why girls can't be infantry?

Answer 1

I think there are several reasons. Obviously, one big one is the hygiene problem. Often there aren't the bathing facilities available to combat arms, which are much more important to females especially during their monthly cycle.

There also is the problem with images of women being killed or maimed. What usually incites anger in the general public is atrocities happening to women and children. Plus, a male service member might be more likely to "protect" a female combatant, instead of doing his job or protecting the rest of his squad.

Also, prisoners of war are often mistreated, it might add the possibility of being raped.

Problems with separate living areas, bathing areas, toilet facilities, the problems are exponential.

Answer 2

Wow, this one is going to get a few thumbs down.

Right or wrong, men react differently when a woman is shot/killed. Thus if they react differently they won't be using their heads and will do something stupid.

Another thing is men do stupid things in the field, and having a woman there complicates things.

Another thing is that if captured, a female American would be a goldmine for the enemy to use against us as far as the press is concerned.

I have nothing against a woman in the infantry, only IF she can do everything that a man can do. The requirements should not be lowered. Same as if a female wanted to be a firefighter etc. If she can do the job then fine. I have a hard time believeing that if I got shot, my female squad member could drag my two-hundred pound *** to safety.

Go ahead, give me a thumbs down, I am just speaking the truth.

Answer 3

People seem to be tiptoeing around the question with small logistical details. I'll agree with quite a few of these points, but the meat of it is that infantry are mules. Males have a center of gravity that is placed higher in the body than females, and is reflective of the greater amount of upper body strength that is naturally allocated them. Infantry must be prepared to carry everything they need with them, or sling a wounded comrade over one shoulder and hump them out of the 'X' (danger zone). Ruck sacks don't take advantage of the hip belts because much of the time, ammo and equipment goes there, so all the weight is born on the shoulders. A rifle starts at around ten pounds and climbs the more stuff you put on it. A machine gun is more like thirty. Water is very heavy. Conditions are brutal. Many men are not equal to the task. Have you seen that scene in "Saving Private Ryan" where the Jewish soldier and the German are tearing into each other and biting and doing everything in their power to kill and gouge and rend? Setting aside pride and personal ego and every cool a$s-kicking chick movie you ever saw, are you ready for that? Is the American public ready for that? There's a female Army staff sergeant out there who was in an MP unit, and won the Silver Star for her performance in a firefight involving dozens of insurgents trying to take prisoners from a supply convoy. She deserves her star, but her case is the exception. Yes, many women work that same job, but well into the fifth year of this conflict, she's among the few who have the fire to take the fight to enemy. We are not an occupied country that uses women for tactical purposes out of sheer desperation. We are not an impoverished backwater where women do all the real scut work anyway(Middle East and Africa), where the death of a woman is less hateful than that of a man (yes I'm sorta quoting GI Jane).

Answer 4

Women can cause rifts between the men in the unit, especially if they are free with their affections. Hygiene is an issue, as is the behaviour of men with regards to their decision making ability under pressure. I hate to be the one to say it, but on the whole women tend to be physically weaker compared to men. In the UK, not a single woman has passed the all-arms commando course, let alone the RM commando course, and its not for want of trying. The prisoner rape issue is certainly a concern, but so is sexual assault from within the unit itself. Go on tour for 6 months where women are a rarity and the possibility of this magnify significantly, seriously damaging the units integrety.

Answer 5

I agree, Ed has the most correct answer. Israel tried it, it worked out horribly. You have to realize that in most cultures woman still are not viewed as equals. This is why a woman president still would not work. Its not because the American people are sexist, its because the rest of the world is. A big problem also is for those cultures that do not believe women to be equal, they will not surrender to a woman. Makes for some horribly bloody battles with lives lost on both sides that didn't need to be.

Answer 6

girls are distractions; they can't help it, and guys can't help staring at their cleavage instead of their targets. yes, there's no practical reason why they can't, except that women in general (not all) are not really up to military conditions (same with some men). they will scream if firghtened, their physical needs are a little less practical to address than men's, and they're a distraction to the men in service; instead of concentrating on reloading his M109A1 artillery gun, for example, a gunner might be more interested in staring at the cleavage of his counterpart driver! why do you think there is so much rape in the military? another thing is that men are afraid of women will accuse men of rape just to highten their own careers and get back at a former lover. plus several cases have risen where men thought women had been agreeable to their advances and only afterwards declared rape. this is unnavoidable, plus there is already considerable bias against women in military, same as with ethnic and religious minorities, but men have a lot less to cope with in terms of discrimination. sorry, ladies, but that's the way the military rolls, right now.

Answer 7

if you've ever been a grunt out in the field you know that even the ugliest woman begins t look like a porn actress after about two months. You don't want those type of distractions around men who have basically become disciplined animals.

Answer 8

Honestly if i was in a war, id be more scared of a woman than a man, I really dont know why women cant be infantry.

Answer 9

Because the men in combat would behave differently and would put lives at risk.

Answer 10

Because chivalry still exists as opposed to popular belief.