Women in the
Infantry is generally a poor idea.
Not just the general lack of upper body strength, carrying capacity, or overall muscle mass.
Not even the hygene issues of being in the same uniform, in the same stinking hole for a month or two.
The single largest issue with women
in the Infantry is that they are too much of a distraction to the generally adrenaline/testosterone soaked 18-22 year old males that make up the Infantry.
Bottom line:
The Infantry is in the business of winning close combat engagements, not being politically correct.
That being said..
SOME women excell as Military Intelligence analysts.
Some women seem exceptionally endowed to track multiple threads of evidence, remember minor details, and generally "Think in 100 directions at once".
SOME women can also make excellent Engineers. Attention to detail, more cautious with explosives, more attentive during long lectures about boring topics filled with many small details (that can blow your nuts off if you forget them).
Women can also make outstanding Medics (compassionate, etc), Pilots ("Think in 100 directions at once" again).
And all of the above fields often find themselves
in front of the Infantry on a battlefield.
It's a culture difference.
Any other unit type, even other Combat Arms units (Field Artillery, Engineer), can accommodate women in their ranks.
Infantry is the domain of the 18-22 year old male who , if he cannot clearly determine if he is to;
kill it, fuck it, drink it, or carry it on their backs - becomes terribly confused. Such confusion is a Bad Thing.
And, a final bit of advice to any military male:
If the meat is green, don't eat it.(i.e., don't date military women. Especially women in the ranks of E1-E4 or O1-O2)
Edit: to put it seriously..
Infantry is a high-adrenaline, high-testosterone, high-competition culture where aggressiveness, competitiveness, exceptional physical endurance, and a
warrior ethos are paramount. When you have a large group of young males spun up in that mindset and culture, the introduction of a nice pair of tits into the equation can be disastrous. They lose their focus on their mission, they start acting the player or clown for the women, they start thinking about fucking rather than fighting, they start looking at the guy next to them not as a comrade-in-arms but rather as competition.
Last edited by rdx-fx (2009-09-10 19:28:28)
