Barefoot and pregnant?!?
I said nothing of the sort.
What I said is that women get special treatment in the military, but everyone else was supposed to pretend they are equals.
In my 6 years of active duty and 4 years of drilling reserve status, I worked alongside women of the same rank and rate as I. Not a single one of them did the level of work that I did. They didn’t pull their weight, but got plenty of time to study for advancement exams in the office while I was working my ass off outside.
If women want to serve in the military, they should meet the exact same standards as men. They should have the same physical fitness requirements, they should have the same standing for advancement, they should do the same work as men are expected to do, etc.
In fact, I gave my little sister some advice when she joined the Navy after me. I told her to always pull her weight and don’t let anyone put her in an office for the senior enlisted and officers to ogle at. That advice served her well. She earned a Navy Achievement Medal and received phone calls from her ship asking her “how to” for 6 months after her enlistment expired.
I disagree...I worked with men that didn’t pull their weigh either. I guess the Navy has a different set of standards, the Air Force women have to meet the same standards as men in the traditional men’s fields. Call your congressman.