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Daniella Mestyanek Young

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19 Feb

Has anyone ever studied how the military got DUI' culture from "You can't make SGM without at least 2x DUIs" to "Nobody around a base will dare to drive after more than 2 drinks?" And then compared that to the supposed *impossibility* of ending rape-culture? Let's have a thread.

Culture change is hard, but it's doable. There are literal advanced degrees in this stuff, so, so, so much data, and all kinds of people doing this work. I was heartbroken to find just how much research has been done on the disgusting reality of what women go through in service.

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Heartbroken because we know the right answer, but nobody cares. We don't know all the steps, but we know enough that, to quote @gilltheamazon "When those with the power to create change *decide* to start" (emphasis mine), we can outline real steps rapidly.

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Daniella Mestyanek Young

@daniellamyoung

12 Feb

Multiple friends have been reaching out lately, asking some version of "how did people get radicalized to such an extent?" and, more importantly, "why not us? why was I immune." As someone who's extremism in person, pretty much my whole life, here are some thoughts:

These are EXACTLY the questions we should all be asking ourselves right now. Studies have shown that no 'type' of person is immune to radicalization or falling prey to cults or cult-think. There's no such thing as being "too smart" for that.

So, for starters, many of us were just in the right place and the right time, and didn't get radicalized. That is an important realization. It's important because as we begin to try to de-radicalize our friends, family and "good people" who fell prey to white supremacist thought

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Daniella Mestyanek Young

@daniellamyoung

19 Jan

Good morning, let me tell you a bit about my experience in my college-neighborhood gym & the veterans who use it, while wearing my 101 tank top. Maybe it’ll help us think about how to solve the “invisible veterans” (read women) problem. (A thread)

Most days I go to the gym wearing an assortment of Army unit t-shirts or tanks. Why, you ask 🤷‍♀️? 1) bc it’s work out gear I own 2) bc it’s comfy 3) bc I’m proud of my service 4) bc I have great memories that make me smile 5) bc I like to feel connected to the veteran community

People who study group behavior call this signaling gear—the pin from your church, the runner’s 26.2 sticker, MAGA hat, BLM sign, the 101st T-shirt. You get it. It helps us to suss out & connect with those “like us” or n some way. It’s likely an evolutionary survival mechanism.

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Daniella Mestyanek Young

@daniellamyoung

11 Dec 20

Some people who #ReadTheReport are asking "what exactly is rape-culture?"
I'm just one woman, & would say I had a 'great career' & 'enjoyed my time in the Army' & this was a mere 3 hours of thinking of examples. I'd planned to go all day, but it was too exhausting. (A Thread)

Someone conveniently slid into my DMs to mansplain how exhausting my individual SA/SH tweets were becoming, so I have helpfully combined them all here for your perusal.

That one time I called out a senior warrant officer for making jokes about clowns raping children, in the TOC, no less, and everyone in the room looked at me like I was the one being inappropriate for calling him out.

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Daniella Mestyanek Young

@daniellamyoung

9 Dec 20

For those who care about or work in the world of organizational development and organizational change, this will be a case study to watch. (A thread)

The endemic issues of harassment & assault in the US Military have long been talked about in the media and is a known issue. In April of this year, a young private, Vanessa Guillen, who'd been being harassed by her supervisor was horrifically murdered.

This happened at Fort Hood, a post which has specifically has numerous very public and very violent incidents in its past. An independent review has published a 152 page investigation into the culture at Fort Hood.

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