We all await official confirmation, but for now ABC is
reporting that the Marine Corps has told its recruiters not to wear their
uniforms at work.
One assumes that the appearance of the uniform was too
provocative for certain members of certain religions. Next thing you know, they’ll
be banning the American flag.
The rationale for this order resembles the one behind the
idea that rape victims should stop dressing so provocatively. This notion has reached its reductio ad
absurdum in Norway and Sweden where Muslim men who rape Scandinavian women are
treated leniently because their culture needs to be respected. As you know,
Sweden today is the rape capital of the world.
The New York Times, bless its leftist heart, has chosen to
run an article about how the Marines are suffering from a culture of “hypermasculinity,”
and how this culture is unfairly discriminating against women.
Author Elliot Ackerman is a former marine, but he has
apparently caught the political correctness bug.
In any event, examine his arguments:
From
the top down, the corps’ leadership has framed the issue of gender integration
as one of physical ability, relying on elaborate
studies that address issues like the density of women’s hipbones, the
toll of rigorous physical activity on their fertility, and that women’s hearts
are proportionally smaller than men’s.
This does not feel like an irrational consideration.
Conscientious commanders should certainly consider the damage that combat can
do on the female body. After all, why are there no women in the NFL? Is it
because the culture is hypermasculine or because the psychic benefit that would
accrue to feminists is not worth the damage that would be done to more
vulnerable female bodies? Of course, if one team has an equal number of male and female players, you would have something like equity. But, can you imagine what would happen if one team decides unilaterally to "disarm" by seeking to have gender equity, on the playing field and in the locker room?
Ackerman starts asking questions:
How
would a minority of women fare in the infantry’s atmosphere if their
integration were mandated? Would it hurt morale? Most important, if gender
integration is mandated before real cultural reform, would it result in an
increase in sexual assault and workplace harassment, and thus undermine the
“trust and confidence” generations of Marines have earned through their service
to the American public?
And if the presence of women in the Marines would hurt
morale, diminish the fighting readiness and increase sexual assaults and workplace harassment, what is the point?
This makes it feel like a lose/lose proposition.
Ackerman says that he understands the value of the all-male
culture:
For
eight years, I served as an officer in infantry and Special Operations units.
The infantry is the soul of the corps. Marine pilots, tankers and artillerymen
all exist to support the infantry and the infantry is all-male. I experienced
how this all-male culture nurtures an intense brotherhood, an alchemical bond
I’ve seen inspire incredible courage in the deserts of Anbar Province and the
choked valleys of the Hindu Kush. The real reason many Marines don’t want women
in the infantry is that it will forever change that culture.
Now, exactly why does Ackerman want to sacrifice that “alchemical
bond” on the altar of political correctness? (For the record, he has obviously
misused the word “alchemical.”)
It makes sense that the Marine culture should be uniquely
devoted to winning battles and wars. If the presence of women in the Marines
would damage that culture, cause more casualties, to say nothing of more sexual
abuse, why change it?
Ackerman has something that resembles an answer:
Even
so, our military must represent the values of those it serves. Other integrated
branches of the military effectively foster camaraderie without relying on a
culture of hypermasculinity. With gender integration a distinct possibility,
the Marine infantry must honestly imagine a similar path.
What’s this: “represent the values of those it serves?” Do
we really want the Marines to get out of the business of winning wars in order
to look like America and to represent the values of the politically correct
left?
As for the camaraderie in the other branches of the
military, it is more likely that it has been forced on soldiers. And, how many
soldiers, to say nothing of high-ranking officers have lost their jobs because
they have “fraternized” with women under their command?
Do we really want the Marines and even the rest of the
military to be a battleground in the culture wars? Don’t the reports of the
sexual abuse of female soldiers diminish public support for the military and
help elect presidents who reject the military’s masculine culture? And besides,
if people are more hesitant about sending women into battle, won’t the presence
of more women in the combat infantry cause people to avoid military engagement
beyond drone flights.
For his part Ackerman is drooling at the possibility that
America is about to have a female president. When he notes, correctly, that
gender integration has been mandated, he adds that he looks forward to the day
when the Marines will have coed dorms:
This is
why I hope it expands its current analyses of hipbone densities and
cardiovascular capacities, to ones that include issues like gender integrated
command structures, coed living conditions….
Obviously, coed living conditions will put an end to sexual
harassment and fraternization. Besides what would be better for a young Marine than a bath in
female hormones and pheromones?
