Men are better than women in combat

[Aractus]

Sorry for the trigger title (so to speak), but it comes from an argument I made 3 years ago as an opinion columnist when I had just left the Air Force... around the time the ban on women on the frontlines was lifted. That argument can be found here. 

The reason for the post now is because the Marines just released a year long study showing how men outperformed women in combat in every case... just weeks after the big news came out that 2 women had made it through Ranger school. I'd state more of my argument here, but you can just read it in the link above.

My opinion has been strengthened from 3 years ago. I'll fight for equality (literally and figuratively), but in the interest of national security and lives being willfully put on the line, equity supersedes. Women should not be allowed on the front line, and if they must, they must match the minimum expectation of men. 

Ian

Yes Ian it's obvious that "men are better than women in combat" - why else can't women compete equitable against men in sports?

The interesting thing about allowing women to serve on the front lines isn't so much about whether they "should" or "shouldn't", but about what's going to happen when the public realises there's a big difference in something like chance of survival among trained military personnel in a combat zone.

But for now you should at least be glad that women are being used for a military purpose instead of being trafficked as sex slaves for the combatants.