I got to see some of it at Navy OCS (where Marine Corps drill instructors lead the military training). For example, the women in our class always seemed to com

I got to see some of it at Navy OCS (where Marine Corps drill instructors lead the military training). For example, the women in our class always seemed to come in for extra punishment. Nothing demeaning, nothing untoward or out of regs, just... a little extra. Now, why would those evil Marines pick on those poor women? Because it increased the social bonding of the entire class. It worked even though we knew what kind of mind games they were trying to do! Moreover it helped pre-emptively dispel the notion that often develops that the women were being held to lower standards. However true that may have been in the Fleet, it wasn't true at OCS, and all thanks to the social effects of pain...