[xzins]

The sexism, macho crap, and outright disrespect for women (mascaraing as chivalry) is all mixed up with the sensible realism. What is left is mostly a cesspool.

If the Israelis don't do it, then it doesn't make sense.

I already knew it didn't make sense, but the Israelis could use extra bodies on the firing line, and if female bodies worked as well as any other body, then the Israelis would have them there. IIRC, they tried, it didn't work, they stopped it.

Ergo.

[littleharbour]

Buggery in one trench. Fornication in the next. Dyke fraternization down the line. And the fighting will be left to the few heterosexual men who have enough honour and commitment not to be lured by the temptation of females in close proximity to a war zone. Unlike the generals who lead them.