Word: men
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McClellan, where they live in the same barracks as men, some women complain of crowding. When to use cosmetics has also taken some learning. Says one woman: "I took makeup with me the first time we went on bivouac. I didn't touch it the whole time; I never took it along again...
...women's major problems has been male hostility, especially from older military men, who are shocked by the idea of females as potential warriors...
...more than some of the puny guys." Retired Major General John Singlaub, former chief of staff of the Eighth Army in South Korea, argues, however, that "it's a silly idea to put women in combat. To say that they are physiologically equal to men is to defy reality...
Aside from the question of whether women are capable of serving as equals in the armed forces, much of the male uneasiness about women soldiers is obviously based on sex. And women naturally share some of that uneasiness. "Men get girl crazy on land," says Airman Suzanne Gurule. "Can you imagine how much worse that's going to be on board ship?" Indeed, the idea of women on sea duty worries a number of sailors' wives...
...Corporal Jann Smith, 23, a communications specialist at Pendleton, advises that wolf whistles are easily handled by "waving at the guys and acknowledging it. All that the men want is a little attention." She feels, however, that the Marine Corps could have prepared her better by giving a class in the psychology of the sexes. "All we got," she explains, "was a lecture by a chaplain on being careful: 'Don't get pregnant and beware of lesbians...