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Sorry, but life is full of distractions. If you can't keep your mind on the
job whether it's a woman beside you or your friend telling you a joke, then
you shouldn't be in that job.
You're just looking for excuses to support a conclusion you've already
decided on.
Sorry, but women can, do and should serve in the military.......as long as
that individual is able to fulfill the requirements of their position, be it
intel analysis, combat fighter pilot, or grunt. No different requirements
for men or women, only those necessary for the job. If your job requires you
to take a 70 pound pack and do a 45 mile hike in a certain period of
time...THAT'S the goal you have to meet. If you can't, then you're not
qualified for that job.
If you can't keep your mind on the job regardless of any sort of
distractions when lives are at risk....then you're not right for that job. I
don't care if you're piloting a drone on a combat mission, patching an
artery or calling in a fire mission. If a person of the opposite sex in the
nude should start trying to make out with you, or a general is yelling in
your ear, or you found out the night before that your spouse is screwing
everything on two legs....then you should STILL be able to do your job.
Otherwise, get yourself a job where your inability to avoid distractions
won't get people killed.
If simply having a female beside you is enough to distract you....then you
clearly shouldn't be in a job where you have to remain focused, and I don't
care what that job is, civilian or military.
>> my issue is can that person
>> physically and mentally fulfill the necessary requirements for the job.
>> If
>> that means picking up your 200 pound team mate can carrying them to
>> safety...then you need to be able to do so.
>
> Well, there's that, but then everyone tells us there are other jobs in
> the military.
There are. I understand that women often make better pilots, they are
typically better at team work, concentration, multitasking, handling large
amounts of incoming information, etc
The question is do they have what it takes to fill the position? If they do,
then they should be able to. If they don't then they shouldn't be allowed
to. However, all this has to be determined on an individual basis.
>> If you job is flying a fighter,
>> then you need to be able to take the vertigo, g forces, and make the snap
>> judgements necessary for that job.
>
> Women are naturally (on average) superior to men in that instance. Their
> reaction times are slightly better too. There's a case to be made that
> women have superior decision making abilities in air combat situations
> as well.
Yep, on the flip side, most women would have a heck of a time doing what is
required of your average ground pounding grunt, but some could and if they
can they should be able to do so.
>> If you can't....then you don't need to be
>> in that job. Military or civilian. Personally, I think we should simply
>> make
>> our military fully co-ed. Sleep together, eat together, shower together,
>> etc. If you can't handle it then you're in the wrong job.
>
> That's never, ever, ever, ever been the point.
Ah, but it should. Duplication of facilities increases the logistical
burdens, decreases utilization ratios, and results in issues when it does
drop in the pot and you can't go behind a tree because you're too shy to
expose yourself to those around you. Now, in ground based permanent
facilities I think we should continue, but at the very least ALL boot camp
should be fully coed, and you demonstrate you can function in that
environment should it become necessary because your pretty little base as
been bombed flat and you have to start sharing the showers.
> Besides, it's easy to predict the outcome: an utterly unsurprising raise
> in sexual harassment cases, sexual assaults and rapes.
Yep, and those that can't control themselves need to be quickly eliminated
from the service.
> Have you ever trained a dog to allow you to place raw meat on his nose,
> and then not to eat it until you give him the command?
Yes.
> Why put a human male through that?
Because it's a job requirement.
> Because you don't mind risking a
> woman's life?
Why should I? You don't mind risking a man's life, do you?
Because, she may well have to deal with this risk if captured by the enemy.
If she can't accept the risk then she's in the wrong occupation.
> If you don't mind risking a woman's life, then you don't have a
> civilization.
Sorry, I don't see how allowing people to do what they are capable of, and
willing to do, means a lack of civilization.
I would tend to view the reverse to be uncivilized.