I think some women can be in some combat situations but only when tested and proved. The idea of just throwing all women into all combat situations is insane. Scientific Method; people! Come on!
When the body bag pile gets high enough this will get rethought.
“Women Don’t Belong in Combat Units”
Common sense, a voice in the wilderness, and they don’t belong in the front lines of police work.
When I was in the Army, I was part of the physical fitness training and testing team. I have never seen a woman outdo a man in all three areas of testing—push ups, sit ups, and 2 mile run. I have seen only one woman consistently outrun the men. But she was a champion runner in Spain before she came to the United States. And when I was in basic training and on road marches, it always required two women, at least, to carry the M-60 machine gun. One man can tackle that task. These social experiments are absurd and dangerous and a threat to national security.
Some have the same concerns about police & firefighters.
Then if you restrict their options you restrict their options for advancement. Can’t do that of course. Only one alternative, NO to women in combat roles.
“I think some women can be in some combat situations but only when tested and proved. The idea of just throwing all women into all combat situations is insane. Scientific Method; people! Come on!”
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I respectively disagree with you. There is no one testing method by which you could ‘test and prove,’ women who can/should be allowed into combat on an individual basis.
The testing of men is the prime example of why women cannot be tested on an individual basis. Men are tested as a Grouped Working Unit, and those that do not make it are rejected (discharged or regulated to lesser job if seeking specialized jobs).
There is no way you could have women, in general, tested individually for combat. For one, it would be prohibitively expensive; secondly, it would lead to accusations of either favoritism or discrimination. We’re talking active combat, especially.
I’m not saying women cannot be trained to shot and defend themselves and their homeland. Far from it. Our pioneer women-folk did just that, and did as well as they could given they were literally on the front line of their survival. It’s a belief of mine that once you teach either sex how to handle a gun responsibly it changes their way of living and usually for the good of the community. Which is why the Democrats and other Weak-willed political parties don’t want it done.