Yes there are women who don’t have as much respect for themselves and their sexuality as they should. Fitting into a male dominated organization, especially one like the Marine Corps, is a difficult balance for a lot of them to deal with. They have to be as tough as the men, but with different morals. We live under that stereotype that we’re all promiscuous, and I can tell you for one that we’re not.

My reasons for joining the Marine Corps were to serve my country, to challenge myself, to broaden my perspective by getting opportunities to be sent to other countries, and to serve with the best damn men and women out there.

Don’t worry, I didn’t work my ass off to get my degree in Linguistics with a minor in Military Science and go through 13 weeks of hell to be any kind of stay at home wife, and my husband loves me for the values and ambition I have.

“Female Marines are whores 100%”
I’m at a loss.

My question is, why do these girls need to join the marine corps? yes, they supposedly are the “best” military branch around but also the least frequency of women? Umm duh! Because these girls already crave men attention and interaction…therefore most have low self esteem or “daddy issues”… For lack of a better reference.

These “women” crave any kind of male attention, and let’s not be ignorant wives…there is alcohol very available to marines at any time… Whether it be at home, or on DETS or deployments…

Lets mix alcohol, being away from your spouse, porn viewing, and slutty female marines with no morals…umm what does that equal?

Don’t sit there and be the “stay at home happy marine wife that takes care of your baby”

I agree totaly with Lcpl. S entirely. She is 100% correct when she talks about fraternaty partys and young men and women. Some of the activity that happens there is as bad if not worse then what people assume is going on in the corps.

There is atleast 100 more differant ways i can prove that she is right. I know that there is alot of people out there that post just to get a rise out of others, and i got alot to say to people like that.

Anyways- semper fi Lcpl. I have alot of respect for your opinions and views as i think that they are right down to earth.

Sgt. J
USMC 2002-2006
US Army – 09-preasent- Trust me the corps is much better!

You misread the study, which documented the recruits’ background and sexual behavior BEFORE they joined. It only took the survey from female recruits at the beginning of bootcamp. I don’t speak for every female Marine, but the some of the ones in my bootcamp platoon were sexually abused, had low self-esteem, or did not have anyone at home looking out for them, which may result in what you call “slutty” behavior. And then there were many girls who had none of these problems. They may be “tramps” going into training, but our drill instructors teach many values as well as self-confidence and self-respect. I stress again, many recruits did not have anyone to teach them morals or values at home, and for some, recruit training is the first place they learn these things. The change is forever.

Marines in general, like many young people at college campuses around the nation, love to party. It’s a young adult thing, not a Marine thing. Go to any college frat party and you’ll find worse. Having experienced both the military and college(I have my Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice), I can say that I feel safer around my fellow Marines than a bunch of frat boys.

I’m not full of disease, I’m definately not a whore, and to stereotype all of us as such is pure ignorance. EVERYONE should wrap it up, regardless of whom they sleep with.

oh and Lyddie England is NOT a Marine, she is a nasty ARMY RESERVIST and in no way represents a positive female role model for us. There is a huge difference between the Army and the Marine Corps, and if you did your research properly you would know that. The Marine Corps has very strict policies on Fraternization amongst Marines (There’s a Marine Corps Order on it)and as a female your reputation is all you have sometimes. Sleeping around can actually ruin your career, as the males are worse gossips than those chicks on The Hills. Things are quite old fashioned in the Corps when it comes to male-female relations, but you never bothered to go to the source, did you? Next time, do your homework.

This is the “free speech” I’m defending? I joined the Marines to defend my country. I work long hours, weekends, and holidays. I’ve seen my family twice since I’ve joined. I work hard to keep my base safe and should I have to go to war I have no qualms about it. Instead of calling my and my sisters-in-arms sluts and whores, we’d rather you just say “Thankyou.” and be on your way.