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26 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y 1 (2018-2019)

handle is hein.journals/djglp26 and id is 1 raw text is: From Sex Objects to Sisters-In-Arms: Reducing Military Sexual Assault through Integrated Basic Training and Housing GABRIELLE LUCERO* We've had this ongoing issue with sexual harassment, sexual assault. I believe it's because we've had separate classes of military personnel at some level. Now, it's far more complicated than that... But when you have one part of the population that is designated as warriors and one part that is designated as something else, that disparity begins to establish a psychology that, in some cases, led to that environment. I have to believe the more we treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally.1 General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2013 I. INTRODUCTION The military has been rocked again and again by news of rampant sexual harassment and assault within its ranks. Last year, Marine Corps veteran Thomas James Brennan broke the story of a Facebook page used by military members to share explicit photos of servicewomen and veterans without their consent.2 Female service members were identified by their full name, rank and military duty station in photographs posted and linked to from a private Facebook page.3 Some of the members advocated sexually assaulting the women in the photographs.4 After the site came to light, similar sites were discovered for each of the other service branches.' Copyright © 2018 by Gabrielle Lucero. * First Lieutenant, U.S. Army; J.D., Duke University School of Law; M.P.P., Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy; B.A. Gender Studies and Sociocultural Anthropology, Columbia University. All opinions in this Article are the author's alone and in no way represent the views of the Department of Defense or its components. 1. Ashley Portero, Women in Combat Units Could Help Reduce Sexual Assaults: US Joint Chiefs Chairman, INT'L BUS. TIMES (Jan. 25, 2013), http://www.ibtimes.com/women-combat-units-could-help- reduce-sexual-assaults-us-joint-chiefs-chairman-1039244. 2. Thomas James Brennan, Hundreds of Marines Investigated for Sharing Photos of Naked Colleagues, REVEAL NEWS (Mar. 4,2017), https://www.revealnews.org/blog/hundreds-of-marines-investigated-for- sharing-photos-of-naked-colleagues/. 3. Id. 4. Id. Of a photo taken in an incident of stalking, One member of the Facebook group suggested that the service member sneaking the photo should 'take her out back and pound her out.' Others suggested more than vaginal sex: 'And butthole. And throat.' Id. 5. Jared Keller, The Marines' Nude-Photo Scandal Has Spread To The Navy, TASK & PURPOSE (Mar. 15, 2017), http://taskandpurpose.com/marines-united-navy-nude-photo-scandal/; Bill Chappell, Nude-

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