[Allegra]

I just don't see this as a gender issue.

And I get a little tired of people dragging gender into subjects that aren't really relative.

And the questioning as to whether war is "scaring" the "ladies" is way off base IMO.

Look around and tell me how many American women you see serving in some capacity in Iraq.

Y'all can look around and verify that for me, can't you? ;-)

[ansel12]

To demand that an obvious question not be asked, is to display deep rooted sexism.

“I don’t know the current numbers but by 1986 the attrition rate for the class of 1980 was 40% female to 25% male for West Point graduates, 23% to 11% for the Air Force Academy, 32% to 24% for Naval Academy graduates that went into the Navy, and 57% to 27% for the Annapolis grads that went into the Marine Corps.”

[fr_freak]

I just don't see this as a gender issue.

And I get a little tired of people dragging gender into subjects that aren't really relative.

Given the nature of the military and its mission, sex is absolutely relevant. To deny that is to live in a fantasy world.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You go, Girl! ODS Vet here. ;)