Speaking of disrespect, I find it disgustingly disrespectful of MEN to want to force the presence of women on them when they're doing men's work, and no matter how much one thinks it isn't fair (nobody said life was fair, anyway, not even -- especially not -- God), combat fighting in the military is men's work. It is HARD WIRED in the vast majority of little boys, not taught, to be warriors. It is HARD WIRED in the vast majority of little girls to be nurturers. Little girls don't have to be taught to like dolls or cajoled into playing house, like little boys. And little boys don't have to be taught play shoot-em-up or taught to crave danger and do risky things. They do it all by themselves.
It is human nature, plain and simple; people who don't like it should take it up with GOD, not the U.S. Military at the risk of endangering and DISRESPECTING the fine men who serve there. And they sure as hell shouldn't whine that it's "woman bashing" when women like ME recognize it when women's lib results in disrespect to men.
Men bond in ways when women aren't around that are crucial to survival in warfare. Women don't belong there; it is pure disrepect of masculinity to insist that we do.
It's not just in the military. At one point I was a young guy in a small startup, working long hours and hanging out with the other guys there. When we got a couple of female developers, it completely changed the group dynamics, and not for the better. They were thin-skinned and demanded that we change to suit them.
Guys behave differently when it's just us guys, and have closer relationships.