Gender Issues: Analysis of Methodologies in Reports to the Secretaries of Defenseand the Army

摘要

The reports of sexual misconduct at Aberdeen Proving Grounds led the Secretary ofDefense to establish the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender Integrated Training and Related Issues and to ask the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services to meet with trainees and trainers. These incidents also prompted the Secretary of the Army to establish the Senior Review Panel on Sexual Harassment. In November 1996, the Secretary of the Army established the Senior Review Panel on Sexual Harassment. The panel's mission was to make recommendations to improve the human relations environment in which soldiers live and work, with the specific goal of eradicating sexual harassment in the Army. The panel consisted of seven members, including two retired general officers recalled to active duty, two active duty general officers, a senior noncommissioned officer, and two DOD civilians. The Senior Review Panel forwarded its report and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army in July 1997. It included 40 recommendations, of which 14 dealt with training and related issues.