Actually, I think the opposite is true. The Marines are the only branch of the service that trains its male and female recruits seperately and they are the only branch of the service that consistently has no problem meeting their recruiting goals. Young males seek to prove themselves as men and surviving a challenge like boot camp is one way to accomplish that. When females can meet the same (not really, but let's play along with the gender benders) challenge young men are less interested because they cannot prove their masculinity (if a girl can do it...).
BTW, I am an activated guardsman in Qatar (previously in Iraq and Kuwait). We have females in our unit and by and large they do fine, but there is no absolute need for females in the service at all.
I find it hard to believe that a young man would not want to join the military because there may be some females on the training grounds. lol
BTW, I am an activated guardsman in Qatar (previously in Iraq and Kuwait). We have females in our unit and by and large they do fine, but there is no absolute need for females in the service at all.
They can do the button-pushing jobs, that frees up more men for the infantry.