'Yet More from our Brave Women in Uniform'

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-11-30 03:29

Commentary here. Excerpt:

'Four women filed suit for the right to serve in combat in San Francisco today, demanding the military officially call them combat soldiers. Of course, none of them are really suited to engage in combat, but they want to be called warriors nonetheless.

Typically, by this point, there would be a chorus of feminists telling me Ms. Farrell is far tougher than I am, and could easily kick my ass, beat me in war, etc. But just look at the girl. This is a joke. I’m an out-of-shape, nearly middle-aged guy and I could kick her ass with one hand tied behind my back.

But anyone who says such a thing must support violence against women, right?

This is where they’re covered on both sides. On the one hand, you say she can’t hack it as a soldier and you’re accused of being an anti-equality bigot, and on the other you say “OK, let’s put her to the test” and suddenly you’re an abusive monster.

We simply can’t win one way or the other, which is why I recommend simply letting them claim to be full-fledged soldiers, giving them a gun and the standard equipment, and sending them out on some mission in Afghanistan. At this point, who gives a damn what happens? She and her sisters-in-arms would get cut to pieces, but we don’t even have the money to pay for the subsequent lawsuit any longer, so might as well let her have her wish.'

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... but I doubt he'd've put it the same way I would, too, so fair is fair.

But I agree it's a heads-you-win-tails-I-lose proposition for men in any direction regarding the topic, so it's better just to say it like it is and who cares what anyone else thinks of you. (after all, as an MRA, you probably don't already!) If women want to serve in combat positions, by all means, our armed forces should be making no distinctions anyway around gender. And indeed if ever there is a draft again, not only should women be equally subject to it as men, but also be placed into combat roles *and* sent into combat at the same rate as male soldiers.

Because, after all, fair is fair.

Unless of course like myself, you disagree with the whole concept of military servitude (i.e., the draft). In which case you don't think anyone should be compelled to go get killed or kill other people by a political machine.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-11-30 03:35