Unfortunately, Ackerman’s thinking is perfectly acceptable
to many Americans. Apparently, the notion that the military exists to win (and
to prevent) wars has been lost in the cultural din.
7 comments:
I think we'll all feel safer in the world once the United States Marine Corps is fully integrated.
THE MAJORITY HAS NEVER BEEN RIGHT BY STEVE FINNELL
When the subject of Christianity has been debated the majority has never been right.
The majority of first century Jews rejected Jesus as the messiah.---The majority has never been right.
John 4:25, 26 The woman said to Him. "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
26 Jesus said to her. "I who speak to you am He."(NKJV)
The majority of world rejects Jesus as the only Savior.---The majority has never been right.
Acts 4:10-12 ...the name of Jesus Christ.....12 "Nor is there no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."(NKJV)
The majority of those who claim to be Christians believe the false doctrine of original sin. They believe that because Adam and Eve sinned that all men are guilty of spiritual sin at birth. They believe in inherited sin.---The majority has never been right.
Ezekiel 18:20 "The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. (NKJV)
No man has inherited the guilt of Adam. Men will face spiritual death because of their own sins.
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned---(NKJV)
Death spread to all men because all men have sinned.
The majority of those who claim Jesus as Savior believe that modes of water baptism are sprinkling and pouring---The majority has never been right.
Mark 16:16 Whoever trusts and is immersed will be saved; whoever does not trust will be condemned. (Complete Jewish Bible)
Mark 16:16 He who has believed, and has been immersed, will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. (The Better Version of the New Testament by Chester Estes)
There are no translations that translate Mark 16:16 as such, "He who believes and has been sprinkled or poured shall be saved."---The majority has never been right.
The majority of Baptist believe that water baptism is not essential to the forgiveness of sins and that once you are saved you can never be lost---The majority of Baptists have never been right.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(NKJV)
Galatians 5:1-4.....you have fallen from grace.(NKJV)
The majority of those who claim to be Christian believe that their church denomination is the final authority when it comes to faith and practice of the Christian faith---The majority has never been right.
The word of God found in the Bible and the Bible alone is not only the final authority, but the only authority for mankind.
THE MAJORITY WILL NOT BE GOING TO HEAVEN
Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.(NKJV)
If the majority were always right there would be many who find life eternal, however---The majority has never been right.
Luke 13:23-24 Then one said to Him, "Lord, are there few who are saved?" And He said to them, 24 "Strive to enter the narrow gate for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.(NKJV)
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Posted by Steve Finnell at 8:11 AM No comments:
For most of history, men did all the dying and getting maimed in the battle field.
One could argue that it's time for women to pay their dues while male bodies are spared and protected.
So, maybe men ought to tell the ladies, 'load up and head off to the frontlines.'
by his logic Americans 1) love paying taxes and 2) love to overpay for excess health insurance ...
the fact that we are legally mandated to do both never comes into the discussion ...
"For most of history, men did all the dying and getting maimed in the battle field"
To be fair, for most of this history the deathrate in childbirth was very high...so a rough kind of equivalence of risk existed.
Why are our military men and women being told to effectively hide from terrorists in our own country? This goes back a ways, as the October 2014 article from the Washington Times shows:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/29/pentagon-issues-islamic-state-warning-to-staff-rem/
This is crazy. If we've been doing it for the past 9 months, it doesn't seem to be working.
David Foster,
I would disagree with you here. This may have been true, but as we moved from WWI, WW2, Korean police action, Viet Nam War, et al, the death rate from childbirth dropped precipitously. Those of us who came back from the Viet Nam War found that while many of us were dying women were applying for the available jobs. A lot of these women ensured that these veterans did not fit back into American society and many painted us as defective human beings undeserving of the country's thanks. I witnessed this! So in many ways "priss rules" is correct though in artfully stated.
An interesting thing happened when a significant number of 60's generation men who avoided military service moved up into positions of authority they began to realize they could use women to keep any real competition from other men from happening. This also aided them in punishing the men who served their country with whom they disagreed, felt some insecurity and hated as individuals. Women became the perfect pawn in what was a political war agains't all things military. The same thing still exists today on the Left. Feminism and many men on the Left have done their best to destroy any hint of masculinity even to the point of redefining it. Too many of use experienced the reality to not give it the attention it deserves.
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