Sex and sensibility in the U.S. military

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, the White House ordered the Pentagon to open combat roles to women and gave the military a three year deadline. As women take on more roles in the U.S. military, both on the frontlines and in leadership, the Pentagon must face an issue it’s long ignored – relations between men and women. Tailhook and the Marines United Scandal reveal a military culture that can be at odds with women and their roles alongside men. But the complications don’t end there. This week on War College, journalist Kevin Knodell walks us through the U.S. military’s general discomfort with talking about sex, according to female service members he spoke with. By Matthew Gault Produced by Bethel Habte

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0:21.0	It's not uncommon to see marine infantry or army infantry
0:26.8	cuddling when it's really cold out.
0:29.2	What does that mean when men and women are serving together
0:31.8	and everybody is really cold and cuddles for warmth.
0:34.9	Is that a weird thing?
0:36.0	Is that a normal thing?
0:37.0	When you start throwing these things together and start throwing these dynamics together that things
0:41.1	can start getting a little confusing and that's not
0:43.8	necessarily wrong but unless you're willing to talk about it then we're going to start
0:48.9	having problems. You're listening to Reuters War College, a discussion of the world in conflict, focusing on the stories behind the front lines. Hello and welcome to War College. I'm your host Matthew Gault. Today we're
1:19.1	going to talk about sex in the American military. It's been in the news a lot lately, mostly centering around two threads.
1:24.9	The first in 2013, the White House ended a long-standing ban on women in combat rules and gave
1:30.1	the Pentagon until 2016 to open them up.
1:33.7	But women have been in the American military for decades
1:36.7	and, despite the ostensible ban, served on the front lines.
1:40.2	But the going hasn't been easy.
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