It might be better-phrased like this:
Women tend, on the average, to not be as "into" sports and other forms of physical fitness as men, and they tend not to pursue skillsets that are most useful in the Combat Arms military career paths. This has a lot to do with both cultural gender roles and with an evolutionary heritage of hunter-gatherer tribalism in which men were hunters and warriors (leading to sexual dimorphism). As a result, while perhaps 5% of the male population is qualified for the top levels of military frontline combat roles, only about 1% of women are similarly qualified (making those numbers up, for effect/example), and combat training should be rigorous and equal, so that it is ensured that all meet the standards.
Because of the physical disparities overall, a higher number of women by percent will wash out of the training. This is okay with all involved, since it means that those who do graduate the programs will be the sort of elites needed for combat. It is to the advantage of the nation to have members in the Combat Arms career path who come from different backgrounds, who think in different ways, and who have a range of physical abilities and skills which can be integrated into an effective combat team. Elite female warriors may be rare, by numerical comparison to their male comrades, but they bring combat capabilities to the team which the men cannot, in the modern style of warfare, particular in conflict areas of the 21st century where the social structure of the nations being occupied prohibit men from interacting with women as sources of potential intel or to search for weapons.
Finally, given the documented problem "rape culture" of the military, it can only improve our fighting capabilities overall if women are seen as full warriors, even in potentiam, by their fellow soldiers, rather than a sort of "second-class citizen" to whom certain military jobs are prohibited. Such a reduction in assaults and change in the way women are viewed will not only lead to fewer losses of trained and capable female soldiers, it will draw in the very kind of women who comprise that 1%, where they would currently choose to avoid going into a career where they had limited options and high danger because they are seen as limited in capacity.
By limiting female soldiers to assigned roles, we are shooting ourselves in the foot and harming our combat capabilities, not helping them.
Women tend, on the average, to not be as "into" sports and other forms of physical fitness as men, and they tend not to pursue skillsets that are most useful in the Combat Arms military career paths. This has a lot to do with both cultural gender roles and with an evolutionary heritage of hunter-gatherer tribalism in which men were hunters and warriors (leading to sexual dimorphism). As a result, while perhaps 5% of the male population is qualified for the top levels of military frontline combat roles, only about 1% of women are similarly qualified (making those numbers up, for effect/example), and combat training should be rigorous and equal, so that it is ensured that all meet the standards.
Because of the physical disparities overall, a higher number of women by percent will wash out of the training. This is okay with all involved, since it means that those who do graduate the programs will be the sort of elites needed for combat. It is to the advantage of the nation to have members in the Combat Arms career path who come from different backgrounds, who think in different ways, and who have a range of physical abilities and skills which can be integrated into an effective combat team. Elite female warriors may be rare, by numerical comparison to their male comrades, but they bring combat capabilities to the team which the men cannot, in the modern style of warfare, particular in conflict areas of the 21st century where the social structure of the nations being occupied prohibit men from interacting with women as sources of potential intel or to search for weapons.
Finally, given the documented problem "rape culture" of the military, it can only improve our fighting capabilities overall if women are seen as full warriors, even in potentiam, by their fellow soldiers, rather than a sort of "second-class citizen" to whom certain military jobs are prohibited. Such a reduction in assaults and change in the way women are viewed will not only lead to fewer losses of trained and capable female soldiers, it will draw in the very kind of women who comprise that 1%, where they would currently choose to avoid going into a career where they had limited options and high danger because they are seen as limited in capacity.
By limiting female soldiers to assigned roles, we are shooting ourselves in the foot and harming our combat capabilities, not helping them.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
