DOD Service Academies: More Actions Needed to Eliminate Sexual Harassment
Abstract
In the spring of 1990, a student in her second year left the Naval Academy after an incident in which she was handcuffed to a urinal in the men's room and other midshipmen gathered, with some taking pictures. The Academy investigated the incident, and two midshipmen received demerits, One of the reasons the woman cited for leaving the Academy was her disillusionment with Academy officials over their inability to see that what had happened to her was not an isolated incident and her belief that Academy norms regarding the treatment of women were not appropriate. This and other incidents at the Naval Academy in 1989 and 1990 increased congressional interest in the treatment of students at the service academies. At the request of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the former Chairman of its Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, GAO undertook a review of sexual harassment of students at the Air Force, Naval, and Military academies. The objectives of the review were to (1) determine the extent to which sexual harassment occurred at the academies, the forms it took, and its effects on those subjected to it and (2) evaluate the academies' efforts to eradicate sexual harassment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- AD1174446
Entities
People
- Douglas C. Hsu
- Frank C. Conahan
- Mari M. Matsumoto
- Martha J. Dey
- Richard Y. Horiuchi
- Rudolfo G. Payan
- Ruth R. Levy
- William E. Beusse
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office