The Marine Corps is investigating the distribution of naked and compromising photos of female Marines, officials said on March 5. In October, in a piece for the Marine Corps Times, retired Army Col. Ellen Haring challenged the process by which the Marine Corps established training standards for infantry officers. On those pages, members asked each other to choose “smash or pass?” in the comments section beneath photos of female service members. Too often, though, in our own military, women are treated as adjuncts, at best, relative to their male peers. “Marines United” is a symptom of a gender hierarchy in the military and, sadly, the broader society that it draws from.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 20:13 UTC