apparently there isnt much that does matter
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i dont understand why you re complaining bw, as i feel yr like a decimus yrself (or really on yr way to being one, but then one from the 'other side')
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"Females do not belong in line units."

BS. i knew women in the corps that could beat your ass with one had tied behind their backs.

War isnt running through trenches carrying bolt-action .22s anymore - behind a machine gun, steering wheel, laser painter, etc gender probably doesnt pose much of a barrier - just the ability to operate normally under stress.

What would be wrong though, would be for this daft political correctness movement to actively try to encourage *more* women (specifically) into the forces - people should join if THEY want to, not after theyve been fed a few exceptionally good experiences or possibilities for the sake of statistics.

I personally would question a woman's ability to kill and hurt, as generally speaking women are more emotional, sensitive and aware of others' feelings than men are. Even amidst a adrenalin rush, a woman may double-take or question herself in a kill situation, and that split-second may make all the difference. Men are better at hardening themselves to be able to kill in n emotionally-detached way, women are mentally 'weaker' in that they more often let their emotions get in the way of their ability to fight effectively.

loz, it s all different in a combat situation you are there for a reason and you know things can happen at any time.
women who chose for fighting and have made it that far will have a certain mindset similar to their male colleagues, and if you must emphasize the sensitive side, then why not think of induced rage, or sense of duty, sense of responsibility, of protection, or just some lets get m sonofaguns (yea, women can have that aswell).

i cant speak for other countries, but here in america we have women that we refer to as "tom-boys" and a true tomboy will out run you, kill a dear and score 4 touchdowns on the family turkey day game! the fact of the matter is that there is a portion of soceity where women push themselves harder and ignore feminist emotion to prove they are just as tough as men.

though women lack testostrone, they make up for it in there will to preform which results in these so called "tom-boys".

we live in an era where women are realy becoming hardcore and some men are becoming [coffe cup]! i highly douby a women is going to join infantry is they are not emotionaly strong enough to handle it.  If a man does not want to kill or be killed he will join a safer role in the military and i thing women make those same desisions.

women do take a shot to prolong thier PMS, its called a DEPO shot, its birth control that also renders the rag nil.  much like the MRE's will make a man not have to shit for a week, the DEPO shot will prevent the womans period for 2 months.  since women get the shot once a month, it is safe to say, we wont have a quad leader saying "We need tampons on the front line NOW!"

"it's not sexist to recognize differences, it's common sense."

But it is stupid to simply assume that they have not thought about the differences and done something about them... like the DEPO injection.

who assumed they haven't thought about differences; the thing is, certain impediments haven't been overcome yet. like depo - two months doesn't really cut it.

in boot camp they rip out wisdom teeth, even though they wouldn't be a problem for over two years? why? have to be absolutely ready to deploy for intervals of unknown length.

it's the nature of the beast. bw was dead on.

you're totally entired to your opinion.

i think we have different understandings of 'front line'

Depo Shots give some women mental issues. It's not 100% safe. I can testify to this in court.

War is not fair, war is not a theory, war is not sexist, war is hell.

A womans body is not made for the infliction of chaos upon it by a front line position. A woman never could have made the march of like 500 miles under combat stress, under duress, under light rations, under dirt conditions where no shower is possible for a month, where sleep happens only sporadically and never longer than 4 hours. A woman is not made for that environment. Her menopause duration increases, as well as strength, under stress. In a dirty environment where she is losing more blood than normal, is fatigued to a fare thee well, and is unable to get proper stuff to keep herself clean... she will be a casualty. We need fighters, not casualties.

Any place where the lines are static, and rotations can happen, yeah I can see women fighting fairly well. I can see them as pilots, and even as rocket artillery.

"A womans body is not made for the infliction of chaos upon it by a front line position."

Yay for technology, which counteracts this argument.

"A woman never could have made the march of like 500 miles under combat stress, under duress, under light rations, under dirt conditions where no shower is possible for a month, where sleep happens only sporadically and never longer than 4 hours. A woman is not made for that environment."

Man isn't made for that environment either.

"In a dirty environment where she is losing more blood than normal, is fatigued to a fare thee well, and is unable to get proper stuff to keep herself clean... she will be a casualty."

Didn't you hear? they have shots for that!