Female Marines make up for six percent of the Marines Corp and only eight percent of the United States population are Marines, so that is a very small number of female Marines according to Sergeant Williams at the Princeton WV recruiting office. The Marines Corp is one the hardest branches in the United States Military to join, because it is both physical and mentally challenging, which makes female Marines the elite of the elite. The Marines Corp treats their female Marines just like they treat their male Marines, they do not get any type of special treatment because they are females, and are not allowed to use their period as an excuse to why they cannot do something that day. In 1918 the very first female named Opha Mae …show more content…
Yes, 20,000 sexual assaults is a lot but it should not discourage a female from want to become a Marines because 20,000 is still relativity kind of small considering that 293,066 people are rape or sexually assaulted per year in the United States according to Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN). A female is more likely to get rape or sexually assaulted on street in the United States than in the Marines Corp. In way the streets in the United States are more dangerous than the military. Yes, the Marines Corp should do more against these sexually assaults because 20,000 sexual assault incidents is not a small number, and these women did not joined the Marines Corps to be raped and sexually assaulted but in fact to protect their country they love, but not only should the United States Marines Corp should do more these against sexual assaults and rape but this whole country needs to do more against it because rape is a very serious matter. In the same sentence they could make the stereotype the every single women in the United States will or have been raped because the rape and sexual assault number are so high, but that would just be ludicrous to make a statement like that, just like how it is to say and have the stereotype that every female Marine will be rape or has been raped