Historically, female military members served as primarily medical doctors, nurses, typists, translators, seamstresses and other clerical occupations. There were a few instances where women did seem to have an interest in joining the men in infantry type positions during the World War II era, but all attempts to enlist were denied. The roles women played in the military were very important and essential for support of the armed forces but limitations were soon challenged. The women in some areas of the military, (ie. The Navy Nurse Corps), were not even given a rank equivalent to those of the men, and in 1942 President Roosevelt approved

Donnelly, Elaine. "GI Jane/Hollywood's Fanciful Tale Perpetuates Feminist Myths." San Diego Union - Tribune 31 Aug. 1997: G-4.

At one segment of the movie "G.I. Jane," O'Neil even fights back when she explodes in anger after yet another beating from Urgayle. After suffering several blows to the face and abdomen she gets to her feet and delivers numerous punches to the face of Master Chief Urgayle knock him down to the ground in a bloody pulp. Does this portray reality? That gets left for the viewer to decide but does serve as a shocking moment of the movie. As quoted by Price, "distorting reality is nothing new for Hollywood, but the savagery of O'Neil's SERE (survival, evasion, resistance, and escape) training marks a new low."

A domineering female senator from Texas sees the opportunity to force the current Secretary of the Navy to allow a test case of selected women through the elite U.S. Navy SEALS training program. If this test case succeeds, women will be able to become a permanent part of this team. By approving this request, the views of the public of the new Secretary of the Navy would be favorable and denying it would cause the people to turn away. Obviously the Secretary of the Navy approves of this test case, but is very reluctant, and Lt. O'Neil is notified that she has been chosen to attend SEAL training and she is very elated and accepts. Little does she know at this point she is just being used to help raise the public support of the Senator and Secretary of the Navy.

As training progresses, O'Neil becomes stronger willed and physically stronger as well. She becomes quickly agitated by her treatment from Urgayle and takes out her frustrations by proving to Urgayle that she has the ability to endure the physical challenges of training and also withstand his abuse in order to prove everyone wrong and she can complete the training and become a Navy SEAL. To everyone's surprise, O'Neil gradually increases her position in the platoon by becoming a squad leader and leading and the troop aiding the other trainees through the training series. This display of leadership alters the views her peers and leader have on her and the determination is very evident at about the halfway point of the movie (Kong 2).

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The Master Chief continually harasses O'Neil throughout training, treating her like no other trainee. He wallops O'Neil in the face, shoves her head underwater until she gasps for air, kicks her down a flight of stairs - and in an earlier version screened by reviewers but subsequently removed - even proceeds to sexually assault her from behind in the plain view of the rest of the platoon (Donnelly 1). This type of treatment does not directly represent the actual treatment of any military member, in training or not. Such physical contact would cause a military member to be court mar

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