REVERSE REVERSE SEXISM: Another Faux Soldier Whines of Inequality.
How, then, to explain her failure? You see the Corps sets women up to fail for they are not trained to the higher standards of men, which means that they compete only against other women. This despite her statement: “I absolutely agree. We shouldn’t reduce qualifications.” She continues:
“For Marine infantry officers, mistakes mean risking the lives of the troops you are charged to protect. But I believe that I could pass, and that other women could pass, if the standards for men and women were equal from the beginning of their time with the Marines.”
The bar was lowered in the first place in order to have a sufficiently non-sexist number of women playing soldier — that is, in order to fight sexism. Come to find out, the lowered bar itself is sexist.