{"product_id":"fight-like-a-girl-paperback","title":"Fight Like a Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Germano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKelly Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marine Corps continues to be the only service where men and women train separately in boot camp or basic training. This segregation negatively affects interaction with male marines later on, and, lower expectations of female recruits are actively maintained and encouraged. But Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island--which exclusively trains female recruits--convinced that if she expected more of the women just coming into Corps, she could raise historically low standards for female performance and make women better Marines. And, after one year, shooting qualifications of the women under her command equaled those of men, injuries had decreased, and unit morale had noticeably improved. Then the Marines fired her.This is the story of Germano's struggle to achieve equality of performance and opportunity for female Marines against an entrenched male-dominated status quo. It is also a universal tale of the effects of systemic gender bias. Germano charges that the men above her in the chain of command were too invested in perpetuating the subordinate role of women in the Corps to allow her to prove that the female Marine can be equal to her male counterpart. She notes that the Marine Corps' $35-million gender-integration study, which shows that all-male squads perform at a higher level than mixed male-female squads, flies in the face of the results she demonstrated with the all-female Fourth Battalion and raises questions about the Marine Corps' willingness to let women succeed.At a time when women are fighting sexism and systemic bias in many sectors of society, Germano's experience has wide-ranging implications and lessons--not just for the military but also for corporate America, the labor force, education, and government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Germano\u003c\/b\u003e was an officer in the United States Marine Corps for twenty years, retiring in July 2016. After being relieved from command of the only all female unit in the entire Department of Defense, she gained notoriety for taking a stand against the Marine Corps for gender bias and lowered standards and expectations for female recruits and Marines. Her writing has been published in national media outlets including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eU.S. News and World Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also been featured on NPR, \u003ci\u003eVice News Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, CSPAN, and the \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThey Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e. An army veteran with combat experience, she formerly worked for the \u003ci\u003eArmy Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e covering veterans' issues and health policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49639437729944,"sku":"9781633884137","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/qUqm94hevu9781633884137.webp?v=1785965127","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/fight-like-a-girl-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}