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ChillDoubt | 21:34 Thu 08th May 2014 | News
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this is a step too far IMHO:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27331365

Females can carry out just about every job there is in HM Forces but infantry soldier/Special Forces is not and should not be one of them.
Maybe a handful would be up to the physical and mental challenge but there are extremes of situation and circumstance that females are just not suited for.

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I don't think women are suited mentally or physically to combat. We are designed for having children and body shape and design are to bear and nurture babies. Without going in to too much detail there are plenty of reasons a woman would not be suited. Men and women are not interchangeable and should not be expected to be. Women flying fast jets are ok. This is...
23:32 Thu 08th May 2014
chilli - and breathe
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From the link:

Major Judith Webb, who retired from the Army in 1986, is opposed to women being allowed to take close combat roles.

"We have to accept that we are different physiologically," she said.

"We don't have the same upper-body strength."

Maj Webb said it was "nonsense" to suggest there could be less-demanding tests for women entering combat roles, and reducing standards "across the board" would reduce the effectiveness of the Army.

She said the "occasional woman" might meet standards for male soldiers, but said that would lead to calls for more women to follow - which could result in standards being lowered to promote equality.

Women had proved themselves in a variety of roles and there should be more women in senior ranks, she added.
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The lady knows exactly what she is talking about.
Such sexism. Bet u think they can't play rugby either(?).
Why on earth would women want to be equal to men. We all know that we are far superior. For a start show me a man that can multi task. I could go on.
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Watch the first 2 minutes of this. How will the mood and mindset change if it occurs regularly to females in our next theatre of operations?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-B1F5izOIY
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I do think there might be some issues of them being a liability because their male colleagues might be over protective of them and behave differently towards them,


If a male soldier behaves differently because their colleague is a woman then isn't it the man who is the liability?
Now your suggesting that women who want to serve our country don't have the intelligence to have thought scenarios like this thru. Sexism and prejudice. Keep going.
my point, divebuddy, is that if I were the object person, I wouldn't be fussed if I were pased hand to hand in an efficient system that didn't exhaust rescuers as long as I got out
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Now your suggesting that women who want to serve our country don't have the intelligence to have thought scenarios like this thru. Sexism and prejudice. Keep going.
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Doubtless they have Zacs. But what will the general public make of it?
Also, if you are going to take part in a serious debate it's:
you're and not your and you not u. It's not a text message.
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Until they try it, we won't know.
I don't think women are suited mentally or physically to combat. We are designed for having children and body shape and design are to bear and nurture babies. Without going in to too much detail there are plenty of reasons a woman would not be suited. Men and women are not interchangeable and should not be expected to be. Women flying fast jets are ok. This is mental dexterity and coordination. Women fighting against men though ... Really good idea?
// Women fighting against men though ... Really good idea? //

They should be ok as long as they've got machine guns.
We seem to put up with FGM of young girls. They cannot fight back. Are they suited for what they are subjected to?
wonder what the stats are for female soldiers being sexually assaulted by their own comrades, ever think about that, so they might be more at risk from their own side, that may not be the issue, but to say that what happens if they are captured by the insurgents, going on tv footage they are supplied with powerful weaponry, just like the men, Mike Dannett said that in close combat they would have to use a bayonet, or kill at close quarters, perhaps, but its more likely to be shoot first ask questions later.

I am in two minds, but i don't think they should be stopped if that is what this wish to fulfil a full combat role.
also women pilots could be shot down, as has happened, so could still fall into the hands of the enemy, they are also issued with weapons,
do we stop them from being pilots, no
It wouldn't work; once a month they'd run off crying, looking for a shop that sells chocolate
don't men like chocolate, and going on the stats for ex male soldiers who have ended up mentally ill, turned to drink, drugs, and in prison are high,
so its a tough job for both.
The papers will be up in arms, that's what will happen, ChillDoubt. But in a free society shouldn't females be allowed to fight?

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