Just the opposite. If AR had previously SEXUALLY harassed her, VG should indeed have feared him very much!
But the NY Times says she went to his Armor room ALL ALONE.
This part is my opinion: If VG had feared AR as a sexual harasser, she would not have gone to his room ALL BY HERSELF!
As a teen, I worked at a place where the male manager sexually harassed every single one of us females who worked there. He made our skin crawl, but we still had to do our jobs, which included walking into his office alone. Until there was physical evidence, with witnesses, not one victim dared avoid going to his office or speak out, because you got fired. One day, I got that physical evidence (bruising) and two witnesses. He plead guilty to the assault, but the company refused to fire him. It took another assault with bleeding and witnesses before he was fired.
I used this personal experience to illustrate why coworkers will continue to interact with harassers, even when alone. It's their job, they've got self-doubt, they need to pay their bills, they work in a system that protects perps, they need to pay the bills...
ETA: We don't know what transpired between VG and AR, and we really can't get inside either of their minds. We can't put the onus on VG to skip out on parts of her job to protect herself.[/QUOTE]
Just the opposite. If AR had previously SEXUALLY harassed her, VG should indeed have feared him very much!
But the NY Times says she went to his Armor room ALL ALONE.
This part is my opinion: If VG had feared AR as a sexual harasser, she would not have gone to his room ALL BY HERSELF!
As a teen, I worked at a place where the male manager sexually harassed every single one of us females who worked there. He made our skin crawl, but we still had to do our jobs, which included walking into his office alone. Until there was physical evidence, with witnesses, not one victim dared avoid going to his office or speak out, because you got fired. One day, I got that physical evidence (bruising) and two witnesses. He plead guilty to the assault, but the company refused to fire him. It took another assault with bleeding and witnesses before he was fired.
I used this personal experience to illustrate why coworkers will continue to interact with harassers, even when alone. It's their job, they've got self-doubt, they need to pay their bills, they work in a system that protects perps, they need to pay the bills...
ETA: We don't know what transpired between VG and AR, and we really can't get inside either of their minds. We can't put the onus on VG to skip out on parts of her job to protect herself.[/QUOTE]
Your experience is yours.
VG was negaotiating a complex and dangerous military terrain from within.
Complaining is a career and cadre ending act.
She was on track to make the US Army her life.
I doubt anyone could anticipate being murdered in a an open work area in the afternoon.
MOO she was brave in her actions, and at worst tried to handle her own problem.
