Gender Equity: A Comparative Study of Women's Equality in the Marine Corps and the Civilian Workplace
Abstract
This paper examines gender integration in the Marine Corps. It compares and contrasts the Marine Corps with the overall American civilian workforce integration timeline, legislation, and progress focusing on four primary aspects: Equal opportunity programs instituted by legislation for the protection and equal treatment of women, integration into the workforce with regard to gender neutrality in occupational access and leadership positions, pay and benefits, and workplace prevention of sexual harassment and assault. The Marine Corps provides comparable equal opportunity programs aimed at the protection and equal treatment of women to that of the civilian workforce. Though the integration process differed between the Marine Corps and the overall civilian workforce, the civilian sector integrated women faster and better than the Marine Corps in the areas of occupational access without caps to the number of women allowed to be employed and promotion to leadership positions which is evident in that women make up the majority of the civilian workforce at 51% compared to 7% of women serving in the Marine Corps.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 04, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1177009
Entities
People
- Ray N. Gomez
Organizations
- Marine Corps University