[honeygrl]

"I'm curious. Is this something that you two are in favor of (women in combat) and don't want to see it discussed?"

I'm sortof on the fence about it. I don't think double standards are fair (women getting into positions meeting easier requirements) but I don't like seeing all the generalizations like "no woman can do blah blah" or "all women are blah blah." The reason the debate has grown old to me is that it usually gets too heated and rational thought flies out the window.

[elfman2]

"The reason the debate has grown old to me is that it usually gets too heated and rational thought flies out the window."

Fair enough.

I'd like to suggest that some of the emotionalism that come from the no women in combat crowd is a symptom of their justification - that most men become irrationally hot headed when they see a pretty little teenage girl get gang raped to death (or almost to death as I assume was the case with Jessica). I think it's something ingrained into their nature and I don't think they're prepared to work to get rid of it. Therefore, it's risk on the battlefield, and a burden to try to minimize.

[I_dmc]

curious, how goes the arguement against female police officers patrolling with male officers?