I'm with you on the physical standard. I know some women who could kick ass at PT, who could kick ass at a lot of the soldiering stuff, and more than that, who wanted to do more. Because obviously, the women who were going into these units would be pretty highly motivated to show what they could do.
Firing isn't dependent on sex, it's dependent on training. The rifle does not know or care what sex you are. However, since many women who come into the army don't have much exposure to weapons, they tend to listen more attentively to the people training them. Again, a lot of us in the Army simply don't get many opportunities TO fire, or practice firing.
The sexual harrassment thing is improving, but a lot of times (at least in our unit) people try to play the men being sexually assaulted/harrassed as a joke. The person who used to teach the class put a stop to that pretty quick.
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I'm with you on the physical standard. I know some women who could kick ass at PT, who could kick ass at a lot of the soldiering stuff, and more than that, who wanted to do more. Because obviously, the women who were going into these units would be pretty highly motivated to show what they could do.
Firing isn't dependent on sex, it's dependent on training. The rifle does not know or care what sex you are. However, since many women who come into the army don't have much exposure to weapons, they tend to listen more attentively to the people training them. Again, a lot of us in the Army simply don't get many opportunities TO fire, or practice firing.
The sexual harrassment thing is improving, but a lot of times (at least in our unit) people try to play the men being sexually assaulted/harrassed as a joke. The person who used to teach the class put a stop to that pretty quick.
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