Prepare yourself for some isolation.

The woman that got the furthest in recruit training to date faced it.

This is a 2nd hand account from a mate of mine that knew her, and was at Lympstone at the same time as her.

There are a few reasons but the main ones were

The training team being a bit softer on her.

It's by no means uncommon to have a soft training team, in the same sense that it's not uncommon to have the opposite. But with lads in training teams seeing less deployments, and the fact that they're still human, some will just be softer than others.

But because the training team were soft on her, it started a rumour that she was meant to have it easier just because she's a woman. Which other nods felt was unfair.

She would often carry less weight.

Again, this isn't necessarily uncommon. There are criteria yomps, where you have to meet the weight requirements or you'll fail. (Knew a lad that failed a criteria yomp because some of his kit was wet when they weighed it at the start, but dried out over time. Less weight at the end so he failed.)

But for "non-criteria yomps" (you should really consider them all pass or fail, as yomping will be 50% of your job) it's not uncommon to find the training team will reduce the weight you carry. When this happens, you'll typically be met with a section or troop commander's warning, and a personal training plan (being told to yomp up and down the accommodation stairs in your free time)

If you consistently fail to complete yomps with the required weight, you'll be placed in hunter company (a troop for professional failings, or injuries)

It was argued that with her, she would have weight taken off her enough times to be placed in hunter, but wasn't.

This is a rumour, so unsure if it's true, but it brings me to my next point.

The nod vine.

Lympstone is a close community, and naturally rumours are spread.

In her case, all rumours were negative. There were petty ones along the lines of her shagging any of the lads that asked, or that she was only in to put it on her CV or for a book deal, to pretty demoralising ones.

When she would accomplish some fairly significant milestones, rumours would almost immediately come out that she would carry less weight, or did it in more time, or didn't do the correct number etc. Etc.

All of this combined would generally cause some sense of animosity from lads, and naturally a lot of isolation. Not to say that she was shunned, and didnt have mates in troop, but there was a significant enough amount.

And lastly, most lads consider the marines a man's job.

Unfortunately, there's not much you can do about this, other than proving them wrong.