Most women don’t want to be in the literal line of fire.
Shall we conscript them, give them guns and get them shot at in the name of fairness?
Talk about a literal war on women.
I disagree that a man wouldn't instinctively come to another man's defense. Many Medals of Honor have been awarded to men who did exactly that.
I think that, psychologically, women are just as capable of handling combat as men. After all, women already work in areas that bring them very close to combat; in the capacity of doctors and nurses, they routinely deal with combat-caused injuries and psychological problems.
However, there is still the issue that women are simply not as big or strong as men. I do not think there are many women who could lug around 100 pounds of clothing and equipment for hours on end. We won't see women in combat for the same reason we don't see many women in heavy construction or other physically demanding jobs: most women just aren't very strong.
The only visual characteristics of an army should be: fearsomeness... uniformity... and/or invisibility/concealment.
No other traits need apply (other than exceptionally attractive dress uniforms for rare social engagements). The liberal psycho-babble of "looking like society" is simply a ruse to make the military weaker, more confused, less coordinated, and less effective.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............
You’re missing the point.
The GOAL is to vastly increase gummint power over as many people and parts of society as they possibly can.
The rest is just details.
Let me offer another view as someone who has seen young men and women in the formative years of their lives as an elementary and high school teacher.
It’s true enough that looking at a group isn’t the same as looking at an individual, so summary judgments about women and men are sure to contain exceptions. I’ve taught some young men who would not be able to handle the physical effort needed for combat, and there have been a couple of young women who would do all right in the same situation. Generally, though, I’d have to say the writer is correct, and since I’m seeing the two sexes in their early years, it’s very clear that I’m looking at differences that are biological, not cultural.
At this point I can see my grandmother smacking her forehead and saying in that beautiful New York Brooklynese Jewish lilt, “For this you went to college?”
I’m constantly surrounded by the “culture is everything” crowd in academia, which I scrupulously ignore and undermine at every turn. Of course males and females are different. I see it every day in its most basic unmasked form. In order to maintain discipline in my class, I have to respond to boys and girls differently, or there is chaos, and no learning takes place.
Best of all, using Alinskyite methods for my own purposes, I regularly mock those claiming that men and women are alike except for culture and the way they were raised. It’s always good for a cheap laugh. As Alinsky would say, you can’t defend yourself against being mocked. And if they want to fire me, I have tenure.
okay....then they’re also fine with being drafted into this role too right? ...same process and responsibilities, without exception, to men right?
I know I’d be really p*ssed if I was injured and couldn’t get assistance (carried) because I’m surrounded by many women who aren’t physically strong enough. Men have rights too, these women don’t even consider the impact on men. This is war, not some social utopia.