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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
I agree, fitness standards should be same. I have never been in military, they didn't accept me  , but my brother served as NCO in Army. He told me about exercise during which company was ordered to move in squads as quick march to another position. There was one female soldier in my brother's squad who just wasn't strong enough for the job. Rest of the squad ended up carrying her equipment in addition of their own and even after that their movement took about 45 min longer than from other squads.
My brother, squad leader, wasn't very pleased. |
In politically correct America, you will be labeled a sexist, and any valid point you made is automatically discounted.
That sarcastic comment aside I agree. My cousin and brother were both marines (My left leg is 2 inches shorter than my right, due to a car accident and substandard medical care given to uninsured 14 year olds from poor families, I walk with a permanent limp, they didn't let me in either)
I asked both their opinions on women serving alongside them, and they both agreed it is not a good idea.
Not out of sexist reasons, so hear us out.
In war, man is brought to the most primal of instincts, which explains the high amount of wartime rapes, throughout any war in history. Just look at how German women killed themselves to avoid the Russian army retaliations, or the rape of Nanking by Japanese soldiers.
Anything with a vagina would be nothing more than an impediment, yes that sounds incredibly mysogynistic, but it is not my intention. Men get extra sensitive over a woman falling in combat over another swinging "jimmy"
It sounds bad, I am having troubles articulating myself today. Not minimizing the woman warrior. Just trying to highlight the potential distraction to the male majority.
(no matter how I say it, I am an a-hole, it is not intentional, nor do I hate women, after all someone did marry me.)