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To: Right Brother
This “women can serve in combat roles” trope is tiring.

If you are talking ground combat, I could not agree more. As in you are correct. But well being able to take and extra quarter G can come in handy. (I am of course only referring to people in top physical condition.) This is not PC junk. It's based on actual science and studies. Not hard to search for them. So this is a rare case where the facts support the issue. Let's call it an exception that proves the rule.

53 posted on 01/15/2024 7:01:20 AM PST by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: piytar

Again, so what? Women can also endure more pain than a man. So, wouldn’t that give them more resiliency on the field of combat? A warrior, airborne or otherwise, requires a certain psychological make up. It is an instinctively male trait, rarely possessed by women. But, if you cannot comprehend this, then future debate is futile.


60 posted on 01/15/2024 7:11:05 AM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: piytar

“But well being able to take and extra quarter G can come in handy.”

Disagree. A fighter is NOT a centrifuge. Upper body strength becomes a factor and women don’t have as much. Writing as someone who has pulled neck and back muscles while moving under Gs. And who has been around women fighter pilots.


116 posted on 01/15/2024 8:26:54 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: piytar
You didn't read your studies carefully. Women can handle slightly more Gs at the same weight. So a 190lb. mam will still be able to handle more Gs than a 140lb. woman (since women tend to weight less than men, even in the services). So, yeah, not even in fighter planes...
140 posted on 01/15/2024 9:44:07 AM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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