a common conception is that ladies can easily get emotional and despressed...

but look at this fact:
a divorced man is 8 times more likely to commit suicide than a divorced woman

Well, in many cases, a woman has proven to be emotionally and mentally stronger than men!

Missler...carrying a downed person was also one of the tests that they did in the British Army. Not only did you have to pick him up from the deck along with his pack and weapon along with your own pack and weapon you then had to run a hundred yards with in 35 Seconds

Originally Posted by chinese-canadian

but look at this fact:
a divorced man is 8 times more likely to commit suicide than a divorced woman

Check out the statistics on what men get out of the divorce and what women get, you might see why. Most guys lose a lot.

I read in an issue of Scientific American (I think, it was about a year ago and I get a lot of science mags) in an article about the differences between female and male brains, that over long or repeated periods of intense stress (i.e. combat) males' reflexes are enhanced and females' are slowly degraded due to differences in the part of the brain that handles them. However, I believe that if women can prove themselves just as well as men, they should be allowed into any role.

Also, in the book Starship Troopers (not sure if it's true or has been disproved), they say the average male is stronger and faster, but average females have better reflexes and g-endurance, which would seem to make them better fighter pilots and such.

Originally Posted by major liability

average females have better reflexes and g-endurance, which would seem to make them better fighter pilots and such.

That's correct. I did a paper in college about women in combat, and ran across a retired female Air Force Captain who was a fighter pilot. She does a ton of research about women in combat, and found that women's body structure allows their heart to get blood to their extremities faster, allowing them to take more G's than a person of larger body structure (i.e. a male).

Here's Captain Barbara A. Wilson's site:
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/

If women have the same physical powers as men then why do they insist that they have separate games like the Olympics. Now they can't have it both ways. [Well that is open to debate]

hell yes - We've got some women training with us and they don't take any crap from anyone.

They also beat about 40% of the lads on a hill yomp recently

a hill yomp?

Well, not all females are good in pyhsical!