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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Combat is a lethal exercise.

Males are better at combat as a sex.

Period.

They evolved or designed for it or whatever argument you want.  Male v. Female hand to hand combat results in female losing 95% of the time.[/quote]

but who said that the army has to be made up exclusively of “the best”? We wouldn’t be able to have an army of that was the standard. I can believe obviously that women have physical disadvantages compared to men but where’s the proof that this endangers our readiness for combat? As opposed to per se shutting out 50% of the population to serve in combat?[/quote]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35253041/

https://www.nata.org/press-release/071320/sport-specialization-elevates-risk-lower-extremity-stress-fractures-female

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/05/18/nearly-1-3-female-recruits-were-injured-army-basic-training-last-year.html

Female runners and military recruits suffer stress fractures at a higher rate than their male counterparts (5x according to the second link).

According to the third link 1/3rd of women were injured in basic training compared to 12% of the men.

If you have stress fractures, you can't train for about 6-8 weeks and are less effective in the field.   Many combat related jobs involve carrying heavy loads over long distances. When you have someone injured in the field, not only are you down a soldier, but now someone has to help them off the field.[/quote]

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