tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2121261754425021335..comments2024-03-29T06:30:37.772-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Women in combat? Not so fast, says this woman!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28511614232848685082012-12-03T00:02:13.142-06:002012-12-03T00:02:13.142-06:00Captain Petronio is a good captain, but I'm af...Captain Petronio is a good captain, but I'm afraid she was one of the unlucky ones. Having two tours under three different female commands I can say no two people are created equal, let alone women. Trust when I say for every combat capable woman there are 4 unable to handle war. Regardless, that one does the job as good as any man in command.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91952672420212787282012-07-13T00:14:55.358-05:002012-07-13T00:14:55.358-05:00Errrrr... the Spearhead is a rather infamous inter...Errrrr... the Spearhead is a rather infamous internet-misogynist hub. Their topics of discussion range from "Women: do they belong in combat?" to "Women: has there been one born that wasn't a life-sucking whore since 1900?". <br /><br /><br />As to the article: By all MEANS, let's do the research, because <i>that's just sane</i>. The physical effects of long-term combat stress is a subject that needs more research for MALE soldiers, let alone women.<br /><br />That said? One woman's experience is anecdata. Some soldiers just flat experience cascading physical breakdown in combat field conditions, and because almost all of those are men, almost all of them have <i>been</i> men. Being bigger and more powerful doesn't necessarily equate to being more physically durable; among various results of physiology research that <i>has</i> been done includes teh greater capacity of women to work at close to their maximum capability for longer before breakdown (this is actually for a strikingly straightforward reason), greater capacity to work at temperature extremes before physical breakdown, and vastly lower likelihood to succumb to rhabdomyolosis, a sudden and rather lethal breakdown in response to too much intensity, too fast.<br /><br />Does this mean they are in fact as tough or tougher than men in combat conditions? No. That is not known, at all.<br /><br />Do the research.LabRathttp://www.atomicnerds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25875087217833344242012-07-11T14:04:46.063-05:002012-07-11T14:04:46.063-05:00Wait, is this a joke?
This issue is being pushed ...Wait, is this a joke?<br /><br /><i>This issue is being pushed by several groups, one of which is a small committee of civilians appointed by the Secretary of Defense called the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service (DACOWITS).</i><br /><br />Seriously? <b>Seriously?</b><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacoityperlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89792996184153044692012-07-11T06:51:51.234-05:002012-07-11T06:51:51.234-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tom Stedhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00268201250851961272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40961943862903482562012-07-11T00:17:59.913-05:002012-07-11T00:17:59.913-05:00Interesting discussion of this going on over at Th...Interesting discussion of this going on over at The Spearhead:<br /><br />http://www.the-spearhead.com/2012/07/08/a-few-good-women/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSpearhead+%28The+Spearhead%29Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896718673192738974noreply@blogger.com