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Nice to see someone agrees with me.

I don't think women should be in the military either,except as auxiliaries as they were in WWII.

I think women belong in the courtroom,the boardroom,and the operating room but not in the military.

I don't even think they should be firefighters or police officers either but I'm really dating myself with that opinion.

By the way,I'm a woman.

I pretty much agree with you on most of this. I know I can be a bit Victorian at times, however, I will accept compromise only on one condition. If women are to serve in the military, then they must past the same EXACT tests and qualifications as the males should. Same with fire and police. I don't believe in any double standards so everyone must pass the same tests and qualifications. That seems to be the best way to deal with this. I'm a believe in the bell curve of statistics and although the bell curve for the women skews to the point where not as many on average will be suitable for military careers, at least on the front lines and in the bush, I do realize people are individuals and I think we can come up with a happy middle ground here for those that can cut it. I know myself, I don't think I would pass a lot of the military's tests either. I'm handy with a rifle if need be but beyond that, I know myself being clumsy, terminally nearsigthted and a loudmouth, I would not be a good asset on the battlefield. B-)

I think the military and first responders sould be left alone and not be the toys of the politically correct crowd. They have rules and qualifications that are necessary to weed out who will go where and do what and we need to let them handle things as they see fit.

If a woman can pass the tests and so on and be able to be an M-60 machine gunner on a Huey, well more power to her. Like you, I feel uncomfortable with women out there, deep down inside, I feel the same way but I figure this would be the best middle of the road solution to answer this question.

In a way, it is like the amateur radio tests I needed to pass when I got my ham radio license. I know today to get on VHF/UHF, you do not need to know CW (Morse Code) but I was licensed under the old 1950's/1960's system before it changed so at that time, I had to be able to read and understand CW at 5 WPM (Words Per Minute) and that applied to everyone.