[PapaBear3625]

I am not trying to demonize them or say that they are cowards. If men can get pregnant I would surmise many of them would do it to, to avoid combat.

Men who deliberately make themselves unfit for combat (like, for example, shooting themselves in the leg) get court-martialed.

Women who get pregnant on active duty should be dismissed with a less-than-honorable discharge, and be ineligible for any military benefits.

[castlegreyskull]

“Women who get pregnant on active duty should be dismissed with a less-than-honorable discharge, and be ineligible for any military benefits.”

They should get such a discharge, but they won’t. However, that isn’t entirely my point.

I believe unit cohesion relies on high retention and a high level of combat readiness. If you have a company that is 50/50 male female, it is unrealistic to believe that will happen. If half of the women get pregnant you are at a measly 75% combat readiness at any given time. That is assuming that the majority of the 50% women were draftees who never really wanted to be there in the first place.

[Radix]

I had an acquaintance in the Army who was so in fear of going into her all female barracks that she spent most of her free time walking around the kasernes and doing anything she could to avoid entering that place.

She was a pretty blue eyed blonde girl told me about her problems with the Dykes constantly harassing her in the women's facility. She was clearly living in fear. I even talked to her once while she very distraught and weeping openly on military property. Nobody in authority would help her.

I ran into her once in a while and she seemed always stressed.

The last time that I saw her, she told me that she was ETSing because she got herself pregnant and opted for the Honorable.

There are a million stories out there.