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Female soldiers face rampant sexism, harassment and other gender-related challenges in male dominated Army special operations units, according to a report Monday, eight years after the Pentagon opened all combat jobs to women.
U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a lengthy study, reported a wide range of “overtly sexist” comments from male soldiers, including a broad aversion to females serving in commando units. The comments, it said, are “not outliers” but represent a common sentiment that women don’t belong on special operations teams.
“The idea that women are equally as physically, mentally and emotionally capable to perform majority of jobs is quite frankly ridiculous,” said one male commenter. Others said they’d quit before serving on a team with a female, and that serving in such a situation it would create problems and jealousy among their wives.
The blunt and sometimes crass comments ring familiar to many who have watched the difficult transition as women moved into the military’s front line combat jobs. And they paint a disturbing, challenging picture for leaders.
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I am SHOCKED
As if these serial cheaters and their Jody fucking wives actually give a shit about women on their teams.
Any spec ops dude that wants to bone will just go find literally any other command and fuck their women, not having them on the team isn’t stopping them.
I mean what the fuck were they expecting?
I know maybe I should but it’s impossible for me to have sympathy for the ladies who signed up to the murder squad so they could legally murder people.
I’m not supporting the military, or many of those that join, however the world’s fucked up and there’s lots of people that join so they can get free school and the opportunity to get out of the trailer park. Not every military person is a blood thirsty psychopath.
You don’t need to be specops to be in the military.
SOCOM has always been a boys club and consistently shows rampat toxicity and unprofessional conduct. Idk what they expected. I’d argue that a majority of the crazy right wingers from the military are specifically from SOCOM.
if you want to kill people for a living I have zero sympathy
“Women deserve this because militaries exist”
Hot take there 🤡
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Female soldiers face rampant sexism, harassment and other gender-related challenges in male dominated Army special operations units, according to a report Monday, eight years after the Pentagon opened all combat jobs to women.
U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in a lengthy study, reported a wide range of “overtly sexist” comments from male soldiers, including a broad aversion to females serving in commando units.
However the negative sentiments revealed the 2023 report echo sharp opposition voiced by special operations troops across the services in 2015, when surveyed on whether women should serve in the dangerous commando jobs.
The Army study focused on women serving in operational roles such as Green Berets, Ranger Regiment, aviation and psychological and civil affairs teams.
The study and meetings, however, also included women in a wide array of support jobs such as engineers, mechanics, fuelers and communications and intelligence personnel who work with or sometimes accompany commandos on missions.
Women said they fear reprisal and don’t trust commanders to take action because of a “good ol’ boys club.” And female officers said they’re told to develop a “thick skin” so they can survive in a man’s world.
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Uhh sorry sweaty, i have it on good authority that these institutions are woke now
