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2018-01-26 Home Front: Culture Wars
Kill Shot – The Narrative Takes Two to the Chest; Women in the Infantry Myth Firmly Debunked
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Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2018-01-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Every time I go to a year-end tax seminar, it's 85% men and 15% women. I wonder if Cathy Newman's pea-sized brain can explain that?

(no, I don't, actually...)
Posted by Raj 2018-01-26 00:22||   2018-01-26 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 File under - WhiteMale Privilege
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-26 08:03||   2018-01-26 08:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, the IDF, the Pershmerga, and others have done quite well with female combatants. However, they were organized into female only units.

There is nothing gender based about being able to shoot a rifle. The issue is the getting to that point to fire the rifle. They can't hump a 120 lb rucksack for 10 miles at a run and they can't life the power bag for an 8-inch howitzer.

There are a lot of things women can do in combat, and they are deadly at it, ask ISIS, but they can't do a lot of the things necessary to fight as infantry.

Flying and servicing aircraft and helicopters seems about right.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-01-26 12:11||   2018-01-26 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, the IDF, the Pershmerga, and others have done quite well with female combatants

Not if you ask me
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-26 12:13||   2018-01-26 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 They can't hump a 120 lb rucksack for 10 miles at a run and they can't life the power bag for an 8-inch howitzer.

The difference between defense and offense. It's damn hard to win a war always on defense.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-26 12:27||   2018-01-26 12:27|| Front Page Top

#6 The race doesn't always go with those who CAN hump a 120 lb rucksack for 10 miles at a run , but that's who I'd bet on.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-01-26 13:01||   2018-01-26 13:01|| Front Page Top

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