Are you kidding me? "...but for a level playing frield, it's a risk that some military women seem willing to take." Is Newsweek suggesting that sexual harrassment actually LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD? Are you out of your minds? This "article" needed some commentary by women in the military. Are they told there is a high risk of being sexually harrassed? Are they asked how much sexual harrassment is "worth it?" Let me help you out here - It's 100% NOT progress. The fact that sexual harrassment is a typical part of military life means there IS a glass ceiling. That women are somewhat expected to be sexually harrassed while they further their career is NOT leveling the playing field. It should absoluting NOT be "a part of being a woman in the military." I'm horrified this is so casually stated.
No Glass Ceiling Here
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For 25 years, Lory Manning lived in a universe foreign to many women she knew. She participated in international negotiations and oversaw $3 million budgets. Her path to power: the Navy. Manning, who now works for a nonprofit, says she "never would have gotten these opportunities elsewhere."
Women and minorities often express dissatisfaction with barriers in the civil work force, but, according to a new University of Massachusetts study of 30,000 active-duty personnel, they are the most satisfied military employees. (White men are the least.) The service's racial diversity and rank-based hierarchy "level the playing field," says the study's author, sociologist Jennifer Hickes Lundquist. If the satisfaction among enlisted women seems surprising—especially given that a third reported experiencing sexual harassment in a recent Pentagon survey—there is a possible explanation: "They figure it's part of being a woman in the military," says University of Maryland sociologist Mady Wechsler Segal, who is unaffiliated with the survey. It may not sound like progress, but for a level playing field, it's a risk that some military women seem willing to take.
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