This might be.... I don't know if you're going to take this the wrong way, but I respect it in the way....
I think that for the first bit of basic training, they should separate genders for the first few weeks, just to get to grips with understanding the concept and how the process works. At the same time, until they can set up these systems to protect the [Inaudible—Editor] people from getting injuries.... I know it's not a modernized approach, but a lot of other countries don't train men and women together at the same time.
At the same time, that doesn't mean there are other.... There are same-gender assaults. I believe it has to start at the very foundation of how these people are getting trained and how they're coming in. If they don't change at the bottom level and if they don't change the top views, it's not going to meet somewhere in the middle.
As Ms. Wong said, I don't think that when they mixed females into the ranks, they properly integrated them. I think they just did it to meet a standard of government policies about women and diversity. However, they didn't understand the complex situation of putting 99% males and 1% females into the same pool of people.
I know that when I went to basic training, the concept was that you're either 99% men or 1% women. Three-quarters of those girls are lesbians or bisexual. If you're young and unmarried, you're basically an open target. It's just one of those things. It's a culture belief. We, as women, can't go against that 99% of men. We can't do it. I know women are strong, but if they don't implement this in the highest ranks and then go down, it's never going to be adapted in the way it should be.