• @[email protected]
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    27 days ago

    Well, most military jobs are support regardless, I met plenty of weak men in the army while I was in. Women make great soldiers if you understand what the functionality of being a soldier is.

    It’s not all spec ops and crazy missions, the majority of the military is planning and execution. No matter the make up of the platoon.

    • @feedum_sneedson
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      7 days ago

      I’m sure it’s highly context-dependent. I’ve just never viewed the “equal access to exploitation” school of gender equality as quite the social victory others seem to.

      To frame it another way - we’ve historically sent men to war partly because their relative disposability is understood. The strength to swing a sword and the strength to bear a child are not necessarily fungible.

      I remain conflicted on the issue.

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        15 days ago

        I would reckon that for a volunteer force, it’s on the individual’s perception of valid goals. Of course not withholding anyone coerced into the volunteer force.