Women in the Infantry?

[USMCRET6391]

Originally Posted by Covertness

I don't think you want to hear my spiel about this stupid fucking topic.

I liked this response better than your second one

This topic has been discussed over and over since I joined this little band of misfits.......and you know what? These are all the same arguments (for and against) and opinions that were brought up in the uncounted other threads and responses. I say train 'em in basic weapons operation and simple tactics, if the have to fight given today's battle field realities at least they can defend themselves and maybe find the FEBA........other than that they should not be in front line combat units.

[ClutterbusterNY]

Originally Posted by Panzerman

You know, in a perfect world....

Disagreements between nations would still be settled by phalanxes of male citizens fighting it out with spears in a brief afternoon's worth of carnage and horror, and women wouldn't be allowed to vote, much less fight.

My $.02 :D

You know some places in the world it's still like that today...perfect?

[Panzerman]

Nope. That way of doing things went out of style a little over 2400 years ago.

[USMC Chuter]

Ugh...I'll weigh in (again), against my better judgement.. The bottom line, all politically-correct shit aside, is that the infantry is testosterone-charged. The kind of guys who join the infantry, by and large, are motivated by three things. Sex, beer, and fighting. The beer and the fighting are usually means to the sex, if not the foreplay itself.

Yes, there are the issues of general physical abilities. Yes, there is the idea of chivalry having no place on the battlefield.. But the bare-bones fact is that sexual tension has NO place in an infantry or other combat-arms unit. Despite what people may want to believe, it WOULD be an issue. It DOES exist in EVERY integrated unit. In every unit where males and females serve together, someone somewhere is getting some on the sly (yes, even in field situations folks). It's a managable issue, but not one that needs to be added to the burden of the infantry.

I do not mean in any way to imply that females shouldn't be in the military. They should. And they should serve alongside men. Women are going to find themselves in combat situations in today's world, and they do just fine. But ending up in combat by way of circumstances is different from ending up in combat because that's your primary specialty. Combat arms are all-balls for a reason, and in my opinion that reason is sex far more so than any of the other reasons we like to talk about when this topic comes up.

[Batgirl]

I liked this response better than your second one

I'm glad Covert and the others above commented because this topic, while I agree it's been covered to death on both forums and people are sick of hearing the same arguments, it just refuses to go away. It's important that we continue to hear the perspective of experienced infantrymen who can explain the realities of combat arms and provide valid arguments why it shouldn't be open to women.

[Bronco1986]

everyone seems to have arguements against women being in the infantry. Can anyone come up with a valid reason they should be in the infantry? What can women bring to the infantry it doesn't allready have? I'm just curious.

[SGRock]

NOTHING!

[USMCRET6391]

damn Rock dont hold it in, tell us how you really feel

[Grimmy]

This is one of those subjects where reality and reason are supposed to be secondary to wishitwereisms and itshouldbes. Men will never make it as baby-birthers. Women will never make it as combat-infantry.

Call it a push, declair everyone co-equal and let the issue die the quiet death it deserves.

[kwilson]

Why do women feel they have to be a part of everything? Damnit, women should feel lucky they are even allowed in the military at all. Infantry is a man's world, and it should stay that way. Generally speaking, men and women are NOT equal. They weren't meant to be, and they never will be. Quit your bitchin.'

[Covertness]

Originally Posted by kwilson

Damnit, women should feel lucky they are even allowed in the military at all.

With all due respect Ma'am. That's a fucked up as polio.

[Bronco1986]

what he said.