Fight like a girl: the truth behind how female Marines are trained
Description
One woman's professional battle against systemic gender bias in the Marines and the lessons it holds for all of us.
The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island—which exclusively trains female recruits—convinced that if she expected more of the women just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. And, after one year, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved.
Then the Marines fired her.
This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. It is also a universal tale of the effects of systemic gender bias. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads, flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed.
At a time when women are fighting sexism and systemic bias in many sectors of society, Germano's experience has wide-ranging implications and lessons—not just for the military but also for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.
The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island—which exclusively trains female recruits—convinced that if she expected more of the women just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. And, after one year, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved.
Then the Marines fired her.
This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. It is also a universal tale of the effects of systemic gender bias. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads, flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed.
At a time when women are fighting sexism and systemic bias in many sectors of society, Germano's experience has wide-ranging implications and lessons—not just for the military but also for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
Biography & Autobiography
Germano, Kate
Germano, Kate, -- 1973-
Military
Nonfiction
Officers
Sexism
Sexism -- United States
Social conditions
Sociology
Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Social conditions
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Marine Regiment, 11th. -- Battalion, 4th -- Biography
Women
Women and the military
Women and the military -- United States
Women marines
Women marines -- United States -- Training of
Germano, Kate
Germano, Kate, -- 1973-
Military
Nonfiction
Officers
Sexism
Sexism -- United States
Social conditions
Sociology
Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Social conditions
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Marine Regiment, 11th. -- Battalion, 4th -- Biography
Women
Women and the military
Women and the military -- United States
Women marines
Women marines -- United States -- Training of
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9781633884137
9781633884144
9781633884144
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
QR Code
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | e2e6c82e-5f30-c9f3-f380-ab5512f01981 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | fight like a girl the truth behind how female marines are trained |
Grouping Author | kate germano |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-11-02 07:48:31AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-11-02 07:50:45AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Kennedy, Kelly, 1970-
author
Germano, Kate, 1973-
author2-role
Kennedy, Kelly,1970-author
author_display
Germano, Kate
available_at_catalog
Central
detailed_location_catalog
Central
display_description
One woman's professional battle against systemic gender bias in the Marines and the lessons it holds for all of us.
The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island—which exclusively trains female recruits—convinced that if she expected more of the women just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. And, after one year, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved.
Then the Marines fired her.
This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. It is also a universal tale of the effects of systemic gender bias. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads, flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed.
At a time when women are fighting sexism and systemic bias in many sectors of society, Germano's experience has wide-ranging implications and lessons—not just for the military but also for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.
The Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island—which exclusively trains female recruits—convinced that if she expected more of the women just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. And, after one year, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved.
Then the Marines fired her.
This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. It is also a universal tale of the effects of systemic gender bias. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads, flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed.
At a time when women are fighting sexism and systemic bias in many sectors of society, Germano's experience has wide-ranging implications and lessons—not just for the military but also for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.
format_catalog
Book
eBook
eBook
format_category_catalog
Books
eBook
eBook
id
e2e6c82e-5f30-c9f3-f380-ab5512f01981
isbn
9781633884137
9781633884144
9781633884144
itype_catalog
Adult Book Non-Fiction
last_indexed
2024-11-02T14:50:45.432Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
359.96 G373 2018
owning_library_catalog
Sacramento Public Library
owning_location_catalog
Central
primary_isbn
9781633884137
publishDate
2018
publisher
Prometheus Books
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Germano, Kate, -- 1973-
Sexism -- United States
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Social conditions
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Marine Regiment, 11th. -- Battalion, 4th -- Biography
Women and the military -- United States
Women marines -- United States -- Training of
Sexism -- United States
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Social conditions
United States. -- Marine Corps -- Women -- Training of
United States. -- Marine Corps. -- Marine Regiment, 11th. -- Battalion, 4th -- Biography
Women and the military -- United States
Women marines -- United States -- Training of
title_display
Fight like a girl : the truth behind how female Marines are trained
title_full
Fight Like a Girl The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained
Fight like a girl : the truth behind how female Marines are trained / Kate Germano ; with Kelly Kennedy
Fight like a girl : the truth behind how female Marines are trained / Kate Germano ; with Kelly Kennedy
title_short
Fight like a girl
title_sub
the truth behind how female Marines are trained
topic_facet
Biography & Autobiography
Germano, Kate
Military
Nonfiction
Officers
Sexism
Social conditions
Sociology
Training of
Women
Women and the military
Women marines
Germano, Kate
Military
Nonfiction
Officers
Sexism
Social conditions
Sociology
Training of
Women
Women and the military
Women marines
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Location | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:6f228616-5d35-41d9-84f9-df5c551e8e4d | -2 | Online OverDrive Collection | Online OverDrive | eBook | eBook | 1 | false | true | OverDrive | Available Online | |||
ils:.b25363980 | .i78128687 | Central | 359.96 G373 2018 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | cenag |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:6f228616-5d35-41d9-84f9-df5c551e8e4d | eBook | eBook | English | Prometheus Books | 2018 | |||
ils:.b25363980 | Book | Books | English | Prometheus Books | 2018 | 304 pages : illustration ; 23 cm |
scoping_details_catalog
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
overdrive:6f228616-5d35-41d9-84f9-df5c551e8e4d | -2 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | true | false | false | false | |||
ils:.b25363980 | .i78128687 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | true | false | true | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120 | 11 |