Enterprising Marines would check the computers for these photos and add them to the universe of circulating hard drives, without the knowledge of the women. This is the environment that encourages things like the Marines United Facebook group, which had nearly 30,000 members before it was disbanded. I don’t believe that this behavior is simply the inevitable consequence of having an organization with large numbers of young men. Rather, it is the result of tolerating a culture where female Marines are treated with contempt, defined solely as sexual objects unworthy of the job and as distractions to the men. Of all the service branches, the Marines have by far the smallest proportion of women in their ranks.

Source: New York Times March 08, 2017 14:48 UTC