Military lifting ban to allow women in combat

wants2laugh wrote:I'm just so against it for so many reasons. I think it is bad for morale.

captainbryce wrote:I think we have to wait and see how combat units fair with women serving alongside men before we can make this determination. I mean, you can "think" it's bad for morale all day long, but unless you've actually served in a combat unit or surveyed the majority of individuals in a combat unit who have actually served with women in the field, nobody is really qualified to answer this question right now. This is essentially the same argument people have been making against gays from openly serving in the military. And it's the same argument that people have used way back in the day against black people from serving in all white units. "It's bad for morale". I'm so sick of this default, paranoid assumption. How do we know that it's bad for morale unless we actually allow them the opportunity to serve in the first place? We shouldn't just assume that this will automatically be the case. At the very least we should try it, and if we see evidence that it is not working, we can end it. But paranoia is never an excuse for discrimination.