[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE ARMY

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, after the Aberdeen revelations concerning 
sexual harassment, the Army brass came to the Women's Caucus and 
unequivocally pledged that they would never go back to discriminatory 
training of men and women. Yesterday, however, in the other body, the 
Army Chief of Staff, Dennis Reimer, suggested that they might be open 
to a reexamination of sex-integrated training.
  Following recent revelations, one can understand their frustration, 
but, Mr. Speaker, it is totally unacceptable to move back to the dark 
ages when there were two armies, one for men and one for women. The 
Army itself has field tested single-sex training and found that it 
improves the performance and morale of women with no negative effect on 
unit cohesion.
  Look, if I get mugged outside of the Capitol, do not tell me not to 
walk down that street anymore. Make it safe. To the Army brass I say: 
Don't throw in the towel. Above all, don't throw the towel at women. 
They can die together, they can train together.

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