Mollie, you’re a brainwashed idiot.
Read the article, folks -- it's not long at all and it doesn't say what you assume. The excerpted quote was out of context, and Ms. Hemingway actually makes excellent, common sense arguments. For example:
"The problem is that we are all supposed to pretend that men and women are identical. It doesnt help men, women, children or the institutions they inhabit to pretend natural differences dont exist. And here, its actually dangerous. We may have forgotten in our rush to drone warfare what actual combat entails. Its grueling and requires tremendous physical and mental strength and discipline."
And this one:
"The Associated Press then goes on to characterize the truth that pullups require the muscular strength necessary to perform common military tasks such as scaling a wall, climbing up a rope or lifting and carrying heavy munitions simply as a belief held by the Marine Corps. I wonder where they got that crazy idea. I mean, I cant scale a wall or climb a rope but Ive noticed that everyone at my gym who can do these things can also do a pullup. Or 20 pullups. One can read these statements and the backtracking on pullup requirements as a precursor to watering down the skills required to be effective in a Marine combat situation."
Good for her!