I have no issue with the rare woman who can stand toe to toe with any man doing any job she wishes in the military.
However, I have a MAJOR issue with lowering the bar to allow women into positions they are not fit for.
If our leaders want a social experiment, start with sports. Eliminate mens and womens football, baseball, track, boxing, wrestling, MMA, etc. All compete head to head, no matter the gender, and no handicapping.
If the women can compete and win in full contact sports on a level playing field with men, THEN we will consider talking about allowing them to compete for combat slots. Until then, we need to stick with what has worked for thousands of years.
Not even going to mention the disaster of having girls and boys out in hormone overload instead of staying mission oriented.
There are no rare women who can do that.
Check the times for the mens 100 meters and then check the womens.
A good high school boy will beat the women’s world record. Make that a very good high school boy.
I disagree good sir. The innate instinct of men in the West but not the Middle East is to protect the female. That will change the dynamics of a fighting unit and to the detriment of the fighting unit.
I support the idea of women in the military. Each women doing a non combat role frees up a man to fight.
The Israelis had women in front line combat roles at one time. It did not work out well. Their bravery and skills were not a problem. The problems were upper body strength, the dynamics of the fighting unit and the absolute horror inflicted on those captured.
Even if they can physically do it, no women in combat.
It’s morally wrong. That is one reason of many.
I do.
Ditto, same goes for Fire and LEO.
Or any other job that requires muscles and stamina. Why should a person holding a stop/go sign be paid more than the man who is actually fixing a bridge?
As the daughter of a WW2 Veteran who fought under Gen. MacArthur, women would not have made it through what my dad did for 6 years. 5 major battles and the final was taking the “ROCK”. Where he and a PFC volunteered to climb a telegraph pole under sniper fire to put our Flag back up on Corregidor. 503RD Airborne.
We are a career Military family, have had men in 4 of the 5 branches of service since WW2, many went career. Hubby was part of Frequent Wind, the Cuban Missile Crisis. AND NO he doesn’t get a LARGE Navy Pension for 20 years of low pay service. Ret. SCPO started as a E-1. Pay back then stunk.