Lea Gabrielle: I Had to Deal with Harassment in the Military on My Own Terms

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CAVUTO: "They’re going back and forth on this issue that few people talk about. You want this to be an opportunity for women to get this behind them, move on. But I raise the issue of my daughter and her work force where it could be counter productive to male bosses. So even in this new environment, it could hurt them.
POTTS: "First, Neil, I want to commend the women that are true victims that come forward and have developed the bravery to come forward on this. But at the same time, we need to not create a hostile environment for good men that want to work with women and want to help them grow in their careers. I see an environment developing where good, hard working men feel like they can’t be themselves at work because they’re so afraid that any interaction could turn south on them. Next thing they know, they’re pulled into H.R., fired on being sued. It backfires on women because then those men that would otherwise want to work with women and want to help develop talent, they want to stay away from them. This is something that I saw in the naval academy in 1993 after tail hook. It was a huge scandal. It changed the culture of the military. A woman was chained to a urinal. When I went in, I noticed that a lot of men just wanted to stay away from women. They didn’t want to get kicked out or get in trouble. What that resulted in is for me, I needed to be part of that team, I needed to fit in so I had to overcompensate, work hard to be a part of a team so the good guys would want to help me along and be a part of the team and develop my career. What ends up happening, I ended up accepting a lot more of inappropriate behavior than I should have because I was trying to be part of the team."