Women can contribute to the services, as my own mother did in WWII, in non-combat roles.
"my mother cared for dying soldiers in WW2 at a TB hospital, and I happen to think her contribution to the war effort as a Navy nurse was equal to that of my dad, who fought with the Navy in the Pacific...."
Her contribution was a great one, but vastly different than fighting the enemy in combat. My dad fought in WWII in the Navy in the Pacific too, his ship, the U.S.S. San Juan was hit by a Japanese bomb. He also saw action in the Atlantic on an LST. My mother worked for the Dept. of the Navy; but I would never say their roles were "equal". I think women today suffer badly from low self esteem and need to compensate for it by trying to make themselves "equal" to men. Too bad they couldn't find a more productive way to build their esteem up than trying to tear men down.
You haven't been around the women I've been around. I think they're cockier than ever. lol