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<blockquote data-quote="jakester318" data-source="post: 1360112" data-attributes="member: 3992"><p>If your daughter isn't a feminist, I can only conclude that she meant that positively.&nbsp; However, my step-son joined the Marines and yesterday he told me that he was mandated to attend women's rights training.&nbsp; According to him, it was a bitch session for female Marines to talk about all the ways they've been slighted by men in the Marine Corps, which implies that he had something to do with that.&nbsp; The young man is only 19.&nbsp; He's just starting off in his life on his own, trying to figure things out and he's subjected to this mental retardation of women in the Marine Corps.&nbsp; I got out of the Marine Corps 20 years ago.&nbsp; When I was on Marine Security Guard duty at my first post, a woman Marine (WM) was sent to that post for the first time in detachment history (the MSG program is pretty old).&nbsp; Every guy in my detachment was pissed.&nbsp; I remember that feeling.&nbsp; As a man, you didn't want there to be division like that.&nbsp; We liked that we were all guys.&nbsp; It felt right. Nobody needed to give me sensitivity training or change my mind.&nbsp; It was a visceral reaction and all the guys in my detachment felt the same way.&nbsp; To think that my 19 year old step-son had to be subjected to that is a disgrace to the Marine Corps.&nbsp; Now, mind you that he's attached to a base that is not predominantly Marine, so they might just be playing politics.&nbsp; But, as much as I love the Marine Corps, I fear that the institution won't be able to repel pozzing at this level for too much longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jakester318, post: 1360112, member: 3992"] If your daughter isn't a feminist, I can only conclude that she meant that positively. However, my step-son joined the Marines and yesterday he told me that he was mandated to attend women's rights training. According to him, it was a bitch session for female Marines to talk about all the ways they've been slighted by men in the Marine Corps, which implies that he had something to do with that. The young man is only 19. He's just starting off in his life on his own, trying to figure things out and he's subjected to this mental retardation of women in the Marine Corps. I got out of the Marine Corps 20 years ago. When I was on Marine Security Guard duty at my first post, a woman Marine (WM) was sent to that post for the first time in detachment history (the MSG program is pretty old). Every guy in my detachment was pissed. I remember that feeling. As a man, you didn't want there to be division like that. We liked that we were all guys. It felt right. Nobody needed to give me sensitivity training or change my mind. It was a visceral reaction and all the guys in my detachment felt the same way. To think that my 19 year old step-son had to be subjected to that is a disgrace to the Marine Corps. Now, mind you that he's attached to a base that is not predominantly Marine, so they might just be playing politics. But, as much as I love the Marine Corps, I fear that the institution won't be able to repel pozzing at this level for too much longer. [/QUOTE]

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