[Paul C. Jesup]

Listen, if you want to standards to be equal (which you yourself agree stated), then those women who pass those standards should be able to handle any responsiblity that their male counterparts can.

And about 'effect on morale and behaviour of the troops as a whole': They said the same thing about that on the issue of race, which was proven wrong.

[Tailgunner Joe]

So prove it wrong in regards to gender. You can't.

We are fighting the Leftist/Islamist Fifth Column right now because of this PC crap.

The Military's Moslem Problem: Pentagon Sacrifices Lives to Accommodate Political Correctness

[iconoclast]

Listen, if you want to standards to be equal

I, for one, will settle for that .... if they are PRE-PC standards!

[TalBlack]

Sorry, but the introduction of a woman to a male enviroment neccessarialy feminizes that enviromrnt. this has NEVER failed to be the case. No man in the military can tell a female "soldier" what he thinks of her performance if it is sub standard. he may even wind up on charges. Equality is the basis for morale. As for the idea that there are woman who can meet the standards, that is THE OLD HONEST standards, it simply isn't true. The BEST woman could do, that is the top single digits was only as good as the BOTTOM forty percent of the males but with this caveat: the woman couldn't get any better but the men COULD! iN SHORT there will always be a male better qualified next in line. If you believe anything else you have bought the line and should resume watching CNN.

[CyberCowboy777]

They said the same thing about that on the issue of race, which was proven wrong.

Until the same can be said about the sexes (and it cannot) this fact has no bearing on the issue.

On the other hand much data can be read on not only the real world effects women have had on troops, but also on the science of gender relationships and effects.

Can men be trained to ignore these "crude" base behavior responses? Yes.

Is the cost top society worth it. Nope.