Is there a lack of gender diversity on RP?

Women represent only about 1 in 7 of military members, so there are relatively few to begin with. Female membership of RallyPoint is not that much lower than that, but they appear to lurk a bit more than post. It is always good to encourage more diverse points of view.

I have noticed quite a few females on RP. The vast majority of topics have nothing to do with sexual orientation, so most people (and may I add appropriately) don't bring it into the conversation. For instance if the topic is about adopting a new service rifle I dont see how bringing up which side of the plate you swing from as having anything to do with the issue.

We have some very good females who comment. But, frankly, I seldom notice the gender of the person commenting.

Col (Join to see) Women comment often here on RP, perhaps it's the subject of the discussions you're viewing.

https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/have-you-ever-been-the-victim-of-a-clerical-error

https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/do-military-women-want-combat-jobs-the-survey-numbers-say-yes-and-so-do-more-than-9-000-combat

https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/women-do-you-want-to-transfer-to-combat-arms-mos

No offense intended Sir, but why someone has to say I am from the LBGTQ community before commenting?

We're here. I pop in from time to time and I really only comment on things that I have a constructive comment on. According to Rally point I'm still in the top 100 E-5 so I can't be doing that bad lol.

They're here sir. But just like most of us, they pick and choose the conversations they join.

Not trying to be a smart alec here, but my heterosexuality has never had any bearing on any RP discussion I've entered into, so why bring it up? Perhaps it is that they do not think that their gender identity is germane to the issue.

I see a lot of women on here answering questions. As far as sexual/gender orientation, I don't see that as an issue as most topics generally revolve around military oriented topics and not necessarily social issues, unless they play into military topics somehow. With the responses I see, I have yet to see a "I'm a bisexual transgender service member who's also Hindu and I have this to say on the subject" type response...which has the ability to take away from the discussion and focus it on the service member.

You would have to be very new, like a matter of hours or days not to see women posting topics or comments and even periodic sexual orientation issues posted. We cannot seem to avoid people that want to talk about with who/how they have sex these days. Just search the topics. There is plenty out there.