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No more Yes, sir!
The US Marines may ban recruits from respectfully addressing senior
members as sir or maam to avoid misgendering and offending them.
The woke recommendation was made in a new $2 million report commissioned
by the Corps from the University of Pittsburgh.
The exhaustive, 738-page study that the Marines first commissioned in 2020
said traditional ways of addressing superiors were holding back gender integration.
Employing gender-neutral identifiers eliminates the possibility of misgendering drill instructors, which can unintentionally offend or cause discord, the study said.
By teaching recruits to use gender-neutral identifiers for their drill instructors, Services underscore the importance of respecting
authoritative figures regardless of gender.
The two-year study by the University of Pittsburghs Warrior Human
Performance Research Center also said that the Army, Navy, and Coast
Guard effectively de-emphasize gender in an integrated environment.
Instead of saying maam or sir, recruits in these Services refer to
their drill instructors using their ranks or roles followed by their last names, it said.
Gendered identifiers prime recruits to think about or visually search for
a drill instructors gender first, before their rank or role.
Col. Howard Hall, chief of staff for Marine Corps Training and Education Command, told the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services this month that the radical shift was being considered by leadership albeit
with some pushback, the Marine Corps Times said.
The proposal is one of a half-dozen recommendations the Marines entry-
level training advisory council is considering, the report said. Its not
clear when the service will decide which ones to pursue.
Hall warned the December meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on
Women in the Services that it would not be a quick fix.
Thats going to take some effort, Hall told the committee of the switch
to gender-neutral identifiers, according to the military outlet.
We want to avoid any quick-fix solutions that introduce perturbations
down the line.
Hall later told the outlet that its not something we would change
overnight.
Weve got a history of sir, maam, sir, maam. If we change something
at the root level, how do we make the corresponding change at the Fleet
Marine Force? So its not ours to implement alone, he said.
News of the possible change was quickly ripped online as making a joke of
our military, with one commentator claiming: Any real Marine would not
let this happen!
Just another reason why I got out of the Marine Corps, one former member wrote, saying: We are WARFIGHTERS, not politicians.
Podcaster Craig Chamberlain, meanwhile, quipped: If captured by the
enemy, at least we know our troops will be prepared to use the right
pronouns.
If captured by the enemy, at least we know our troops will be prepared to
use the right pronouns.
Craig Chamberlin (@CraigChamberlin) December 21, 2022
Others, however, suggested it was not as big an overhaul as it first
appears.
As a former Marine, it was always yes or no drill instructor. Maam or
Sir was only for addressing an officer, one person wrote, with others
saying only recruits would ever use the terms.
The commissioned study highlighted a number of areas where the service
still comes across as being a male-dominated operation, including sexist behavior and jokes and training material focusing on men, often using male pronouns even for positions held by females.
Women became a permanent part of the regular Marine Corps in 1948, but
still only account for 4.3% of officers and 5.1% percent of those enlisted
for active duty, according to the Marine Corps University.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/22/marines-may-ban-sir-and-maam-to-avoid- misgendering/
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