Exclusive: Senior civil servants make serious allegations, including sexual assault, harassment and abuse, in leaked letter
‘The eyes tracking me is awful’: edited extractsRevelations add to crisis within wider military
Sixty senior women at the UK’s Ministry of Defence have described a “hostile” and “toxic” culture at the department in a letter that alleges sexual assault, harassment and abuse by male colleagues.
The letter, seen by the Guardian, was sent last month by a large group of senior civil servants to the MoD’s permanent secretary alongside anonymised testimonies in which women described their personal experiences.
A woman who said she was groped at an MoD social function but was advised against complaining.
A woman on an overseas posting who said she was “touched repeatedly on the lower back and legs by a senior military officer” but the “perpetrator went unpunished”.
The claim that a group of military officers kept an “Excel spreadsheet that rated women” based on “their looks and what they thought they’d be like in bed”.
A woman who said that before an evening event, a “defence senior” asked a woman “whether anal sex was an appropriate topic for his speech”.
An account of how a military officer “propositioned” a woman “late at night in a corridor” on an overseas military base.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Exclusive: Senior civil servants make serious allegations, including sexual assault, harassment and abuse, in leaked letter‘The eyes tracking me is awful’: edited extractsRevelations add to crisis within wider militarySixty senior women at the UK’s Ministry of Defence have described a “hostile” and “toxic” culture at the department in a letter that alleges sexual assault, harassment and abuse by male colleagues.The letter, seen by the Guardian, was sent last month by a large group of senior civil servants to the MoD’s permanent secretary alongside anonymised testimonies in which women described their personal experiences.A woman who said she was groped at an MoD social function but was advised against complaining.A woman on an overseas posting who said she was “touched repeatedly on the lower back and legs by a senior military officer” but the “perpetrator went unpunished”.The claim that a group of military officers kept an “Excel spreadsheet that rated women” based on “their looks and what they thought they’d be like in bed”.A woman who said that before an evening event, a “defence senior” asked a woman “whether anal sex was an appropriate topic for his speech”.An account of how a military officer “propositioned” a woman “late at night in a corridor” on an overseas military base. Continue reading…
