Political Quotes

“Although there were approximately 4,000 naval officers at Tailhook '91 and significant evidence of serious misconduct involving 117 officers has been developed, the number of individuals involved in all types of misconduct or other inappropriate behavior was more widespread than these figures would suggest. Furthermore, several hundred other officers were aware of the misconduct and chose to ignore it. We believe that many of these officers deliberately lied or sought to mislead our investigators in an effort to protect themselves or their fellow officers. One disturbing aspect of the attitudes exhibited at Tailhook '91 was the blatant sexism displayed by some officers toward women. The attitude is best exemplified by a T-shirt worn by several male officers. The back of the shirt reads 'Women Are Property,' while the front reads, 'He-man Women-Haters Club.'”