Beyond whining and tears, there is rape, menstruation, possible pregnancy, and documented physical weakness. Nothing we can do about them. Maybe chemically interfere with some of it, but that brings its own problems.
Your husband hypothetically being protected by a teenage girl is especially weak, if he is any kind of man (which I assume he is!) he not only can’t count on her for protection but will end up having to protect or rescue her.
Add to this the sexual politics introduced by female soldiers, not necessarily deliberately, and we have been seriously weakened as a force.
Finally, I hate what this does to women. It attacks the true strengths that women to have.
Oh yeah, and the kids they leave behind.
“Add to this the sexual politics introduced by female soldiers, not necessarily deliberately, and we have been seriously weakened as a force.”
That’s the whole point. Feminists have wanted to destroy the military for generations. The military by necessity affirms strong, masculine virtues and feminists are extremely threatened by this. Ultimately the entire left wants the military destroyed since it practices “discrimination” against the enemies of the U.S. and if there’s one thing lefties are proud of it’s how indiscriminate and undiscerning they are.
I’m with you all the way, Marie. He would of course protect a young woman in trouble, even if she were theoretically there to guard his back.
And so much else. And the interviewee mentioned, ‘The told jokes about women that hurt my feelings.’ Makes me roll my eyes — ‘It is a WAR, cookie, not a University.’