Nathan Peld

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Panel: Divide To Conquer: Gender and Sexuality in the Military

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Nathan Peld served in the Navy as a nuclear electronics technician. He tells the story of a young woman whose direct superior exposed himself to her. She filed a complaint, but when it reached the senior enlisted commander in Peld’s department, he tried to talk her out of pursuing it, saying the offender hadn’t actually hurt her, and he was just two years from retirement. She persisted, and her superior was eventually discharged dishonorably for his action, but the officer who tried to cover it up was only given a reprimand.