Journal: Marine Corps History
Year: 2022

Quite often, representations of the Marine Corps during World War II included gendered elements that reflected the institution's beliefs about men and women, their place in society, and acceptable gender roles.The U.S. military has long struggled with negotiating gender, and the hypermasculine nature of the militaryand the emphasis the Marine Corps, in particular, placed on maintaining ideal masculinity-influenced the relationship between masculinity and femininity for servicemembers, and the im