In my personal opinion i voted that women should not be allowed to serve in a combat position, i do know however that there are many women who could hold their own like SilverPhoenix probably, i am also a big fan of World's Strongest competitions and those women from Finland, Norway, and Sweden can pull trains and deadlift like 800lbs, 800lbs is alot. but i still must say that overall men are more capable in most combat situations. Oh and i wouldn't say that seeing a women hurt makes a man care more than seeing a man hurt i just believe that us guys tend to react to the women being hurt more.

one more thing, i have being hearing some people say stuff about if a women should or should not be in the kitchen, WTF IS WRONG WITH BEING IN THE DAMN KITCHEN, I HAPPEN TO BE A DAMN GOOD COOK AND THAT IS REGARDLESS OF MY SEX, I ALSO KNOW THAT MANY WOMEN CAN'T COOK, SEX HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COOKING.

NO!
Under no circumstances.

Just kidding, I'm all for them being in combat roles, my girlfriend is a combat medic. There isn't any reason why with the same training they can't fight just as well as a male.

Yes they should be in the military - HellYeah!

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my wife is in the Army, so I have an interesting take on this subject. My wife believes that women were not meant for combat roles. We had a debate last night on the issue of combat. I was watching the last battalion and she is like "how can you pick a job that deals with that [combat]." Later she said that she could not deal with the stresses of combat and said that women were not meant for such rolls.

I have worked with women in the Army, but not on active duty. I was deployed with the reserves to Iraq as combat bridging. In the 12c mos, women are allowed to serve. We did not have too many problems but there was some problems with relationships and sexual harassment. It is the same way with my wifes unit. My wife has a friend who is trying to sleep with the major to make "life easier in the office." I shutter to think of the problems that would occur if women were allowed in the infantry. My unit is the biggest bunch of bastards I have come accross.

in conclusion, I am for females in the army, but not in direct combat rolls.

Originally Posted by Doody

my wife is in the Army, so I have an interesting take on this subject. My wife believes that women were not meant for combat roles. We had a debate last night on the issue of combat. I was watching the last battalion and she is like "how can you pick a job that deals with that [combat]." Later she said that she could not deal with the stresses of combat and said that women were not meant for such rolls.

I have worked with women in the Army, but not on active duty. I was deployed with the reserves to Iraq as combat bridging. In the 12c mos, women are allowed to serve. We did not have too many problems but there was some problems with relationships and sexual harassment. It is the same way with my wifes unit. My wife has a friend who is trying to sleep with the major to make "life easier in the office." I shutter to think of the problems that would occur if women were allowed in the infantry. My unit is the biggest bunch of bastards I have come accross.

in conclusion, I am for females in the army, but not in direct combat rolls.

I have to say, I've noticed that new female recruits are much mor easily...accepted...by the ranks then new males ones.

There easier to instruct as recruits and better behaved I found when instructing, although most do lack in the field. And I underline MOST not all of them

I can't see anything wrong with manning intelligence centers or even artillery such as Patriot batteries. Front line? No! Nyet! Nein!

I don't have a problem with women serving in most MOS fields. They are generally just as capable as their counterparts. Infantry, Armor, Field Artillery and Combat Engineers should however remain restricted to males. IMHO.

They have there head screwed on more than any man in the field I must say.

"more than any man"? Hmm, I love generalizations.