Misogynist training language is deliberately used to build battlefield aggression

Evidence

There’s no ambiguity about the general disdain for all that’s female in a military where words like “pussy,” “bitch,” “dyke,” and “girl” are common insults. During the war in Vietnam, Hynes notes, the military appears to have “deliberately infused” training with “misogynist language and imagery and phallic allusions to weapons … to build battlefield aggression and improve the rate of weapon use.” In many ways, little has changed. As Hynes points out, “when sexist epithets and misogynist chants are used in drill exercises, and when women are singled out and harassed by drill sergeants, it gives license to male recruits to do likewise, and it seasons the recruits and sets the culture for future military sexual harassment and assault.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 587

Categorization

• QUESTION: The Vietnamese-era claim that misogynist imagery was intentionally infused to ‘improve the rate of weapon use’ is striking—did the military ever formally acknowledge this as a technique, or is Hynes inferring from training materials?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 587
• XREF: connects to: Military training dehumanizes women to teach soldiers to kill.; Sexually objectifying base entertainment links to epidemic of military sexual assault