A tangent, some years ago, I'm not sure how long ago, a Viking burial was unearthed, buried with all the warrior accouterments of the time, signifying the warrior was one to respect (I don't recall where in Europe). It was assumed the corpse was a man, however recent DNA testing showed it was a woman. To top it off, there were no Vikings, there were only Danes (a generic term for Scandinavians). Viking was a verb, not a noun, at the time this warrior was buried. One went a viking. Irrelevant to the fact that women were accomplished warriors. This wasn't the only culture which had women warriors. Scythian burial sites have revealed the remains of many women warriors. The Scythians were a nomadic people who ruled from central Europe to western Asia, from northern western Russia to the edges of the Mediterranean cultures, and they were one of the few cultures to keep both the Greeks and Romans at bay. The Scythians were a nomadic people, with no known written language, they built no cities, built no known monuments to themselves, and not much is know about them. Some archeologists, after reviewing burial sites, which held well preserved blades (often steel from a period of time when steel was a supposedly unknown), and advanced other weapons of war, including horses in armor, intricate jewelry (which both women and men today would wear for their design quality and craftsmanship) and some also believe they were the first to use horses in making war. As well, they are believed to be the source of the Amazon myth, women warriors superior to men. Not Wonder Woman, and not women who removed a breast to be better warriors. But scary enough to inspire myth.
With this in mind, modern women warriors, daughters and sisters, may be under appreciated, and not an inspiration to prevent old men from sending them off to war.
Frankly, as a son, brother, husband, father and and grandfather, it is the women of the family who scare the crap out of me.