“My general, the teachers of the Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan military academy are contacting you regarding a very worrying situation. » On February 12, Major General Hervé de Courrèges, commander of the most prestigious military school, received an alert letter. For several months the atmosphere has been deteriorating within the Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan academy (Morbihan), which trains the future leaders of the army.
In their missive addressed to Mr. de Courrèges, that The world consulted, several teachers evoke a situation of “generalized harassment” against the women of 2e battalion, which brings together second year students. Of the “frames” would have “contributed to some of these events”. Teachers are particularly concerned about “repeated discriminatory comments” and cases of“sexual misconduct”.
“Behavior liable to administrative and criminal sanctions”they assure, summoning the general to take measures to put an end to these actions, while “fathers, mothers and teachers (…) have already alerted the command for at least a month”. When the general receives the letter, “nearly a quarter of female cadets” of the promotion are on sick leave, the teachers emphasize, thus compromising their education, or even their career in the army.
Rapes denounced
A few days later, teachers were received by part of the “Coët” command. They then send a written note in which they specify the facts reported to them by students. The list is overwhelming. There is mention of a “likes competition on virulent remarks addressed to women” organized in WhatsApp groups where executives are present; of a diverted image circulating there, signed “Feminist Misogynist Club” and endorsed by an instructor; the ban on thongs and necklines in a battalion; of a section chief who allegedly received a report on the harassment suffered and immediately tore it up; of students treated with “whores”…
According to a participant in this meeting, management is still reluctant to tackle what it considers to be “weak signals”, And “redoubt” to break the promotion. When contacted on the subject, the academy did not respond. “The hierarchy is aware. Of all. Nothing happens “despaired a student at the time. “There was a succession of events with boys in the year which were not resolved by management”, confirms another student today. She soberly evokes “a general atmosphere” what would impose “idiots who indulge in remarks and mockery” against their female comrades.
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