E024 Felicia Rodriguez, Part 1
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Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E024, Part 1
Interview with Felicia Rodriguez
We hear about sexual assault quite often, but what do we really understand about victims, offenders, the legal system and how our culture, gender roles and unconscious biases influence us in this controversial topic? Join Felicia Rodriguez, former Sexual Assault specialist in the Army, Victim Advocate, Command Sergeant Major with 25 years in the Army, and retiree as she discusses with James and Randy what she learned while working as a Sexual Assault specialist. Felicia will share some interesting insights and examples of the things that challenged her, as well as many people, about Sex Assault and the military justice system.
Topics covered in this video:
- Why Felicia joined the military, and her background growing up
- On joining as a mechanic and attending Airborne School
- On being driven and motivated, getting promoted
- Felicia’s move into the sexual assault realm (SHARP)
- Her personal experience with sexual assault
- Why predators get away with their bad deeds
- What happened when Felicia started broad training programs
- Details of some of the reports she got and how she handled them
- How she built support for the program, and why she was suited to the role
- Training Special Forces operators versus the conventional army
- On becoming the first female Sgt. Major in the 173rd Airborne Brigade
- On dealing with sexual harassment herself soon after starting
- On the fallout from having made her own SHARP complaint
Resources in this video:
National Sexual Assault Resources (RAIN): https://www.rainn.org/resources
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