What to Say to Men Who Have Negative Opinions on Females in the Military

[Languagelover23]

And for what it's worth, I would LOVE to kick some doors in! I am from the murder capital of the nation, New Orleans, LA, and that city has hardened me somewhat!

[AlexJH]

That's not the problem, we're sure that you can shoot someone in the dome. It's when the Marine in your fighting hole gets shot in the throat and needs to be carried out of there. Physically you're limited, therefore you shouldn't be in that situation voluntarily. If it happens it happens, but it shouldn't be a common thing. You weigh 128 pounds, you'd be carrying twice your body weight to save a wounded man in full gear.

I like to reference Jessica Lynch, she failed to maintain her weapon, so when sh*t really did hit the fan, guess what? She never got off round one, now that'd be a serious f*ck up considering she didn't fire a round and then experience stoppage. No, she didn't get off a single shot in the first place. Then instead of dismounting and bouding to cover, she cowered in the humvee until she was captured. Then SOF elements had to be re-routed to save her, what if one of them was killed because of her? I'd be f*cking ****ed! If it was a male Marine or Soldier I guarantee it'd have been a recovery operation, not a rescue. Because it was a women, we jumped through our a$$holes to save her.

I'm not saying women can't shoot back, because each one is different, but that's probably one of the most famous instances of women under fire in the modern theatre. I don't really know where I'm going with it anymore, good luck I guess.

[ImpatientPoolee]

Good reference Alex. I have another one.

There's a book I read called 'Why Marines Fight' by James Bradley where he talks about a Female Marine Captain. She was deployed with the 13th Combat Engineering Unit where her team was working on some bridge outside Baghdad. The whole squad began taking heavy fire and when one of the male gunnys asked the captain "what do we do next captain??!" she froze and couldn't give orders so the gunny took over from there.

Idk, I've read of too many instances for me to believe that the majority of women can command under-fire. The physical aspect is obvious as Alex said.

No disrespect towards women...honestly.

I'll sum it up with a quote from Anchorman, "Don't get me wrong...I loooove the ladies- but they DON'T belong in the newsroom!"

[ImpatientPoolee]

but yah I'm done, pretty much said it all. not up for me to decide anyways.

[Buhler]

I encountered an extremely frustrating opinion concerning women in the armed forces. This is from someone I know pretty well in a professional manner. What do I say to men who totally disregard the efforts of the FET and those women who serve with honor in the military? I realize that the military is still very much a man's world, but the comments made to me were very insulting. Any recommendations? Should I simply disregard their opinions? I'm going in as a linguist and I feel I will make as good a linguist as any male. I find it offensive and disrespectful to ignore the efforts of women in the military and would like some advice on how to handle that. Thanks, Marines

So anyways:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIEb-VaElFs

[USMC Infantry]

Infantry is a testosterone-based job

[Nerd]

Probably very true

[DudefromDiego]

When in doubt, settle matters the less diplomatic way. Anybody who is able to talk **** is able to take an azz kicking. I never mouthed off and wasn't able to back it up. If this puke really holds females in the military in general with such little regard, visit him when you come back from the Island and give him a good jolt. As a photographer, a bad day at work for him will be getting some bad pictures. For you, a bad day can mean coming home in a flag draped box. You decide who has more courage as an individual.

[AHO]

Hey Poole Cogan, I just graduated MCRDPI Boot 20110211 4th Bn Papa Co. Plt 4005 and in response to your question about sexism I just had to talk about my Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Castillo, if someone is sexist or not they never showed it towards my Senior. You just have to carry yourself well and be **** hot all the time. My platoon was honor platoon and I'm happy to say pretty much the whole platoon was it, for most of the events we had the full platoon, didn't have recruits malingering like a lot of other platoons that had a whole other platoon of light duties following behind the platoon. We took 5/6 trophies and always p00ned at pugils and other stuff. Our final drill blew the drill masters away, two of the drill masters couldn't help smiling we did so well and its all because of what an awesome Marine she was. If you're intense, passionate and great at what you do no ones ever going to be rate you for anything.

As for me my experience so far in the Marine Corp I haven't experienced any sexism except from a couple of male drill instructors, and its their job to kind of test you in those ways. From my peers never, we did the same stuff, crawled through the same puddles and hiked in the same miserable weather for miles and miles. I don't want to start an argument but I'd say Female drill instructors are worse than male drill instructors. I'm sure some of the male marines who ever ran into my drill instructors would agree. But yeah we did the same stuff and you get like a bond with each other because of it. You can barely know someone and talk all day to them. I've been helped by the recruits from the male batallions and I've helped them, its not really about male or female, except if you're giving the proper greeting of the day.

This is just my experience though

[Languagelover23]

Hey Poole Cogan, I just graduated MCRDPI Boot 20110211 4th Bn Papa Co. Plt 4005 and in response to your question about sexism I just had to talk about my Senior Drill Instructor Sgt. Castillo, if someone is sexist or not they never showed it towards my Senior. You just have to carry yourself well and be **** hot all the time. My platoon was honor platoon and I'm happy to say pretty much the whole platoon was it, for most of the events we had the full platoon, didn't have recruits malingering like a lot of other platoons that had a whole other platoon of light duties following behind the platoon. We took 5/6 trophies and always p00ned at pugils and other stuff. Our final drill blew the drill masters away, two of the drill masters couldn't help smiling we did so well and its all because of what an awesome Marine she was. If you're intense, passionate and great at what you do no ones ever going to be rate you for anything.

As for me my experience so far in the Marine Corp I haven't experienced any sexism except from a couple of male drill instructors, and its their job to kind of test you in those ways. From my peers never, we did the same stuff, crawled through the same puddles and hiked in the same miserable weather for miles and miles. I don't want to start an argument but I'd say Female drill instructors are worse than male drill instructors. I'm sure some of the male marines who ever ran into my drill instructors would agree. But yeah we did the same stuff and you get like a bond with each other because of it. You can barely know someone and talk all day to them. I've been helped by the recruits from the male batallions and I've helped them, its not really about male or female, except if you're giving the proper greeting of the day.

This is just my experience though

My sincere congratulations!
Your experiences sound outstanding : )
Thank you for that perspective.

[TexasMaiden]

I understand exactly what you mean. I too happen to be considered very feminine, so people close to me just seem to not understand my desire to be a Marine. I'm feminine. I like diamonds, kittens, and the color pink. SO FREAKING WHAT?! I also don't mind sweat, blood, and getting my hands dirty! Just keep yourself motivated and don't ever give up!

[fknsinclair]

While we have to understand that females have limitations, dont take any crap from anyone. Some will say things to **** you off and you will probably get hit on alot because of the number of females to males in the Corps. I know some female Marines that can kick the asses of any males you put them up against. Show them and that will shut them up.

[robbyj]

I think men are like this because woman are not allowed in "combat" positions, but i read somewhere that they will be tossing that out the window and male or female can serve in any position.

[AlexJH]

Yeah no, that's not going to happen. Gays and women are a totally different thing. It's already gay anyways, but it's not already womanized already. Too much PC bullsh*t is going to take place, if it does.

[Nerd]

Yeah no, that's not going to happen. Gays and women are a totally different thing. It's already gay anyways, but it's not already womanized already. Too much PC bullsh*t is going to take place, if it does.

Because you're an expert of on everything that could possibly happen in the Corps.

Recently, I saw a 5'1" tall girl take on a 6 foot tall guy in a wrestling match, and he was legitely fighting back. She pinned him several times. He only got out of it because he is very strong.

Not all women are weak