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Having been one of the guys the army paid for a strong back and weak mind I can honestly say MANY women could have done the 'brute strength' tasks I did. It was more an ability to imitate a pack mule than carrying the Ma Duece at port arms for 10 klicks... Brute strength was secondary to endurance, it was secondary to mental toughness, secondary to surviving on a starvation diet, secondary to thinking under stress, without sleep...
I've seen guys break down and cry because the promised hot meal never made it out to the field.
Making broad brush statements about what an entire gender can and can't do isn't helpful. Not every guy can be a grunt, that is for damn sure. I don't think the standard would ever be lowered so ANY female could qualify but then again it shouldn't be lowered so any male would be acceptable.
But humping ALICE or the Pig doesn't take a superman, superwoman can do it to...
No one is generalizing.
Are you people able to read?