Following a full review of the FHRIC report, I sat down and started cataloguing a list of leading questions I plan to use in our Rogue Leader Academy over the next three weeks, where I plan to focus a big majority of my time on these topics. Intent is to drive dialogue...
What are the linkages between gender discrimination/sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault?
How does sexism set conditions for SH/SA?
How do we create a culture/climate within our unit that eliminates gender discrimination/sexism?
How do we create a climate that values women and other minority populations and makes clear that discrimination will not be tolerated?
How do we ensure that all soldiers are receiving mentorship? (i.e. we aren’t reliant on women to mentor women)?
How confident are we in our SHARP program?
Does it clearly articulate what constituted SH/SA and does it clearly communicate reporting procedures and requirements?
Do we clearly understand the difference between an unrestricted and restricted report?
How confident are we that we understand the level of sex education our Soldiers come to us with?
How can we overcome this?
How do you, as a leader/commander, facilitate the training and ensure it gets the proper emphasis?
How do we avoid “fear mongering” or trivializing SHARP? (i.e. “dude you better be careful, you’re going to get SHARP’d!”)
How do we grow and develop Soldiers of character who do not harass or assault each other?
How do we dispel the myth and perception of false reporting as retaliation or other purposes?
How do we remain complaint in our SHARP training requirements & ensure new soldiers are trained in a timely manner upon in-processing the unit, understanding new Soldiers are among the most vulnerable population?
Do we have a climate & culture where our soldiers are comfortable/ trust us enough to report sexual harassment and sexual assault?
Do they have faith in the system and processes?
How do we react when there is an allegation of sexual harassment or sexual assault within our unit?
How do we provide support to alleged victims and prevent retaliation, ostracization, shaming, and re-traumatization?
How do we provide support to alleged subjects?
How do we ensure we are providing periodic updates to both alleged victims and subjects on their cases?
What is the role of alcohol in sexual assault? (70% of FHIRC cases; 62% of cases DoD wide in 2019)?
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But – there is at least one blindingly obvious industry consensus – a Product Manager makes Products.
And they don't need to be kept at the exact right temperature, given endless resource, or carefully protected in order to do this.
They find their own way.
make products.
"If only someone would tell me how I can get a startup to notice me."
Make Products.
"I guess it's impossible and I'll never break into the industry."
MAKE PRODUCTS.
Courtesy of @edbrisson's wonderful thread on breaking into comics – https://t.co/TgNblNSCBj – here is why the same applies to Product Management, too.
"I really want to break into comics"
— Ed Brisson (@edbrisson) December 4, 2018
make comics.
"If only someone would tell me how I can get an editor to notice me."
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"I guess it's impossible and I'll never break into the industry."
MAKE COMICS.
There is no better way of learning the craft of product, or proving your potential to employers, than just doing it.
You do not need anybody's permission. We don't have diplomas, nor doctorates. We can barely agree on a single standard of what a Product Manager is supposed to do.
But – there is at least one blindingly obvious industry consensus – a Product Manager makes Products.
And they don't need to be kept at the exact right temperature, given endless resource, or carefully protected in order to do this.
They find their own way.
I just finished Eric Adler's The Battle of the Classics, and wanted to say something about Joel Christiansen's review linked below. I am not sure what motivates the review (I speculate a bit below), but it gives a very misleading impression of the book. 1/x
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x
As someone\u2019s who\u2019s read the book, this review strikes me as tremendously unfair. It mostly faults Adler for not writing the book the reviewer wishes he had! https://t.co/pqpt5Ziivj
— Teresa M. Bejan (@tmbejan) January 12, 2021
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x