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| DoD Directive 1350.2 defines religion as ―A personal set or institutionalized system of attitudes, morals, ethical beliefs, and practices that are held with the strength of traditional religious values, characterized by ardor and faith, and generally evidenced through specific religious observances |
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| Dealing With Accommodation Requests |
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| DoD Policy – According to DoDI 1300.17, ―Requests for accommodation of religious practices should be approved by commanders when accommodation will not have an adverse impact on military readiness, unit cohesion, standards, or discipline |
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| As an EOA, you have a responsibility to be conversant with religious issues within your unit. There exist a number of strategies that you can employ to ensure you can discuss religious accommodation and/or discrimination issues with your commander and other leaders with informed insight |
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| EOA involvement can prevent or help to resolve religious accommodation and discrimination issues. This will create greater unit cohesion and better morale |
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| Failing to recognize and address legitimate religious needs, such as providing alternative services or considering the religious or worship needs of individuals of faith, or the needs of those with no faith |
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| Lack of concern for those with religiously-focused concerns, to include those who wish to be free from religion |
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| This is a true statement about accommodation requests |
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| Requests for accommodations of religious practices should be approved by commander's |
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| Example of unlawful religious discrimination |
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| A supervisor refuses to allow any of her people special time off for religious practices because she believes its a waste of time. |
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| key terms associated with extremism |
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Ideology
Extremism
Extremist
Supremacism |
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| A set of political beliefs about the nature of people and society; an organized collection of ideas about the best and most appropriate way to live |
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| term used to describe the actions or ideologies of individuals or groups who take a political idea to its limits, regardless of unfortunate repercussions, and show intolerance toward all views other than their own |
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| A person who advocates the use of force or violence; advocates supremacist causes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or national origin; or otherwise engages to illegally deprive individuals or groups of their civil rights |
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| The belief that a particular race, religion, gender, species, belief system, or culture is superior to others and entitles those who identify with it to dominate, control, or rule those who do not. A person who believes that a certain group is or should be supreme is a supremacist |
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Grouping
Defining
Disparaging
Taunting
Attacking without weapons
Attacking with weapons
Destroying |
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Character assassination
Name calling and labeling
Irresponsive sweeping generalizations
Inadequate proof behind assertions
Tendency to view opponents and critics as essentially evil
Dualism worldview
Tendency to argue by intimidation
Use of slogans, buzzwords, and thought-stopping clichés
Assumption of moral superiority over others
Doomsday thinking |
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Nationalism – The policy of asserting that the interests of one’s own nation are separate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations.
. b. Supremacy – The belief that one’s race or ethnicity is superior to all others and should dominate society.
c. Separatism – Setting oneself or others apart based on culture, ethnicity, race, or religion
. d. Anarchism – A political ideology that considers the state to be unnecessary, harmful, or undesirable.
Religion – Extremist ideology based on intolerance toward other religions.
. f. Eco-Warriors – Environmental activists who take action to fight against the exploitation of the environment or animals. |
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| Military personnel, public officials, and law enforcement officers are actively sought by extremist groups. Extremist leaders seek to recruit members with military experience to exploit their: Discipline. Knowledge of firearms and explosives. Tactical skills. Access to weapons and intelligence |
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| Strategies to Combat Extremism |
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| Extremism is prohibited in the military in accordance with DoDD 1325.6. Combating extremism in the military begins with the individual |
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| Last 3 stages of the seven stage hate model |
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attacking without weapons
attacking with weapons
destroying |
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| this trait is described as the tendency to predict catastrophic consequences |
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| The term sexism, was coined in the mid-20th century and refers to the belief or attitude that one gender or sex is inferior to or less valuable than the other. It can also refer to hatred of, or prejudice toward, either sex as a whole (misogyny and misandry), or the application of stereotypes of masculinity in relation to men, or of femininity in relation to women |
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Antilocution – Catcalls, bad mouthing, name calling
Avoidance – Joining all-male/female clubs, maintaining separate work areas, leaving the job, asking for a transfer
Discrimination – Unequal pay for equal work, establishing all-male/female clubs, giving awards or job assignments based on gender
Physical attacks – Rape, spouse abuse, sabotage of another‘s work, vandalizing property
Extermination – Killing your spouse |
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| Influences That Perpetuate Sexism |
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Historical influences that allow sexism to continue
Religion
Great Man Theory
The Constitution |
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| Historical Events That Contributed to Sexism in The Military |
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| Technically, women did not serve until The Spanish-American War of 1898, when the Army was unable to recruit enough men to provide medical treatment, so Congress authorized the Army to appoint women as Army nurses under contract but without military status |
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| In Feb 1988, the DoD adopted a Department-wide policy called the ―Risk Rule‖ that set a single standard for evaluating positions and units from which the military Services could exclude women. The rule excluded women from noncombat units or missions if the risks of exposure to direct combat, hostile fire, or capture were equal to or greater than the risk in the combat units they supported |
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| Factors That Impact The Full Integration of Women in The Military |
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Psychological
Physical
Pregnancy
Leadership |
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| Leadership Strategies to Prevent and/or Eliminate Sexism in The Military |
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Policy and administration
Prevention
Set Example
Mission |
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| accommodating sexist behavior by reinforcing it rather than questioning it |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 1 A form of sex discrimination that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 2 Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a person’s job, pay, or career |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 3 Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a person is used as a basis for career or employment decisions affecting that person |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 4 Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 5 Such workplace conduct, to be actionable as a hostile work environment harassment, need not result in concrete psychological harm to the victim, but rather need only be so severe or pervasive that a reasonable person would perceive, and the victim does perceive, the work environment as hostile or offensive |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 6 Any person in a supervisory or command position who uses or condones any form of sexual behavior to control, influence, or affect the career, pay, or job of a military member or civilian employee is engaging in sexual harassment |
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| Sexual Harassment Concept |
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| Part 7 Similarly, any military member or civilian employee who makes deliberate or repeated unwelcome verbal comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature in the workplace is also engaging in sexual harassment |
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| Types of Sexual Harassment |
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As a general rule, there are two types of sexual harassment:
a. Those acts that involve a consideration (Quid Pro Quo).
b. Those acts that are classified as creating a hostile work environment |
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Sexual harassment can take three forms:
Verbal.
Nonverbal.
Physical |
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| Effects of Sexual Harassment |
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Work related
Individual
Organizational
Economic |
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| Strategies to Combat Sexual Harassment |
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Purpose of the policy.
Definition of sexual harassment (DoD/EEOC).
Behavioral definition of sexual harassment.
Importance of the problem.
How military and civilian members should handle sexual harassment.
How the unit handles incidents or complaints. Disciplinary action.
Names and phone numbers of individuals to contact |
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| A common work related effect |
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| creates impaired relationships between co-workers |
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| Physical sexual harassment |
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| blocking a passage way or violating an individuals personal space |
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