Naval Academy unveils sexual harassment prevention program

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The Naval Academy unveiled its new sexual harassment prevention program yesterday, saying the mandatory classes are an effort to teach midshipmen in a structured setting what is and is not permissible in today's military.</p>

<p>"We are setting the stage for what their conduct should be here at the academy - people come from all walks of life, and we don't know what they think is acceptable and don't, so we set the bar, we tell them what it is," Cmdr. Ricks Polk, the academy's sexual assault response coordinator, told a panel of reporters....

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<p>Expanded Academy program includes 25 hours of training</p>

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List them.</p>

<p>Call them out.</p>

<p>Go ahead, don't be shy, urge the two midshipmen, who are looking for fellow students to help them compile a list of common terms for promiscuous men and women.</p>

<p>The men are "studs" and "pimps." And the women? "Slut" and "door knob" are called out immediately, and beyond that, well, suffice it to say the words aren't really allowed in a family newspaper. And the list in this category, it goes on and on....

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