[net.women] Women Ripping Men to Bloody Shreds

heretyk@abnjh.UUCP (S. Heretyk) (08/11/83)

Reasons for women being barred from combat duty (it used to be school
voting, ...) run along the lines of
ensuring that there will be baby production,
having a reserve labor force, and alienating
us from fighting so that we can never fight you (men) back.
It has nothing to do with saving women from horrid brutality.

My answer to your test question is yes, women should be
in combat and sorry I don't believe that this makes me
a dirty misogynist.

Shelley Heretyk

minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) (08/21/83)

When the notion of drafting women came up in Sweden a
few years ago, one of the generals said, in effect,
"sure, but only in non-combat positions."

At which point, an editorial writer for the major
Stockholm newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, said "A fine
idea.  If it works, maybe we could do the same
for men, too."

Martin Minow
decvax!minow