What do you see in the picture, where are they, what job do they have, what do you notice about the soldier in the picture?
Last week 53 US marines were inducted in to the US armed forces at Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. There are just two training camps for marines in the US; Camp Pendleton and Parris Island, South Carolina. Previously women were not allowed to train at Camp Pendelton and this is the first time female marines have graduated there, meaning the last gender barrier in the US armed forces has been broken.
As part of the training the marines complete the "crucible" which is a 54 hour test of strength involving marines carrying each other on their shoulders over obstacles and walls. The crucible ends with a 9 mile hike and a final charge up a hill carrying 50 pound backpacks and rifles.
Only in 2015 was a law passed that opened all combat roles in the US army to men and women but the marine corps still requested women were not involved in some of the training. At Paris Island men and women were trained separately till 2019.
Staff Sergeant Amber Staroscik says, "I knew the significance of it when we started. We were always denied. Now they see us training side by side. We're carrying the same pack and hiking the same distance. Hopefully it erases some of the gender biases."
Emily Zamudio and Abigail Ragland are two of the new recruits. Emily says, "I really wanted to inspire more females to do male roles. I want females to know that no matter what your size, you can do it."
Abigail says she chose to enlist in the Marine Corps because she was told it had a special brotherhood; "And now a sisterhood!"
- what are marines?
- why do you think women were not allowed to train as marines till 2015?
- what is a gender barrier and a gender bias?
- where do gender barriers cone from?
- how is a gender barrier taken down?
- Emily Zamudio says she wants more females to do male roles; what do you think about the language she chooses? Is Emily still saying that a Marine Copr is a male role, even though she is one now? How could she re-word that line? Why is language important?
- why does Abigail change the "brotherhood" to "sisterhood"? What is she showing?
- what can we learn from Abigail, Emily and Amber?
- why is this about No Outsiders?
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No Outsiders: everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
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