S & P
By Yolanda Powell

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The shower. 
Army standard:
L (216”)
W (72”)
H (72”)
The temperature varies. 
Most will say hot. 
The pressure was not debatable. 
Weak to conserve. 
Conserve money or water? 
Conserve!

The pervert. 
10^th Mountain Division Standard:
Libertine (6%)
Warped (6%)
Harmful (6%)
One of our own. 

They prey upon female soldiers in their most vulnerable moments.
The “why” is a topic of clinical discourse. 
Is it simply the pervert knows what he is doing?
Maybe he is motivated by the darkside.  
Tends to escalate over time and under nonexistent consequences. 
This isn’t good girl and bad guy. 
This is a shower and a pervert.

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Yolanda Powell is an Army veteran whose assignments include AIT Instructor (97B) and Platoon Sergeant in OEF (Kandahar AF). After being honorably discharged, she completed her education and became a dual certified (English and Special Education) teacher in New York and later Ohio. Yolanda is passionate about literacy and the ongoing struggle for women to be seen, heard, and respected in the workplace.