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[thebigbadbutch]

Sending in the Marines (to Recruit Women)

By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
Published: April 21, 2008

THE Marines are looking for a few good women.Actually, they will take as many as they can get. Faced with the difficulty of recruiting during a long and unpopular war, the United States Marine Corps has started marketing itself to women in a concerted way for

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[anandrine]

I don't really like Code Pink. I seem to recall one of their leaders saying something about how women need to bring our qualities of ~peace~ and ~love~ and ~nurturing nature~ to men. I said OH HALE NO YOU DIDN'T. That quote may be older because I haven't been able to find it, but still. I like my pacifism without gender stereotypes, thanks.

[megxers]

They scare me. They came over to our Students for Barack Obama/Cal Dems booth a few months back when they were "scaring the marines out of Berkeley" or something. They did want to be inclusive and ally with us or something though.

[anandrine]

I'm okay with using legit methods to keep recruiters out (i.e. I think there was an Ivy college that used their non-discrimination policy to say that the military recruiters could not be allowed) but I don't know how Code Pink was "scaring them out" exactly.

[fauxkaren]

Have you seen the story Rob Riggle did about Code Pink? I thought it was hilarious.

[anandrine]

I think I've seen it, but I don't really recall any details.