Air Force women, minorities face harassment and bias, IG finds

AP ^ | Sep. 10, 2021

[Mark17]

Officers got the first “pick”.

That be the truth. 😀

[Maris Crane]

In reality I am a Madam...not a real madam, but you know what I mean.

You weren’t trying to harass me, were you. (Hahahaha)

[Mark17]

😁😂🤗

[lepton]

About a third of the female service members in the Air Force and Space Force say they’ve experienced sexual harassment

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Depending upon the definition, that would seem low, even for a generally professional environment.

and many can describe accounts of sexism and a stigma associated with pregnancy and maternity leave,

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It’s maternity leave that’s the big one. Positions aren’t filled while they are out, and there’s a pattern of women all getting pregnant together, leaving the remaining staff literally working double shifts to cover. Not to mention the option to just end their term of duty by getting pregnant (I don’t know if this is always the policy, but it is at times) - which is usually exercised only when due back to duty. Many pregnant women are given a medical profile which precludes their contributing to the workload, in some cases at all.

Resentment and comments should not be surprising, and would not rely on any inherent sexism.

[vpintheak]

Utter and complete BS.