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I hate that all of these common sense policies regarding gender woo are tied to the absolute shit stain that is Donald Trump, but I'll still take the W.
A win is still a win.
Don’t be surprised when they kick women out of the military next. I agree men shouldn’t be bunking with women, but again, context matters and this is not going to be used to help women in any way.
That’s very unlikely to happen. It may be that they move us out of combat arms, but speaking as a veteran who was in combat arms, that’s not the worst thing that could happen.
Recruiters are struggling to find recruits that are physically and mentally healthy enough to serve and who can also pass the ASVAB. Eliminating 50% of the population from being allowed to serve would hurt more than it would help. The military has soldiers who are nurses, dental hygienists, counselors, cooks, and on and on. All roles even the most vile misogynists would be happy for women to fill.
“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated,” he said in a podcast hosted by Shawn Ryan on Nov. 7.
That's a quote from our new secretary of defense.
I don’t think it’s insane to suggest the leaders of the country don’t want women in combat roles.
I think I said in my comment that it may be the case in combat arms, and I also noted I served in combat arms. I can’t recommend against women going into combat arms enough. Not because I don’t believe us capable, but because we put our lowest of the low male soldiers into combat arms, and the amount of sexual harassment and assault we endure in those units is unparalleled.
In a perfect world none of these things would need to be factored in and women would be free to serve in any role. But we don’t live in a perfect world, and I’m sorry to say, a lot of the Y chromies who serve are not great to be around, let alone share facilities and being trapped with them for a whole career.
Some women are absolutely capable of holding their own in combat arms, undoubtedly. Unfortunately it’s the men that are the issue and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Our male troops rape our female troops often. I highly recommend any woman considering joining the military to pick an MOS that has a higher ratio of female service members than those highly dominated by males for this reason.
Thank you for the sanity check. The man is a chaos agent of kaiju proportions. His city-leveling destruction isn't going to be limited to policies that are bad for women. We're going to lose so many of our hard-earned rights over the next four years.
But that's one less avenue of validation! What about their narcissistic supply?!
Beautiful
Love it!