“Given the nature of the military and its mission, sex is absolutely relevant. To deny that is to live in a fantasy world.”
Hear, hear.
Comprehension skills are essential to decent debate. When one misinterprets, I often suspect they are doing it deliberately to give themselves an opening for their arrogance.
And men who obsess about gender due to their own misogyny really need to grow up.
“. . . sex is absolutely relevant” is I’m afraid is not entirely true. Sex is only a gating issue where physical performance is an issue. I will admit that I wouldn’t want a women to be on the ground fighting in a combat situation along side of me, but there are many studies and performance measurements where based on averages, women have an edge over men in combat roles. Women make excellent pilots and can pull more “G” forces than their male counterpart. Women can drive today’s trucks as well as men.
The first and only time a satellite has been shot down by an aircraft was piloted by a woman. Women can “fly” UAVs as well as men. Women can serve all over all of the armed forces in positions where Physical strength is not a criterion for success.