Posted on 09/10/2015 2:14:16 PM PDT by detective
All-male ground combat squads proved faster, stronger and more lethal in most cases than units that included women, concludes a Marine Corps study that evaluated the impact of integrating women into all jobs.
The women also suffered higher injury rates during physically demanding training, according to a summary of the study released Thursday.
The Marine Corps faces a deadline the Pentagon has set for requiring military branches to open all specialties to women, including infantry and special operations forces, beginning next year.
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But the women in combat units probably had higher self-esteem, and their prospects for career advancement were probably improved.
Which has higher priority in today's Marines?
I hope the Marines outlast the Kenyan clown-show.
It would be interesting to conduct the experiment with young boys over and over again to see were the equivalence is between a mixed unit of boys and a mixed unit with females. My guess would be boys of 13 are the same and adult females in the combat department.
DUHHHHHHH!
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