[net.women] Should women be in the military?

ofut@gatech.UUCP (11/18/83)

It seems to me that in the old days when we hacked each other with
swords that there was a good reason for women not being in wars as
much as men.  They aren't usually as strong.  Guns, however, don't take
a lot of strength.  What counts most in todays wars is endurance and
I don't think men have more natural endurance than women.

I guess now the reason is mostly social.  I can't see that as being
valid.
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Jeff Offutt
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA
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leff@smu.UUCP (11/25/83)

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smu!leff    Nov 24 14:47:00 1983

There was an article in a Dallas paper regarding an unusual game
played with guns that shoot paint.  The objective is to simulate
war as well as possible without all the blood and gore.  If you
get hit with the paint, you are out of the game, dead.
There was some sort of objective like stealing a flag (I forget exactly what).

Women actually did better than men since the men would often go 
galumphing along making a lot of noise and make easy targets.