Organizational and unit policies have been published, and commanders have briefed the troops. Yet sexual harassment remains difficult concept. We don't really recognize sexual harassment when it occurs or know how to define it. Supervisors are reluctant to be held accountable for yet another set of rules.
Sexual harassment is difficult to define.
It can range from pressures for sexual favors or actual and attempted sexual assault to unwelcomed leering, jokes, or language of a sexual nature. Yet only three percent of those who had been sexually harassed actually reported the incident. 1 Men are most likely to view the issue as exaggerated. Most incidents of sexual harassment occur where managers and supervisors are not held accountable for enforcing Air Force and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rules. We had been analyzing the results of a survey on perceptions and attitudes of personnel toward their jobs in the aircraft maintenance career fields.