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Ducimus · 05-05-08, 05:52 PM

In my experience there are VERY FEW things that i haven't seen a woman do, as well as any man can.

Part of my enlistment, i spent in a unit that is the USAF's version of the Navy SeaBee's. During this time, ive seen women lay block, work concrete, frame walls, do foundation work, operate tractors and other assorted heavy equipment, wield, etc, JUST AS WELL AS ANY MAN. Its worth noting that one of my supervisors, according to her, was.. i think she said, the 5th or 8th women ever allowed into this type of unit. Up until that point, it was male only because units of this type operate, and i quote "in remote hostile locations with limited resupply of consumables".

If there was any work that ive done that would show women incapable it would have been masonry and concrete. Ive seen women work concrete pours ALL DAMN DAY, and let me tell you, pouring enough crete to see around 100 transit trucks pass thorugh your jobsite in a single day, every day, is nothing to sneeze at. Every try raking 3 to 4" slump concerte in front of a screed board all day? It hurts, and it burns every muscle in your body. Ive seen women do that all day just as well as any man. My boss, she loved laying cinderblock walls.

Seeing all that, i will very rarely, if ever, buy the excuse of, "I can't do that, its too hard, I'm just a girl", or "She's just a girl, thats too hard for her." Bullschitt, i know better.

Having said that, acutal infantry duty, im not sure about, which is why im not voting in the poll. I have no doubt that a women could perform well as an infantryman. My concern is more over fratrinization, and what should occur if she was ever captured.

05-05-08, 05:52 PM	#24
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	In my experience there are VERY FEW things that i haven't seen a woman do, as well as any man can. Part of my enlistment, i spent in a unit that is the USAF's version of the Navy SeaBee's. During this time, ive seen women lay block, work concrete, frame walls, do foundation work, operate tractors and other assorted heavy equipment, wield, etc, JUST AS WELL AS ANY MAN. Its worth noting that one of my supervisors, according to her, was.. i think she said, the 5th or 8th women ever allowed into this type of unit. Up until that point, it was male only because units of this type operate, and i quote "in remote hostile locations with limited resupply of consumables". If there was any work that ive done that would show women incapable it would have been masonry and concrete. Ive seen women work concrete pours ALL DAMN DAY, and let me tell you, pouring enough crete to see around 100 transit trucks pass thorugh your jobsite in a single day, every day, is nothing to sneeze at. Every try raking 3 to 4" slump concerte in front of a screed board all day? It hurts, and it burns every muscle in your body. Ive seen women do that all day just as well as any man. My boss, she loved laying cinderblock walls. Seeing all that, i will very rarely, if ever, buy the excuse of, "I can't do that, its too hard, I'm just a girl", or "She's just a girl, thats too hard for her." Bullschitt, i know better. Having said that, acutal infantry duty, im not sure about, which is why im not voting in the poll. I have no doubt that a women could perform well as an infantryman. My concern is more over fratrinization, and what should occur if she was ever captured.