The Secretary of War has ordered an overall review of operational readiness in combat units. This includes looking at the approximately 3,800 women who are in such units for fitness.
The reactions of these women just proves that this is needed.
one service member raged against the double standard, writing: ‘You mean your guys can’t focus on the mission without trying to stick it in… not my problem.’
Another woman shared a text she sent to a colleague, blasting the scrutiny placed on female troops: ‘Are we also reviewing the effectiveness of men in ground combat positions, or just assuming they’re effective because they were born with a penis?’
Here’s the thing. Standards were changed to get women into those positions. If a woman can meet the same standards as a man to earn a place, then yee-rah. If she can’t, then she needs to do something else.
They are screeching like harpies because they think this is an outright ban on women in combat positions. It’s not. But if it turns out that all of those women cannot meet the same criteria as men, then they shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
At a September speech to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, Hegseth said women must meet the same highest standards as men.
‘When it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical standards must be high and gender neutral,’ Hegseth said. ‘If women can make it, excellent. If not, it is what it is.’
Just like I don’t want a 5 foot nothing female fighterfighter showing up to pull me out of a fire, I don’t want women in combat who cannot literally pull their own weight. It puts themselves and those around them in harm’s way and adds a burden to the rest of the team.
It’s just reality.
ht: B
ETA: This isn’t all military but is a good reminder that there are things that women really just can’t do.
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