Well girls you got what you wanted...

[Psykhronic]

A few friendly fire incidents might go a long way in dealing with this problem...

Well, the problem is not currently being dealt with, so it can only get worse or simply not get better.

Seriously though, other militaries have women in combat arms. Apparently they are dealing with this problem. Besides, I'm pretty sure women were going without showers their entire lives for most of the last couple hundred thousand years. Apparently it is doable.

To be fair, "entire lives" was a lot less a while back and hygiene did not matter. Today, in the military, it does. A women with a urinary tract infection or toxic shock syndrome because she had to keep her tampon in too long isn't going to be too helpful. Also, it is a complete myth that birth control completely stops your period. I have never met a woman on birth control who had no period to speak of. You might argue that the physical exertion would make her period stop, but that typically only happens in boot camp.

I'm not saying it is bad to have women in combat. I'm saying, our military is not ready for it. That says more about our military than our women.

Some women do have their periods stop, either on a hormonal IUD or they take a birth control pill every day or a shot or whatever, it just doesnt work on EVERY woman. There are more women than who you have met. However, periods are a legit problem, but like others have said, apparently they have been managing it.

Menstrual cups can be used instead of tampons, although you may want more research performed on them-- which is valid.

And yes, rape in the military needs to be addressed. The higher ups do need to actually DO something about incidents. There needs to be more than just that, however I am not sure what else.