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This isn’t an unreasonable argument. There are plenty of non-combat roles in the military that aren’t as physically demanding. If women are to be in the military, they should be in those roles. Then again, if that is the rule then why not relax the physical standards on men doing the same...

Only a tiny fraction of Americans can serve in the military, especially in any remotely realistic scenario, and each one requires a huge investment in resources and training. Why make that investment in a soldier who is significantly less effective and much more likely to get sick or be injured?

Natural birth being replaced by test tube babies, like Brave New World, is something we all should dread. Natural parenthood is one of the last limiting factors on big government and establishment power. Take away that and they have their boots on humanity’s head forever.

I don’t necessarily object to robots replacing infantry, well there are pros and cons, but if or when the time comes for that then it may be necessary to adopt them. In the meantime though, with reality as it is now instead of what it may some day be, males are clearly better soldiers.

You do know that currently nuclear weapons aren’t carried to their destination in an infantryman’s backpack?

Is voting a right? It sure isn’t in the US Constitution and wasn’t historically for most Western nations. Mostly these nations, including the USA, were set up or evolved to be Democratic Republics, not pure a democracies. Is it acceptable for 51% of the population to vote the other 49% into...

🙄 So if women aren’t as good in the military as men, then shouldn’t have men either! Egalitarianism takes us to absurd places.

Well, the definition of feminism has gotten more extreme as the old goals of feminism are achieved. Most people are feminists now by standards of the past, so now self identified feminists have to be more radical. The modern education system goes back to the 1900's, so its pretty old actually...

You think so? Since women have received the vote, has feminism increased in popularity or decreased? Since women have gained the vote, has feminism become more or less extreme? The fewer "grievances" that women have, the more angry and resentful we seem to become. Now we have a society that...

That makes me tired just reading about it. It seems like they decided to go with mostly new exercises instead of traditional ones. I've never done hand release pushups before (nor do I intend to) but it seems like not many women would be able to do 30 of them if they are harder than normal pushups.

Alternatively, we could have women not vote :sneaky: That is certainly a big improvement over sex based PT standards.

Why start with that or end the conversation with it? I think that everything I’ve said is pertinent to the topic. As for who enforced banning women from the military? The armed services would enforce that prohibition just as they would enforce any other regulation that they have regarding...

The idea that in the near future we’ll be involved in such massive casualty inflicting wars that being able to have female soldiers is going to be a significant benefit pretty much flies in the face every every trend in warfare as well as social trend going back decades. If America, or any...

I don't find the subject particularly uncomfortable. In certain times and places, women fighting may be necessary, but it's something that should be avoided when possible and I think that this has been the prevailing thought in almost every civilization that has existed through history. Is it...

I don't know what "skeky" means.

Keep in mind that as time progresses, more of our military actions are against unconventional enemies, including fighting guerillas or terrorists, and technological advances tend to favor quality over quantity. Also, I would hope, we can avoid pointless military conflict in the future as we've...

I'll quote myself... Of course, everybody is probably already typing furiously to say that there are women who can meet and exceed the male standards. You know a girl who can run 2 miles in 8 minutes, can bench press 400 pounds, is an expert markswoman, has 3 Congressional Medals of Honor, and...