The sad fact remains-problems like this did not exist until females were let into the service. Those who think that there are not a host of problems with gender integrated units probably haven't been on deployment with one. I like to look at scantily clad women as much as the next guy, but I'd rather not sacrifice combat effectiveness so I can look at boobs.
Well, I like boobs for one thing!
I think intergration of women in the military has been ok. (Heck I ended up married to one (and no, we NEVER were in the same unit))
I think that the issue is not the gender of the troops but rather the expectaions of performance and discipline.
In many services the physical fitness of female are lower than that of males...I never figured that one out. As if Ivan (or now Hadji) would wait an extra 20 minutes to wait for the female troops to arrive before attacking our positions!