European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. Sep Lumbar 19. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 Survey found pervasive concern Washington sets in ill octo Ber 1986 Survey of army and air Force women in Europe Ilu to of Csc advisory committee on women in the services found  harassment to be a pervasive concern of All military  particularly those in the Enisley and no ranks. The essence of the problem relates to a Lack of education among male soldiers concern into the intention of women inn the military my in indecisive if not uninterested attitude among inc Chain of command especially at 1hc, ivc when confronted with episode of sexual harassment a cowets chair woman Jacqueline k. Davis reported Fol lowing a nine Day visit to the continent with aider members of the panel. At the commissioned officer level however. I was very impressed by the expressed concern of male officers relat ing to the sexual harassment Issue and their frustration in not being Able to gel a better handle on How to Deal with sexual harassment complaints she said. For the women the general feeling of Why bother was expressed during our discussions Over How Best to pursue complaint of sexual  she said Many women apparently Felt that nothing could be accomplished by reporting an incident because Resolution of specific issues depended More often than not on the victim s word against he accused moreover for Many women an   complaint results in a no win Situa Tion which often works to inc detriment of the victim herself. In discussion with both male and female personnel it be came Clear that inc commander s Alti tude was inc key Clement in resolving incidents of sexual harassment within a particular  servicewomen say harassment widespread from Page 1 England no Laid. Hut then he made sexual innuendos to a lower ranting troop. He told her lie had a dream about her a j me together with  Bryant said the Man s approaches Wen Only verbal and they worried the to unifier airman. She was afraid to speak up about  capt. Christine a. Boissac an army optometrist in Hanau Germany said i be heard from some of my lower enlisted patients in the line units complaining of people they work for sexually harassing  one third of army women surveyed in the yearly Usa eur personnel opinion Survey said they had been the victim of sexual harassment said sue Gunt or Schlesinger. Equal Opportunity adviser with the Usa eur equal employment Opportunity office. That figure remained constant in 1984, 1985 and 1986. She said. Only 5.3 percent of inc men surveyed in 1986 said they had been sexually harassed. So far his year Safe s directorate of social actions has received 31 sexual harassment complaints of which 16 have been confirmed. The figure compare with 39 complaints received in 1986, and 27 confirmations. Many women said that while sexual harassment May be decreasing Many episodes go in reported because women believe the blame will fall on them and that no action will be taken against the Man. Women arc reluctant to report harassment because they Don t Trust the system said command sgt. Maj. Karen Erickson of the . Army s 1st personnel come in sch Clingen Germany. All Loo often they Sec nothing happening. An example is the woman who comes Forward and reports harassment. That woman is transferred and nothing happens to the harasser. That s their the command s idea of get Ting rid of the problem and taking care of he situation. They think she s the  Peterson the Sailor said it s just too hard to prove and sometimes it s just a general attitude. If you tried to urn them in it would be your word against theirs. And then you still have to work for them. Sol. Justy Ridinger. A communications Center opera captured App Jwia in a Reuth Lite photo of Stiritz France known As the godfather of the Basque country unlit by been captured War Vivonne France according to police. The 57-Yeur-old nun is inspected of hit ing supplied millions of counterfeit dollars Tang nth false French and Spanish papers to the Basque military Organ tiption Etta. Tor at Raf  England said she believes a lot of women arc reluctant to report incidents of harassment because often the people that they have to report to Are men in their Chain of command on the other hand Ridinger said she s seen women use their sex to their advantage. You can t blame it All on one  she said. Some women use their sex in the military to get places. And some men Sec women in that Way Loo. There Are those of us who want to gel places on our  an air Force no in England who turned in a Captain for clicking a Walkie talkie up her skirt said the Man got a slap on inc wrist from the military while she was told by the Man s wife you re just  they say it s getting belter but if you turn somebody into social actions they re not going to do anything about it she said. I Don t think there has been any change. Thai s probably Why people Don t  Guemes Schick Singer said the Usa eur opinion Survey found that most of the women who said they had been harassed did not report it to their superiors. But she said the number of people who reported such incidents did increase in 1986. But Stilt not enough people arc reporting sexual harassment she said. Many women also told the newspaper that while sexual harassment had decreased Over the past 10 or 15 Yean the