wk 3 research notebook

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Outlining The Research Analysis

Shacourtney Hodge

The University of Arizona Global Campus

ENG122

Dr. Paula Hayes

10 August 2021

Introduction

It's astonishing and a matter of concern that sexual harassment has found its root in the military and at an alarming rate. A study conducted in 2018 found out that 20500 cases were reported relating to military service members being sexually assaulted or raped, and this statistic indicated that more than 13000 military women were victimized. Unfortunately, the vast majority of harassment in the military ends up unreported. Additionally, the retaliation is pervasive, with more than three-quarters of the cases reported alleged that the retaliators were in the reporter’s command chain (Times Up 2021). Harassment in the military should be a concern to national security, considering that more than 1 in four service members who survived an assault or harassment end up leaving the force, undermining the military force readiness. As a result, the essence of this essay is to have a comprehensive analysis of the impacts of sexual-related harassment in military staffs by trying to understand if the impacts are the same in both male and female gender.

The article of choice for exploration is Magley et al. (1999) “The impact of sexual harassment on military personnel: Is it the same for men and women.” Civil workplace research recognized the severe psychological, health associated, and job correlated consequences of voluptuous harassment to females. The issue of whether males are similarly harassed has been raised more lately, leading to a significant discussion not just about the prevalence of these encounters nevertheless the gender of the perpetrator. This research compares the results of sexual harassment for males and females using data from the latest gender survey of the United States Department of Defense (Magley et al., 1999).

The findings from both linear as well as quadratic regression analyzes show that, in 3 outcomes: psychological, health, s well as job-related, harassment has an equally detrimental impact on men and women. There were nevertheless three discrepancies that suggested distinct experiences for both genders of sexual harassment. Foremost, females were more susceptible to sexual harassment than males. Secondly, women reported greater rates of sexual harassment than males; thus, the detrimental effect on women as a group is much more severe. Finally, women have nearly always been sexually harassed by males; men are slightly more likely than women to encounter such actions by men.

The gender survey's extensive study of the effect of sexual harassment on military members was a significant breakthrough. The study was based on the methodological enhancement of sexual harassment evaluation and on comprehensive theoretical notions of the consequences of sexual harassment, which possibly led to the largest theoretical evaluation of sexual harassment. Given the increased knowledge of the frequency of military sexual harassment and the possible harmful impacts of these encounters, the issue of the repercussions of these events on both men and women military members is appropriate. Furthermore, concerns were raised concerning the frequency of same-sex harassment by adopting a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays and lesbian military staff.

The article thus is an important source of data that explains the reason military individuals opt to leave the service after they survive harassment while in service. This is because the majority gets disturbed, especially psychologically, which affects their general work output and general interactions, especially if the perpetrator was a highly valued colleague or a high chain of command. Thus, they opt to leave the service rather than seeing and meeting their offender regularly as they partake in their job, which leads to psychological and mental torture.

Conclusion.

From the article, it's evident that contrary to many individuals’ assumptions, harassment in the military occurs to both men and women. However, the most affected individuals are the female counterparts. Sexual harassment outcomes affect both men and women psychologically, their health as well as job-related endeavors. Additionally, most harassment perpetrators are higher individuals in the chain of command. Additionally, one in every four individuals in the military that survive harassment end up leaving the force, which leads to concerns in national security. Furthermore, stereotypes have been created with the military following the notion of the "Don't ask, don’t tell" policy on gays and lesbians, increasing the incidence of same-sex harassment within the military.

References

Times Up. (2021, May 20). Sexual harassment & assault in the military. TIME'S UP Foundation. Retrieved August 11, 2021, from  https://timesupfoundation.org/sexual-harassment-assault-in-the-military/

Magley, V. J., Waldo, C. R., Drasgow, F., & Fitzgerald, L. F. (1999). The impact of sexual harassment on military personnel: Is it the same for men and women?. Military Psychology, 11(3), 283-302.