Doesn't surprise me.
The US is making it easier for China and Russia to eat their lunch, by the day.
I think it's more of a congress desire, than an army desire - because I can't see any troops wanting to fight alongside a lesser soldier, or an officer leading a weak battalion into a battle - not knowing the capabilities of their troops. Women are not lesser people, but apparently they make a lesser soldier - which was predicted when they allowed women to join in the first place.
I don't understand how or why people think equity can be achieved. Equality is not only reasonable, but fair. Equity is a pipe dream. There's always going to be smarter, faster, stronger INDIVIDUALS that will out perform less talented people. Lowering standards will get more women promoted at a price of a shlttier army. What is the priority of the army, if not protection?
Men know they are not created equal when it comes to physical things with other men, why would women think they are? I would sooner have Dwayne Johnson as a bodyguard than I would Mark Zuckerburg, but I'd sooner have Mark Zuckerburg as a bodyguard than Taylor Swift.
How low do we want to lower this bar?
stereotypical ******** .. Only threatened men would predict
women make lesser soldiers
women in fact are more than proving themselves in roles of leadership within the army ..,
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody became the first woman to reach a four-star officer rank in the history of the United States military in 2008. Dunwoody, who led Army Materiel Command before her retirement in 2012, remained a pioneer throughout her decades-long service. In 1992, she became the first woman to command a battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division during the First Gulf War, according to the Purple Heart Foundation.
“I have never considered myself anything but a Soldier. I recognize that with this selection, some will view me as a trailblazer,” Dunwoody said on her promotion at the time. “But it’s important that we remember the generations of women, whose dedication, commitment and quality of service helped open the doors of opportunity for us today.”
Gen. Dunwoody was a fourth-generational Army officer, and she released a book on leadership in 2015.
Threatened by what, exactly? I take no offense, mind you - I'm secure in who I am. It's the typical strategy to make accusations and deflect when you have no facts to argue with the valid point I made - backed up from the facts from the video. 65% failure of the fitness test for women and 10% for men. That indeed makes them lesser soldiers when the benchmark has been stated by the US army - or at least 65% of them. Did you even watch they video? It's not an opinion - it's a bloody fact. If a fitness test is a piece of what makes up a soldier, anyone who doesn't pass the fitness test, is indeed a lesser soldier.
Your Dunwoody example is a stereotypical trope you can use in support of your argument. She is not obviously one of the 65% and to find one example of one hyper focused woman, when the discussion is about the average soldier, is disingenuous. I'm not denying she's not a great officer, nor am I saying women wouldn't make good officers. I'm saying that when a standard is put in place, and only 35% pass - I think it's safe to say that the other 65% are lesser - which was the part of the argument you focused on.
My focus was, when it comes to safety, lives, and defense - you provide more security by betting on the physical, not the equitable.
. Are we going to start seeing a bunch of 5'4" white guys in the NBA? Or are you going to have a straight guy plan your wedding? There is a reason stereotypes are created in the first place. How many females have been harassed or sexually assaulted in the military? There are plenty of jobs that women soldiers can do, and there are a lot of women already in the military. But most of these people entering the military are just kids and a structure has to be put in place for accountability and training of these people. As shown in the past you can't just mix whom ever you want together and expect good results.
for the heartstrings bit.
