Does this need to be a sexual equality issue - as separate from the militarism issue? I mean, for all we know women might be physically better suited than men to fly jets or choppers (I know for a fact they're better at chopper-flying). But millenia of living off mens' scraps and suffering the ravages of multiple childbirth have left them physically at a disadvantage. Until a medical quick fix is found, there's no sense snapping bones and tendons or trying to pretend you can legislate the problem away.
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Maybe they just need to use the women at stuff that women are as good or better at: for example, sharp shooting, multi-tasking, endurance.
Joanna