Which BYC member scares you?

[Everose]

There’s plenty of fragile men out there too

Yes, gentle men should be allowed to stay home too. They really break you in the military, it's good for some people, but definitely not for all.

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

But it would be your personal choice to join and that makes a big difference, many women are just a little too fragile for the military, I don't think it's safe for *most* women.

I’m not too fragile

 

[ValarieF]

Yes, gentle men should be allowed to stay home too. They really break you in the military, it's good for some people, but definitely not for all.

Yea they broke my nephew and he went awol

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

There’s plenty of fragile men out there too

YES exactly what I was thinking

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yes, gentle men should be allowed to stay home too. They really break you in the military, it's good for some people, but definitely not for all.

Yeah exactly. That’s my point is I don’t think it’s fair to say oh women are weak and shouldn’t be in it because there’s plenty of men AND women than shouldn’t be and plenty of women stronger than some men. It’s not a sex thing it’s an individual thing or should be.

 

[Everose]

I know quite a few women who have excelled in the military and I have great respect for them, but I think their numbers are few in comparison to men.
The same way women generally do better in cosmetics, but some men really are gifted in that arena.

I just hope we never end up in a situation where drafting becomes necessary.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

What happens when they start drafting women? I'd like to see an extreme feminist react to being drafted

I also quite enjoy the intersection between feminism and LGBTQ+ with the whole trans athlete phenomenon

I almost mentioned you

The best kind of ideas

But it would be your personal choice to join and that makes a big difference, many women are just a little too fragile for the military, I don't think it's safe for *most* women.

I would sidestep the question of "fragility" per se, of either sex, and make the truly controversial statement of fact that men are men and women are women. There is a primal drive in a man to protect a woman differently than another man. And of course they will all lay down their lives for each other, brothers and sisters in arms all, but sugar honey iced tea is rully real in da field, as the saying goes, and I don't think in those type of primal battle situations a man would be able to help treating a female differently, possibly putting other lives at risk or jeopardizing an operation's success because of that sexual dynamic, regardless of if anyone is acting on that stuff behind closed doors.

 

[tripletfeb]

My son was in the Navy. It was a freakin joke. Boot camp was as tough as it got. He was stationed in Sicily. It was like living in a college dorm, drinking every night, strippers coming to the rooms, no discipline whatsoever. I run a tighter ship at home. My son was an MA. Master at Arms, kind of like military police. Glad we weren't as close to WWIII as we are now. I still have extreme respect for our military but where he was, was a joke

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

I’m not too fragile

I had a dear friend growing up who enlisted (in the Marines) the day she turned 18. Playing the tape it is a very hard life, in more ways than I can really get into here in this forum. Yes, life is hard at times no matter what path you choose, but being a woman in the military is probably about one of the hardest, and I'm not sure I would wish that particular brand of struggle on anyone I loved.

 

[Everose]

I also quite enjoy the intersection between feminism and LGBTQ+ with the whole trans athlete phenomenon

I would sidestep the question of "fragility" per se, of either sex, and make the truly controversial statement of fact that men are men and women are women. There is a primal drive in a man to protect a woman differently than another man. And of course they will all lay down their lives for each other, brothers and sisters in arms all, but sugar honey iced tea is rully real in da field, as the saying goes, and I don't think in those type of primal battle situations a man would be able to help treating a female differently, possibly putting other lives at risk or jeopardizing an operation's success because of that sexual dynamic, regardless of if anyone is acting on that stuff behind closed doors.

Never even thought of that dynamic
I guess because to me it has always been portrayed as she's an extreme feminist butting heads with all the guys who either hate or love her
But I do see what you're saying, I think it would be significantly different in combat.