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from the should-have-drafted-Demi-Moore dept.
The U.S. Marine Corps will soon have its first female infantry officer. The unnamed lieutenant is expected to lead an infantry platoon of about 40 marines:
The Marine Corps is set to have its first female infantry officer, a milestone in its nearly 250-year-long history.
The lieutenant is scheduled to graduate with her all-male peers on Monday after she completed all of the graduation requirements in the service's grueling 13-week Infantry Officer Course, the Corps said. Her completion of the course was first reported by The Washington Post. The officer's name was not made public.
The course was opened to women in 2012, and on an experimental basis. More than 30 women attempted it, but when none passed, the course was once again closed to females in the spring of 2015. After the Pentagon opened all military jobs to women, four additional women tried the course without success.
Also at The Hill.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @10:13PM (3 children)
The important question to ask is, was she born a female? The articles aren't clear about this.
I'm not joking, either. Too many times I've seen news articles that are trying to be politically correct referring to "females", only to later find out that these "females" were born as males, lived until into adulthood as males, still have a penis/scrotum/testes, and only feel that they're "females".
The significance of this story can differ a lot based on what the reality is.
A female who was born female accomplishing this after so many others have failed could make this a big deal. There are many obstacles that were overcome, including many physical and mental ones that most males would struggle with.
A male who just prefers to be referred to as a female accomplishing this doesn't seem as significant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @10:51PM (1 child)
And here's the feminist AC who doesn't believe in hormone replacement or brain sex. I assume you also believe that gender is merely a social construct that requires a rigidly enforced caste system.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @10:59PM
Wat.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 22 2017, @11:41PM
"Crying Game", huh? Actually happened to you? Didn't we tell you not to be picking stuff up off the street? And now you are in "Your Own Private Idaho". Stop complaining, you polymorphous pervert.