[Tax-chick]

I believe in equal rights for women.

So do I, I think. The problem with "equal rights" is that it only recognizes the individual, and her "right" to whatever professions she's qualified for.

So what about our woman who's strong enough to qualify, on equal terms, for army combat units? It's been demonstrated that the presence of a woman among fighting men, no matter how strong she is, is detrimental to the effectiveness of the unit. Shouldn't the woman recognize the larger goal, national security, and exercise her "equal right" in some other way?

[Cathryn Crawford]

My statement was generalized deliberately. Far be it from me to try to actually define what "equal rights" actually mean.

I think that if a woman does the same job as a man and does it just as well, she deserves the same pay.

On the other hand, I think that if women get maternity leave, men should get paternity leave.

[Lorianne]

It's been demonstrated that the presence of a woman among fighting men, no matter how strong she is, is detrimental to the effectiveness of the unit.

They said the same thing about mixing racses in military units and that was overcome. I'm not saying women should be wholesale in combat units or even at all, but just that this is a suspect argument against it.