I am a woman, I totally agree with you, and the only thing that makes me angry is that the military is being dragged down to the lowest common denominator along with every other institution in American life, vital ones like law enforcement, firefighting, academia, pop culture, etc and militant feminism has so much to do with ALL of that.
Back to the Rangers-just for starters, the discrepencies in upper body strength are unbridgeable. The standards affected by that one factor will have to be lowered, just as swimming requirements in law enforcement have had to be lowered or dropped for blacks. Just as the race industry cries about “cultural bias” in iq tests, when results show that minorities actually do better on the parts of these tests which could be said to have “cultural influence”, that being one of the easiest things to learn when they LIVE in this culture. The parts of the tests based on more pure cognition are where the problems come in, but admitting that wouldn’t support the agenda that everyone in general is equal in iq, it’s just that the tests are “rayciss”. Funny how the truth is the exact opposite of what they claim!
Well, one more nail in the coffin for the military (Obama wants to “equalise” the SEALS also, a “minority recruitment drive” is supposed to be in effect, as if the opportunity for anyone who can make the cut based on the standards already in place hasn’t always been there). What do the PC, AA, equality-uber-alles hustlers do, when minorities just don’t want to put themselves through that degree of rigor? Why, they lower the bar so that those who formerly couldn’t have made the cut can get the “prestige” white males have for enduring it, without having to actually BE the best. So long as they get a certificate that SAYS they are just as good, who cares if they didn’t actually have to BE THE BEST?
It is kind of like the "Champion" trophy they give to ALL kids, because, hey...even though you didn't REALLY win it all, we can't have that emotional damage...
But there is something else that really bothers me...this is more than that trophy given to alleviate emotional damage to kids...this sounds like a trophy given to ensure there is no career damage to women who would find themselves at a promotional disadvantage to men who did serve in those specialized units, or in combat in general. And that bothers me, because people will die, missions will fail, and battles will be lost.
Don't get me wrong, men are fully as capable of getting people killed and fouling up missions on their own, without adding faux expertise on top of it all.
The sad thing is that there might be a real place for women in combart arms, though likely not in Infantry. I suspect that Artillery will remain out so long as 155 rounds weigh what they do and the issue of female upper body strength remains constant, and that leaves Armor [not counting Combat Engineers and Frontline Evac Medics] Given the jobs of driver, gunner and tank commander, I think a female could handle any of those tasks as well as or better than most men, save some maintenance jobs [roadwheels, tortion bar changes] That leaves the loader's job, and that really takes a brite, male or female- or an automatic loader, which the Russians have used since the T-62 of circa 1965.