As far as dykes or fairies serving... I’m all for it.
We need good people on the front lines!
A young neighbor gal is a medic and spent her first tour on base in Iraq treating mainly civilians. She wanted to be helping our guys instead, and requested to do that. Her second tour was in Afghanistan on patrols with our guys. Treating them, but also a big asset in the villages as she could treat the women and gain their confidence.
She was requested on her third tour to be on patrols again, so I’m guessing she was found capable. Perhaps technicaly the patrols weren’t considered “front line combat”. But her mom would ask her if she is in danger and getting shot at. “Mooommmmm - don’t ask that. But duh - we’re in the middle of Afghanistan!”
I don’t know her views on women in combat - but I’m thinking that she would probably agree that a woman shouldn’t be in a primary combat role.