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Originally Posted by waiting4something
I used to be a fan of women joining combat units until I joined the military. Sure it seems sexy or fair for women to have the same chances as guys, but war isn't going to be either of those. I think having women working besides you in a infantry unit atleast, would be dreadful. Dudes would be always trying to get laid instead of focusing at their job. Plus you can't slow down for cramps and vaginal bleeding.
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On the upside, combat medics would have a ready-supply of tampons for plugging wounds.
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If they get knocked up what are you gonna do? Make them the company clerk? You can only have so many of those.
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There was a story I read in a book on US POWs of WWII, probably apocryphal ...
In the spring of 1945, a POW camp was liberated by a Russian combat unit. The Americans were shocked to see armed female soldiers mixed in with the troops. One Yank asked what happened if one of the female soldiers got pregnant. A Russian soldier replied grimly: "She is taken out and shot."
I'll note that those few cultures with the
"sworn virgin" tradition (which included Albania) are very unlikely to have this last problem.