I would say it's the combination of so many factors. We talk about a male-dominated working environment, yes, but people who join the military are extremely young. I was 18. Some people are even 16. You're really young, uneducated and very naive at this age. You're going to an isolated place without your family and without your support system. You're going into an unknown work environment where people tell you what to do and you just listen and absorb it. You really believe everything you hear. It's a high hierarchy, with lots of power—it's decentralized—given to people who are not necessarily qualified to handle these things. There are no policies or set definitions of safety concerns. What is a safety concern? We don't know. It's given to the chain of command to make a decision.
There's little expertise on workplace harassment among the people who have to make decisions on accommodations and granting things when people come and ask for help. Other workplaces have those needed experts. Of course, it's a male-dominated workplace in an environment with old policies that haven't necessarily been redone and practices that don't always align with GBA+, which means there are additional things you have to fight for in the system.
There's uniformization and assimilation, like the brotherhood. It's really strong. When you go and rat out someone, it is considered a ratting out. It's not considered otherwise. There are reprisals for that. That's what usually generates the sanctuary trauma within your little community of workers.
Of course, we have separate health care and separate justice systems. These are not reviewed as often nor are they necessarily gender-centric. That is also an issue when you're looking for care and support, because the update is not done at the equivalent.... Maybe Dr. Breeck could tell you about that.
Slow recovery can cause you to not meet universality of service. That means career loss. This is another thing that you don't get in many other workplaces.
The duty to accommodate isn't there. There is a caveat in the military from the duty to accommodate, because you don't have to accommodate if you don't meet that universality of service.
Of course your social life and your work conditions are all mixed together, even who you marry usually. It's all intertwined, so there's no separation. When you come forward, it's your neighbours, it's who you live with, it's who you're married to.... Everybody is within that same bubble.