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Originally Posted by a breezy era
Is it more useful, persay, in a state of conflict for the government to disallow capable fighters from defending their families, or is it better to avoid drafting them women into the front lines in hopes that they will remain convinced of their "physical inferiority?"
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I am quite sure that women are not physically inferior, I mean ballet is completely dominated by strong legged women who can stand on their tip toes and do ludicrous splits. Figure skating is another physically demanding sport in which women are much better at, and quite frankly, I am ashamed to see any men participating (sorry, but its true).
But when it comes to the battle field, when it comes to carrying ruck-sacks and rifles through desert, mountains and jungles, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat and consistent injury, MEN will remain the number one draft pick (nice pun $$). And, I think this is the general opinion of the US Draft Legislature. Not much we can do about it till millions of years of evolution makes women equal under the same conditions (granted that the human race survive that long).
However, how about women of other nations? They surely arent as pampered as American women. I might draft some of those before I would even consider American women.