Thread: Fighting Females.

Originally Posted by dullbird

i think Australia would do there best to get any prisoner of war back not just because they were women......think thats a tad far fetched I reckon.

take a look at the big song and dance that was put on about that female soldier who was captured in iraq..... news coverage galore and parades when the yanks got her home

Originally Posted by Sprint

take a look at the big song and dance that was put on about that female soldier who was captured in iraq.....

news coverage galore and parades when the yanks got her home

exactly...they love hero stories, and what better one to have than a strapping Mar EEN saving a damsel in distress
but as you have pointed out its in America

you can hardly generalise that Other country's would behave the same way.

Still everyone loves a story hey sprint including your self

I personally think if they want to do so let them. But and its a big but they need to be treated as any other armed forces person in the same circumstance and need to be able to do the job to the requirements, not special rules. It seems to work in Israel.
Can not say it is something I would want to do, War is just so wrong in many ways and interpretations. I do however highly respect those who do put their lives on the line.
Maybe we should discharge all the males that are in the forces and do not want and some even would refuse to go to war. Last survey I believe was around 40% of the enlisted armed forces across the board. They are only in the forces for advanced and technical training that will leave them desirable for non military positions in the future.

I was at RMC (staff) when the mack,s were issued we had a girl in RMC TPT PL who wanted to drive them at first she was told no then told if she could pass trhe same test a the guys she could, had to lift full set of chains and fit them to the truck, she got her lic.

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Wow women all around the world have fought beside their men throughout the ages. And ably so. Are men really that easily distracted?

Ummm,,, Yes,,, Its a guy thing,,, and Yes,,we're shallow,,,

The actual thing that is being looked at is this - that instead of having a blanket statement, "No women serving on the front line", the minister is suggesting a case by case assessment.

New Zealand, Canada, Israel - these are a few countries that come to mind that have had women serving on the front line, so it's not like this is some suggestion that has never been done before.

I think many blokes need to adjust their 19th century ideas about women! I've seen many women on the Ipswich train, that I reckon would make Attila the Hun turn and run!

It's not going to work in all cases - it will in others - this is what Combet is suggesting. That's a good idea.

I think the issue is more the men, rather than physical abilites of females. Some males cannot maintain focus around women; the sort of focus you need at the sharp end.

The Israelis actually had to scale back female deployment because of it. Anyone who's worked in recruit training will know what I mean.

Women actually make more ruthless and efficient killers than men.

Originally Posted by Jamo

I think the issue is more the men, rather than physical abilites of females. Some males cannot maintain focus around women; the sort of focus you need at the sharp end.

The Israelis actually had to scale back female deployment because of it. Anyone who's worked in recruit training will know what I mean.

Women actually make more ruthless and efficient killers than men.

If you've ever seen women fight you'd have to agree with that. There's absolutely no holds barred and anything at all within reach is a legitimate weapon! Maybe that's why the guys don't want them on the front line?

I've also noticed it with swearing. When working on construction I noticed that even guys who would swear with every second word would stop when a woman came on site. But when women start to swear and another woman comes near, they don't stop, they just keep right on with the foul language. Even the presence of kids around made little difference.

Willem