The Glass Ceiling is Intact at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

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I wish to remain anonymous, so much so that I cannot use my real email. If you want to get to the bottom of the USMMA issues related to women in general, you must examine the treatment of women employed by the Academy.

There are women who made heroic efforts to clean the place up and now they have been cast aside. There are women who stood up to the many forms of mistreatment at the Academy and instead of correcting the wrong behavior, the women were punished.

Women are forced to perform jobs above their pay grade so that unskilled white males (who sit in positions they are unqualified for) take the credit. This is wrong. And this behavior is alive and well today. The glass ceiling is intact with no cracks at the USMMA.

Women who sit at the top ranks have been cast aside and just used as an example of how USMMA "changed its way" with women. It's a lie and the lie has gotten worse over the past 3 years.

The "good ole boy" network is alive and well and even stronger than ever. In order to fix the female cadet problem, the overall culture of how women are treated at the Academy must change.

I write this because I see what is going on and I am a father raising a daughter who I expect to be treated with dignity and respect when she enters the workforce.