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address the issue of sexual assault, Harker said the Navy and Marine Corps will use data collected over the last couple of years to identify which units are at increased risk of sexual assault incidents, mindful that sexual assault is more likely to occur in units in which sexual discrimination and harassment are evident. “If you have a climate where sexual harassment is tolerated, the predators can hide easier,” he said. “If you have a climate where sexual harassment is not tolerated some of the behaviors that a predator might do ... are less tolerated, so it’s easier to go in and find people.”
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Americans won’t even think about ... don’t shelve those experiences away.”
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