forms of harassment were evolving into More Subtle forms that Are often More difficult to Deal with. It s often implied underlined said Petty officer 2.c. Laura k. Martin 26, of the Asa Legal office in Naples. It might be a kind of Eye Contact it Guy looking you Over from of to  other women said they feel the sting of harassment not in the form of sexual overturn but from men who Field at Raf Chicksands England in 1978. My Boss did t Tike women she said. She said her Boss and other supervisors gave her and the other woman in the unit bad performance reports. They tried to kick women out of the service by rating us poorly against our peers.". Lavalley said her Boss never asked the women for sexual favors. He just would t give us a Chance she said. He Hurt us in every Way he could for promotions. I think there s a lot More of that than asking for sexual  that was eight years ago Lavalley has t been treated that Way since. If they re that prejudiced in their minds they re not stupid enough to do that anymore she said. The recent report of a Navy ship commander reportedly offering his female Crew members for Sale to South koreans Over the ship s Public address system angered a. 1 a. Celeste Srott Calhoun. Aloof Lindsay As. I think he should probably be mentally evaluated she said. We re not in inc Days of Mutiny on the Bounty with Captain Bligh  but scout Calhoun was sceptical of the report. I have a hard Lime believing it until it s a Concrete fact she said. If it Wasa joke it was in very poor  Only a few women said sexual harassment rarely lakes place in the military. Petty officer 3.c. Monica mailman said she has t had much of a problem with sexual harassment in her four years in the Navy. She said she thinks in has Lod Wilh her personality and Demeanour. I be really never run across any said the Navy journalist aboard he Simon Lake a submarine tender anchored in Scotland. I think that with some women you can gel away with that stuff i Don t think i m one of those people i think they know i d slug them or  White the defense advisory committee on women in inc services found that harassment is a much bigger problem for the military Al overseas assignments than in the United slates the majority of women inter viewed said they believed in occurred equally at All assignments regardless of location. Women s responses varied on whether the task Force investigating sexual harassment in the Navy and marines would be Able id make any immediate changes. Bui they said it might Al least help make More people aware of the problem. I think people will Start gelling scared and watch ing it Scott Calhoun said. Two Safe programs target sexual harassment said capt. John Gabby acting director of Safe s directorate of social actions its human relations Edu cation program teaches people what sexual harassment is and How to eliminate it from the work place. This fiscal year the social actions officials have Given the program to 11,000 airmen and officers and 1,100 civil ians. Gabby said. A second program consists of staff assistant visits to various units to assess the human relations climate including sexual harassment. Army regulations require that All military personnel going through in processing receive an orientation that includes information about sexual harassment Guenter Schlesinger said. The question is to what Exlene is thai being done she said. Usa eur s commander. Gen. Glenn k. Otis in August issued a new policy on sexual harassment that said sexual harassment. Is directly contrary to the standards of conduct expected from every one of us. Our efforts to eliminate sexual harassment have improved bul Are still not Good  tentative pact Between Union Chrysler Canada ends strike Toronto a the Canadian Auto workers and Chrysler Canada Ltd signed a tentative contract agreement Friday ending a three Day strike by the company s 10,000 workers. The Union and the company negotiated through the night and Friday to end the strike which had forced two . Chrysler plants to close. White said the three year Deal includes a degree of pension indexing for past and current retirees. Canada s no. 3 automaker had said it could t afford to Index pensions to inflation. The Deal came within hours of a settlement Between the United Auto workers and Ford motor co. In the United Stales who agreed to a three year contract Cov ering 104,000 autoworkers. Union president Bob White said the Canadian agreement will be looked on As a historic agreement for Alt workers not just our  it provides for a major improvement in All our key bargaining goals including annual wage increase full cosi Tif i Virg allowance significant improvements in the income Security and the Legal service programs and better health care Benefit workers who currently make 15.24 Canadian Dol Lars an hour will earn 18.01 Canadian dollars by the end of the contract assuming a 5 percent annual inflation rate he said. The current Exchange rate it 1.316 Canadian dollars Losi . Workers Al Chrysler s tour Ontario plants in Windsor suburban Etobicoke and nearby Ajax have been off the Job since monday night. They will vote on the Deal this weekend. The Canadian strike hailed production Al Chrysler s Belvidere. 111., Assembly Plant facing 1,700 layoffs and Al a stamping Plant in he Detroit suburb of War Ren where 585 people were Laid off