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Gemma Morgan joined up at 22, an award-winning young officer with a bright future. But the army’s culture of misogyny and sexual harassment, coupled with unacknowledged PTSD, would push her to the brink of suicide
BBC News Published image captionVeteran Gemma Morgan joined the Army in 1996 and left in 2002, seen here in Kosovo "You didn't want to be the girl in the Army that looks weak, because they already think that you are weak." Gemma Morgan says during her six years in the Army from 1996, toxic masculinity permeated into her life, leaving her "too assertive, too competitive, and too masculine for civilian life". Flashbacks from Kosovo and a difficult transition to civilian life culminated in a mental health crisis. To mark International Women's Day, Ms Morgan, now a speaker, leadership coach and m...