In his article, Benedict Carey, a New York Times reporter, writes about the struggles that female soldiers face in the intensely male world of the United States military.

According to Army data, female soldiers are more likely than male soldiers to report depressive symptoms, and women are 10 times more likely than their male counterparts to have reported serious sexual harassment after deployment. The risk of suicide among female soldiers tripled during deployment.

In 2014, The Times asked female soldiers and veterans to share their experiences in the military. More than 150 people responded. Here is a selection of their words:

“My male counterparts were deemed competent and capable until they proved otherwise, where on the other hand it was often assumed that I was incompetent until I proved I was not.”

Diana Kramer. She has been deployed overseas five times, most recently in Qatar. She was the only woman assigned to her unit in four of her five deployments.

“Because we are female, a lot of respect slips through the cracks and we are treated as though we aren’t worth as much as a male. ... We work twice as hard to get half as far.

Marylin Woodman She was deployed overseas three times, each time serving in units where women made up 10 to25 percent of the squad.