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To: dandelion

The warrior woman is traditional in some societies.


5 posted on 05/31/2004 10:27:45 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: tiamat

But it isn't in the USA, it's just another welfare program. All they have to do is get pregnant, then they'll spend their lives in cushy shore assignments where they have to work for 4 hours a day and it's automatically sex discrimination if they don't get promoted.


7 posted on 05/31/2004 10:30:59 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (All the good taglines are taken...)
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To: tiamat

Women have been and still are serving quite admirably in the Israeli Army.


9 posted on 05/31/2004 10:32:53 AM PDT by AngieGOP (I never met a woman who became a stripper because she played with Barbie dolls as a kid)
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To: tiamat

It is also traditional in the Judeo-Christian society, as evinced by the scripture above.

And let's look closer at that scripture he used to illustrate the "abomination" of women wearing warrior's clothing:

Deuteronomy 22, verse 5:

5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

You'll notice it says NOTHING about "women wearing warrior's clothing" - and yet, he directly attributes this falsehood to scripture:

"Yes, Scripture makes it clear that the real issue is not women soldiers in combat roles vs. women soldiers in non-combat roles. The real issue is women playing the role of soldier, period. Remarkably, the Bible spells out several wrongs so outrageous, so wicked, that they earn the title of "an abomination." Homosexuality is one. Killing innocent children is another. Having women serve as soldiers is a third. This act of a woman putting on "the gear of a warrior" (keli gabar) is described in Deuteronomy 22:5 as "an abomination." "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God" (emphasis mine)."

Now, I can ascertain that women being warriors is NOT considered an abomination in scripture - but I CAN ascertain that attributing falsehoods to scripture is a sin.

Even if you wanted to believe that women warriors are an abomination based on the "wearing of men's clothing", that can be shot down in one sentence:

Men's and women's uniforms are different by military code and issuance; the sexes have their OWN unique uniforms that are subtly different, and they must be worn by the appropriate gender.


18 posted on 05/31/2004 10:42:39 AM PDT by dandelion
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To: tiamat

Do you understand that when they are talking about a draft they are talking about sending you into combat involuntarily?


83 posted on 05/31/2004 3:05:55 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: tiamat
The warrior woman is traditional in some societies.

Very rarely and mostly in the legends. But female camp followers is indeed a long tradition.

132 posted on 05/31/2004 6:33:00 PM PDT by A. Pole ("Stating the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." George Orwell)
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