far-reaching consequences on personnel management within the Services in general and the RAF in particular.
I can hear the usual calls of 'this is PC gone too for!' Grow up guys - we are in the 21st Century and anyone in the Services, and elsewhere, for that matter, should have the right to work and enjoy their life without fear of harrasment (a tenet of the UN Charter (1946), by the way). Let's drop the sad crew-room banter and think how you would feel if it was your wife/girlfriend (if, that is, you have one) that was subjected to such abuse. Not so funny, is it?
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