The Company LeaderSlut Shaming - The Company Leader https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2021/06/10/slut-shaming/ Leadership Lessons from the Tactical Level of War Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:32:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-CO-LDR-Logo_New.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Slut Shaming - The Company Leader https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2021/06/10/slut-shaming/ 32 32 140230289 Slut Shaming https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2021/06/10/slut-shaming/ https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2021/06/10/slut-shaming/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:51:25 +0000 Samantha DeCapua http://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/?p=6512 “As a woman in the military you can either be a slut or a b****. Choose the latter.” This was the first piece of advice I received after arriving to my unit. If I appeared too friendly or smiled too often-particularly with males, I would be perceived as a “slut”. Someone who flirts (or more) […]

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“As a woman in the military you can either be a slut or a b****. Choose the latter.” This was the first piece of advice I received after arriving to my unit. If I appeared too friendly or smiled too often-particularly with males, I would be perceived as a “slut”. Someone who flirts (or more) her way to the top than earning it. Better to be a “b****'”- cold and aloof, than have a warm disposition misinterpreted.

A soldier crawls under barbed wire during assessment and selection at Camp Mackall, N.C., March 1, 2021. Women in uniform face obstacles a lot thornier and more dangerous than barbed wire. (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)

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