The politicians get to decide and I will do my best to make my preferred policy preference a reality. You should do the same.
Good luck with that. Lots of people have been on that crusade for, oh, all of humanity.. and still, the military has already broken that barrier down. I'm happy with the results, though I do still do my best within the VA system right now to fight for other veteran rights and needs. I believe I contributed to this barrier breakdown with my job and reports. I worked in a particularly interesting position just before I got out of the military that involved taking notes on already integrated militaries, and turned my findings in a few years before women started being allowed to train.
Anecdotal is an interesting way to characterize the data I presented female biology vs male biology. What happens when a female needs to oh I don't know drag a 200lb man out of a truck with body armor on. What happens when a female is faced with hand to hand combat in the field, I can think,of a million scenarios where the paucity of upper body strength and fighting prowess would be a near death sentence. Could Kyuuie beat me in,a fight?
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I would beat her like a rented drum.
Wow. Really powerful words. One on one honorable fight? Yeah, you'd probably beat me. You're taller and stronger. I've been out of shape for well over a year now, and focusing more on academic things.. health and fitness has been more of a hobby than something that's core to my career. Nurses aren't known for being physical badasses necessarily. It'd be pretty objectively true that, unless someone is an MMA fighter or something, you'd probably beat anyone in my height/weight bracket. Even without your training. That's why they tend to separate MMA based on those stats. I think I maybe would have a chance with my long sword--but I think I have a year's worth of training on that in comparison to you, and I currently train fighting men larger than myself with that.
Though, in actuality? I believe you'd have your ass handed to you. Because I never fight fair. And, more importantly, I never go anywhere alone and tend to not enter fights alone either. You know where I was taught that? The Military. Military Police have a pretty infamous saying that we don't fight fair, and a 'fair' fight to us is 3 against 1. No one goes anywhere by themselves for a damned good reason. It's beaten into your brain from day 1 that you, and your battle buddy, go together. Everywhere, all the time. So, no, it would never be you vs me.. not unless you became some creepy stalker guy trying to attack me in my sleep or something. [MENTION=219]Metamorphosis[/MENTION] can attest that the groups we hang in would not just take any steps back and allow you to come anywhere near me one-on-one.
With that said... why are you fantasizing about fighting me in a physical fight -- enough to come back and update your post about just how awesome you are at fighting people half your size -- and bringing up the subject while simultaneously trying to crusade against women entering any fights at all? Seems a little counter productive.
Dude, you posted a, frankly a little disturbing, video to emphasize how much you're fantasizing about beating a woman half your size. Over a discussion about whether women should be in combat or not. Like, nothing you posted about me has anything to do with that.
I like you Disco. Always have. That's not a popular opinion on this forum either. But, truth, it's really creepy that you're fantasizing about beating me. I have no motivation, now or ever, to fight you. You clearly do.. which, whatever. But don't come near me with that shit. You want to have a discussion? Sure. But I draw the line right there. That's the kind of talk that comes from people who tend to actually try beating on people.
This was actually a legitimate excuse in my case. I considered either a career as an officer or in law enforcement but concluded I simply lacked the mindset required to put myself in those roles of authoritarian/subservience to hierarchy. I didn't want to follow rules I disagreed with, I didn't want to bust teenagers for having dimebags of marijuana, yadda yadda.
I am a crack shot with a rifle (and a bow and arrow), but there's a lot more to military/police service than shooting guns well. I'm not sure I could kill people under orders (I probably could, but I don't know what sort of psychological damage it would do to me), which sort of cancels out my skills with projectile weapons. Private Gomer Pyle was a talented rifleman but he too proved to be a poor soldier as far as the adjustment to that life goes.
Well, I suppose feminism makes room for wimpy dudes like me, so yay feminism?
Oh yeah, white feathers though.
Look, I didn't think to put disclaimers everywhere or elaborate much, but I have written here before that the military, just like any other job, has people who are NOT good fits for it. So, sorry if you took that comment to heart.
Most people don't like others telling them what to do. Some people truly do not do well with authoritarianism that is the military--I've seen it. And I think, generally speaking, people make okay calls on whether they should join or not. But, there are people every once in a while that talk shit that they can't back up. And that stereotype is in that comment. The way it usually comes about? The scenario is talking about being in the military, and the guy (usually a guy) interjects suddenly, "There's no way I'd survive basic training, I would have beaten that drill sergeant up no problem the first time he tried to tell me what to do! Punch right to the face!" and he proceeds to, sometimes, laugh and high-five his bros. He claims he cannot handle people telling him what to do and that's why he didn't join.. I generally find that to be a weak excuse when the actual context is clearly that they COULD handle it, but they simply have no aspirations for the military--but don't want to look lazy/weak/etc.. and that's not even talking about how weak it is that someone's initial reaction to everything is violence.