Women and Combat

This is without a doubt a very "pc" issue, being on the feminist agenda and all. I thought in light of recent events it would be good to say something here about women in combat.

Should this ever be allowed? Should women be put into combat roles? The answer is, and always will be, no. Women should not be on the front lines, and the simple fact is that women cannot do everything a man does. That's right, a woman's body is in fact different than a man's. Consider what the Center for Military Readiness has to say on such differences in body composition and what they mean:

In close combat environments, which fit the definition above, physical capabilities are as important as ever. Equipment and survival gear carried by today’s combat soldiers, including electronic weapons and ammunition, satellite communication devices, batteries, and water weigh 50-100 pounds—a burden that is just as heavy as loads carried by Roman legionnaires in the days of Julius Caesar.

Modern body armor alone weighs 25 pounds. This weight is proportionately more difficult to carry by female soldiers who are, on average, shorter and smaller than men, with 45-50% less upper body strength and 25-30% less aerobic capacity, which is essential for endurance. Even in current non-combat training, women suffer debilitating bone stress fractures and other injuries at rates double those of men.

As alluded to above, women are more likely to get injured.

Women are four times more likely to report ill, and the percentage of women being medically non-available at any time is twice that of men. If a woman can't do her job, someone else must do it for her. Only 10 percent of women can meet all of the minimum physical requirements for 75 percent of the jobs in the Army. Women may be able to drive five-ton trucks, but need a man's help if they must change the tires. Women can be assigned to a field artillery unit, but often can't handle the ammunition.

Also, it is bad for unit cohesion. I would think this self-evident to anyone who has done much reading on military matters. Again from the above article:

Those who deny the impact of eros on unit cohesion are kidding themselves. As the eminent military sociologist Charles Moskos has commented, "When you put men and women together in a confined environment and shake vigorously, don't be surprised if sex occurs." Mixing the sexes and thereby introducing eros creates the most dangerous form of friction in the military, corroding the very source of military excellence itself: the male bonding necessary to unit cohesion.

The only ones who should be advocating women in cobat roles should be the feminists, and them only because they have a radical and warped sense of reality, which is simply the turning of women into men apparently.