Army Sexual Harassment & Lesbian Baiting
Q: Anything goes to protect military men accused of sexual harassment,
including raising irrelevant lesbian charges against the woman who had the
courage to stand up for herself and report the harassment.
A:Whether or not the accusations against Hoster are true has absolutely no
bearing on whehter or not McKinney harassed her.
The problem here is that military investigators are trying to cloud the
issue. No proper investigation of sexual harassment allegations would
turn up, substantiate or report unrelated accusations against the accuser.
Unfortunately, this is not a rare phenomenon. Military women are often
accused of being lesbians when they refuse men's sexual advances or report
the harassment. They then face investigation, discharge and sometimes
even imprisonment based on the "cover up" allegations made by the
harassers and those trying to protect them.
It is wrong for military women to have to put up with harassment simply
because they know that the retaliation for standing up for themselves and
reporting improper conduct by their superios may end their careers.