While that may well apply to criminal behavior, commanders say it's hard to implement a policy of zero tolerance for ambiguous problems like sexual harassment, often dependent on whether somebody interprets behavior as offensive. Many officers fear this will mean that even innocent mistakes won't be tolerated. More dialogue among soldiers in small groups may truly help relieve some gender-related tensions. And Army training has succeeded before in modifying soldiers' behavior. But soldiers are already growing numb to a steady drone of lectures on proper behavior.
Chances are, however, that the gender stuff has only just begun.
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