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Originally Posted by kranz
time for my 2 cents:
women who want to help in the army should be put in paid brothels behind the front line.
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gotcha - I was trolling.
Their services should be free.  |
With misogynistic comments like that, it's a wonder why there are not more females on this forum.
Also Sky your statement about women getting colder is not accurate. Women are more sensitive to feeling cold, but actually are better than men at managing and surviving cold, as they tend to have a thicker and more even layer of subcutaneous fat.
Anyhow as for the topic, males and females in the military... Truth be told each sex offers different strengths and weaknesses for military service. Women do not have as much upper body strength, but strength is hardly the determining factor in combat, not in ancient times, and definitely not now. Endurance is more important for hauling gear, which is something most women can do just fine as they do have good lower body strength.
While a woman may not be the most ideal candidate as the squad's support gunner, there are plenty of other roles that they can match males in, or even exceed. For example, physically women are far better suited as fighter pilots than males, they are smaller in size, have less mass, and as a result can tolerate g forces much better. Women also tend to have better manual dexterity and are more agile. Which again makes the good candidates for piloting, or crewing tanks, or sniping, recon, etc.. So perhaps we should raise the bar in those areas.
Some of these physical tests are just arbitrary tests. The real question is who is most best suited for each job.