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The main reason no one messes with them is America.
Yea, it's certainly not the women in their military! :lamo
The main reason no one messes with them is America.
Yea, it's certainly not the women in their military! :lamo
… It is bred into humans to be "protective" of women. …
The main reason no one messes with them is America.
The main reason no one messes with them is America.
I was saying that their army is no joke, and quite capable of defending Israel.
Wrong. Man or man, or more accurately person for person, Israel has one of if not the best fighting force in the world.
… Israel has one of the best fighting forces in the world, but the reason I said America, is because the US gives Israel large amounts of military and financial aid, which seriously helps them.
You've meet men who didn't make it through boot camp because they weren't strong enough? Are you sure? I saw a few of those that had difficulties but they either got washed back or did remedial traning. The only ones I saw thrown out had physical defects missed in the orginal physicals or punched a drill instructor.
I can see being washed out in Airborne, Rangers, Seals, Special Forces etc. but boot camp?
Israel has one of the best fighting forces in the world, but the reason I said America, is because the US gives Israel large amounts of military and financial aid, which seriously helps them.
I agree that it isn't in human biology for men to protect women. Personally, I blame it on the history of western civ, with women being seen as weak and lower than men and thus needing protection. If this had not occurred, there would likely be a large amount of women who are able to fend for themselves.
Not exactly accurate.
Until the invention of guns, combat was very physical. Upper body strength, muscle mass, skeletal density and the ability to endure intense exertion while wearing heavy armor were all requirements for soldiers and warriors in primitive times. Very few women (if any, given the lack of modern conditioning methods) could compete with men when combats were fought with warhammers in 50 lbs of full plate armor.
When it comes to fighting with muscle-powered weapons, women are indeed weaker and more fragile than men, and in need of male protection.
Personal firearms are the only thing that really changes that equation (aside from exceptions like the 1 woman in ~50,000 who can actually compete with equally-conditioned men... but even so, in Olympic athletic competition men's records usually exceed women's. We've posted the stats on this before.)
Does anyone still fight with muscle-powered weapons?
It happens on occasion, yes. I've done it. A buddy of mine killed a man HTH in a tunnel in Viet Nam, also, in a fight involving a hatchet and a knife.
It isn't the norm anymore, of course... but infantry soldiers with m4 rifles commonly hump 50 to 100 lbs or more of ammo and gear on their persons, for miles across rough terrain. Not all men can do that, and considerably fewer women.
I think woman should be able to go into combat, for one week, every month :2razz:
People said that about black people too.
I am not saying that you do not have that impulse, but you weren't born with it.
And I would need someone with combat experience to confirm this, but I'm assuming that on the battlefield a soldier would resort to their training, not primal instincts
Because they measure overall fitness level and are not tests to determine ability.
And, you would assume wrong. It's primal instincts, such as a will to live and camaraderie, and yes, the instinct to be more protective of women than men.
The IDF banned women from serving in combat arms units for a long time, because they noticed that men would fall out of an attack to help a wounded female, quicker than they would a wounded male and it weakened the attack.
We've debated this before.
Generalization in this regard is the wrong path to take.
*Most* can't handle it (we all agree - *most* don't even join the military because it's not interesting to them so the pool that we're even referring to isn't "all women" - it's a small minority *of women*) - but *some* can handle it without qualm - and if *some* can then these *some* should be permitted to do what they prove capable of doing.
I think women and men should be expected to be on the same level - which would actually reduce the number of women in the military altogether - but if you want to be in and equal then you should be all EQUAL in every regard.
The ridiculously HIGH rates of male on female domestic abuse would prove otherwise.
So - which is it - they halt all action to run to the aid of the injured princess or they beat her half to death in the privacy of their own homes?
If I had my way only the toughest most bitchingest 'don't touch me!' women would be anywhere near the battlefield.
If a person--male or female--can't do 60 pushups in 2 minutes, then that person probably doesn't have the necessary upper body strength to hump-a-ruck 25 miles and fight a firefight somewhere in between point A and point B.
You've meet men who didn't make it through boot camp because they weren't strong enough? Are you sure? I saw a few of those that had difficulties but they either got washed back or did remedial traning. The only ones I saw thrown out had physical defects missed in the orginal physicals or punched a drill instructor.
I can see being washed out in Airborne, Rangers, Seals, Special Forces etc. but boot camp?
This could be, and if so it may very well be a good part of a test for any one to get a combat MOS. However, that is not the point of PFT as it is now.
The Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) is designed to test the muscular strength/endurance and cardiovascular respiratory fitness of soldiers in the United States Army. Soldiers are given a score based on their performance in three events consisting of the push-up (PU), sit-up (SU), and a two-mile run. Possible scores range from 0 to 100 points in each event. A passing score is a total of 180 or higher with a minimum score of 60 in each event. [1] covers the administration of the APFT, as well as ways to conduct individual, squad and unit level physical training (PT) sessions and will be performed by close out formation.
Army Physical Fitness Test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia