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Originally Posted by WillyPete
I think the only way you're going to resolve it is by having women killed in action.
sorry, but it's how it's worked for the isrealis. They've realised they're all in it together.
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Bingo.
I don't mean to be rude, but hearing someone who's never been in the service explaining their opinion on this topic is like hearing a man tell what it's like to give birth.
I've been in the military, and I think there are more problems than benefits from women in combat units. Special forces in particular have their own opinions, which don't align with the plot of "G.I. Jane."
Beyond that, there are two other factors:
1. America is not ready to see women come home in body bags, as Willypete said.
2. People think it's worse for a captured woman to be raped than it is for a captured man to be tortured. I haven't seen an explanation for that, but that IS the prevailing opinion.
For the record, there are many, many women serving admirably in the military, and we couldn't get along without them.
Just not in combat units, IMO.