Well for one thing women have served certain roles in the military for well over 100 years. But also, just hold everyone to the same high standard and let them fail on their own. Natural barriers are always better than artificial ones
The US marines have done extensive testing on the kind of injuries incurred during basic training.
Women are more than 30 times more likely to blow out a hip ligament under strain. That is, marching with a pack or similar. Over all women are much, much more likely to develop injuries during the physically challenging situations of training and then battle.
Even if you did find a woman who could pass the same tests as a man (there is probably one or two) then she would still be very likely to end her career with a serious, permanent injury, wasting her training and depriving the nation of her abilities.
Look, a very good friend was a loadmaster for C130 transport aircraft for the air force. She must weigh a hundred pounds wringing wet. She was great at her job and an asset to the country.
Then she left to have a baby and never came back. Do the fucking math.
Wasn't there a USMC Captain that was the first one through some kind of gruelling combat training and it left her infertile due to the strain on her body, recall seeing an interview with her a year or two back
Well for one thing women have served certain roles in the military for well over 100 years. But also, just hold everyone to the same high standard and let them fail on their own. Natural barriers are always better than artificial ones
The US marines have done extensive testing on the kind of injuries incurred during basic training.
Women are more than 30 times more likely to blow out a hip ligament under strain. That is, marching with a pack or similar. Over all women are much, much more likely to develop injuries during the physically challenging situations of training and then battle.
Even if you did find a woman who could pass the same tests as a man (there is probably one or two) then she would still be very likely to end her career with a serious, permanent injury, wasting her training and depriving the nation of her abilities.
Look, a very good friend was a loadmaster for C130 transport aircraft for the air force. She must weigh a hundred pounds wringing wet. She was great at her job and an asset to the country.
Then she left to have a baby and never came back. Do the fucking math.
Wasn't there a USMC Captain that was the first one through some kind of gruelling combat training and it left her infertile due to the strain on her body, recall seeing an interview with her a year or two back