Feminism Fail; Female Marine Officers Pass On Grueling Infantry Training!

2012-12-21T01:50:17+00:00

To be fair this is an officer, they typically don't expect to do any work in the military.

2012-12-21T15:18:04+00:00

to be fair(er), of the tiny percentage of the U.S. population who serves in the military, only a tiny percentage of THOSE are combat-arms people who are in the inherent constant risk of bodily harm during their deployments.

the military is a huge organization. many occupations don't ever deploy. those who do deploy, some "deploy" to Quatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and other "deployment" places. Others do sea tour "deployments" on carrier groups. For the ones who actually set foot in (formerly) Iraq and (currently) Afghanistan, MOST of them remain on the large built-up FOBs and base complexes, living in hardship with the rec centers, showers, dining halls, and some even have to bear the austerity of taco bell, burger king, movie theaters... Camp Liberty even had a swimming pool. Harsh times call for sacrifice.

only a tiny, tiny, TINY number of military members are actually required to do the vast majority of the ground combat "gruntwork" in our most recent wars. That TINY club (Army and Marine Corps infantry, combat engineer, artillery, tanker, and Army cavalry, for the most part) doesn't allow women in.

over 200 MOS in the Army alone. I don't even know how many MOS the other four branches have. And there are less than a dozen that are "no girls allowed." So I'd say women don't have a whole lot of room to complain to begin with. Their physical test standards are already lower than males. If they really want equality, that's one place to start.

Here's another issue to examine with "women in combat." They get preferential treatment by being sent home with a slap on the wrist if they get pregnant during a deployment - while compromising the manning roster, integrity and readiness of their unit. If a male purposefully violated General Order 1 and as a result, had to be sent home from a deployment for something he did to his own body, he'd have the gavel slammed down with a quickness.

Title	Feminism Fail; Female Marine Officers Pass On Grueling Infantry Training!
Author	MRMRising
Upvotes	1
Comments	2
Date	December 20, 2012 11:42 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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