Do the people here that think they are a 50s notion of a manly man not realize that most men are just as emotional as women, and that as individuals we hide or fail to hide it regardless of sex?

Because all of us have the potential to buckle under emotional stress, and in fact emotional stress is something that a lot of women -- mothers, in point of fact -- handle better than their male peers.

This stupid notion that there has to be competition between sexes is just another divisive tactic implanted into us.

For the military: It is fair that if things are dire, you shouldn't just take the men. That also leaves the nation pretty weak and vulnerable to inside attack.

For accepting women into the military, the problem wasn't ever women in the military -- some of the best militaries in world history had some pretty badass women, including Russia -- it was filling quotas and changing requirements to allow it to happen.

I would take Gina Carano in a trench with me over some scrawny soyboy any day.

The bar should be set, and both males and females should be required to exceed that same bar. The main problem is that they lowered the bar because the number of women who could reach or exceed it was far lower than the quota. And that is a problem