As a woman who put in 21 years of active duty (May 62 to Oct 83), (Reply #29)

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Sun Mar 5, 2017, 08:02 PM

sarge43 (28,678 posts)

29. As a woman who put in 21 years of active duty (May 62 to Oct 83),

I am well aware of the misogyny in the service having been on the receiving end of my fair share. I am also aware that the service has no corner on misogyny. As a former training instructor aka recruit wrangler I also know the service does not create it; it comes in carried by civilians who have been carefully taught. Until society as a whole says enough, there won't be much change in the service.

You're right; Trump is the next step. I said on 10 November I was concerned for servicewomen with that vulgarian as CinC.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
Hundreds of Marines investigated for sharing photos of naked colleagues [View all]	bathroommonkey76	Mar 2017	OP
Following the example of their Commander in Chief?	guillaumeb	Mar 2017	#1
sure seems like it.	riversedge	Mar 2017	#11
You think this wouldn't have occured w/o Trump? Or this just started a few months ago?	KittyWampus	Mar 2017	#22
No, I am pointing out that Trump is an appalling examle of misogyny.	guillaumeb	Mar 2017	#28
Marines. I am disappointed.	TygrBright	Mar 2017	#2
That's what every Marine would tell his daughter. And his mother. And possibly his wife.	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#12
Thank you, Marine.	TygrBright	Mar 2017	#27
The Corps will survive this...	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#35
Thanks for the kind words.	TygrBright	Mar 2017	#39
Sounds to me like a natural effect of Marine training.	Aristus	Mar 2017	#3
When "ladies" is used as an insult, natural progression	sarge43	Mar 2017	#6
This disgusting behavior	DK504	Mar 2017	#23
Another comment about Trump. You think this just sprang up recently? This kind of misogynist	KittyWampus	Mar 2017	#24
As a woman who put in 21 years of active duty (May 62 to Oct 83),	sarge43	Mar 2017	#29
You know nothing of Marine Corps training.	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#13
Movies	erpowers	Mar 2017	#15
I spent three years in the Marines.	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#18
Apparently the part about	The Sand Reckoner	Mar 2017	#32
You're right...	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#37
The marines didn't invent 'boys will be boys...'	LanternWaste	Mar 2017	#44
So, where did this mind set come from?	sarge43	Mar 2017	#16
Everything about this is court martial level stupid.	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#19
Thank you.	sarge43	Mar 2017	#30
Every Marine who kne anything about this	The Sand Reckoner	Mar 2017	#33
Despicable. I guess honor is only accorded male marines.	JudyM	Mar 2017	#4
How would he get access to them while they're naked?	whathehell	Mar 2017	#5
There isn't a lot of privacy in the service n/t	sarge43	Mar 2017	#7
Please tell me they don't have to shower together..	whathehell	Mar 2017	#31
Don't know, doubt it.	sarge43	Mar 2017	#36
I'm not surprised by this at all.	RedWedge	Mar 2017	#8
Their CinC is a vulgarian	randr	Mar 2017	#9
Yet another absurd comment involving Trump. This would have happened w/o him.	KittyWampus	Mar 2017	#25
Convict them and register them as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.	milestogo	Mar 2017	#10
Demote and Court Martial All of Them	erpowers	Mar 2017	#14
Thousands were in this FB group.	bathroommonkey76	Mar 2017	#21
Yes	The Sand Reckoner	Mar 2017	#34
The USMC isn't going to go through every profile that commented on the pics.	bathroommonkey76	Mar 2017	#42
They should	The Sand Reckoner	Mar 2017	#45
And?	obamanut2012	Mar 2017	#41
Yep.	bathroommonkey76	Mar 2017	#43
such honor	Skittles	Mar 2017	#17
The righties want you to believe that all military men and women are heroes	Lanius	Mar 2017	#20
"...sociopaths, sadists, sexists, misanthropes and other deviants"	Johnyawl	Mar 2017	#38
"Merely serving and surviving does not make one a hero."	ProfessorGAC	Mar 2017	#46
I'm a WM	JennyMominFL	Mar 2017	#26
Yet more evidence that men don't belong in the military.	RedWedge	Mar 2017	#40
Update from Marine Corps Times	nitpicker	Mar 2017	#47

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