If women want to be treated equally, then, there should be nothing to stop them.
Then, they had better be equal in all respects and capacities. For example, they had better be able to carry a wounded soldier of about 165 pounds on their shoulder for about 100 years, or whatever is the requirements lately. No dumbing down, and no downgrading of the requirements. War is war, and nobody gets a break when in battle.
You know “Affirmative Action” is coming. The men will have the standards lowered.
I'm not sure any country would be worth that kind of commitment!
Women soldiers are not going to be held to male standards in the future, nor was that the plan in the beginning. The government will lower the standards as far as they have to, regardless of the impact. That’s not an unintended consequence; that’s the idea.
They don’t care that the military is being weakened. That doesn’t scare them. They *want* that. They never intend to use the military for ground combat. They’ll either use drones or they’ll use nothing.
The military is just a government bureaucracy for delivering aid now. They’re going to slash the budget and kill the culture, leaving behind an armed version of the post office. And that will be that.
And now, they’ll get to deal with the penalty for not registering for Selective Service, chief among these for young people is not being able to receive federal financial aid.
There’s also states that enact penalties and denial of state aid for not registering.
While men and women are equal as persons, I do not want to be treated like a man and I do not want my daughters treated like a man. If some women want to be treated like a men, that is their choice but do not force it on the rest of us.