Thank you for that question.
I think the problem with not having a definition means that young, vulnerable new recruits, who enter the forces with bright eyes and expectations that they're going to serve their country proudly, don't know when they've been harmed, or if this is right, or if they should speak up. There is still this ongoing feeling that if you do speak up, you're going to lose your job.
Let's be honest: It happens to this day. We are punished, and the perpetrators move up the ranks.
I think by giving it a definition, you would have fewer vulnerable women understanding what is happening to them. I still don't understand why we need to give what happens in the forces any other name than sexual assault, sexual harassment—a man couldn't keep his hands off you.
The forces and civilian life are not different from each other. The only difference is that we are forced to continue working with them once it's happened. Where is the safety to come forward? There really is none, because the second you come forward, it spreads. The CO knows and the other people know, and you become revictimized all over again.
Until we can stop that, I'm not sure if we can even fix the problem in the forces.