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== Arguments against women in combat ==

== Arguments against women in combat ==

*It is known that, by nature, women are weaker than men in regard to physical strenght and endurance. To hide this, military entry phyiscal requirements for women are greatly diminished in every country that allows women to serve. This of course means that, if a female soldier fights a male soldier in close quarters, she will inevitably succumb, just as a female martial arts practitioner tried to fight a male, equally trained, counterparts. While there are separate sport tournaments for women, this cannot be, obviously, replicated in war.  

*It is known that, by nature, women are weaker than men in regard to physical strenght and endurance. To hide this, military entry phyiscal requirements for women are greatly diminished in every country that allows women to serve. This of course means that, if a female soldier fights a male soldier in close quarters, she will inevitably succumb, just as a female martial arts practitioner tried to fight a male, equally trained, counterpart. While there are separate sport tournaments for women, this cannot be, obviously, replicated in war.  

*An official scientific study of the British Ministry of Defence, published in May 2002, stated that only the top 1% of the female soldiers match the strenght, endurance and military quality of the average male soldier. Furthermore, the study also noticed how mixed-sex units experienced a lesser level of espirt de corps and [[unit cohesion]].<ref>http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A9925990-82C2-420F-AB04-7003768CEC02/0/womenaf_fullreport.pdf</ref>

*An official scientific study of the British Ministry of Defence, published in May 2002, stated that only the top 1% of the female soldiers match the strenght, endurance and military quality of the average male soldier. Furthermore, the study also noticed how mixed-sex units experienced a lesser level of espirt de corps and [[unit cohesion]].<ref>http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A9925990-82C2-420F-AB04-7003768CEC02/0/womenaf_fullreport.pdf</ref>

*Also, the Royal Armed Forces found out that women enrolled in co-ed basic training course suffered far more injuries - expecially pelvis fractures<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18419031</ref> - than men. An Army doctor was quoted as saying: "It is common sense that women are not as strong as men, and if you put them up against men they will suffer" and that "but if they are recruited to join the infantry and you put them into a combat situation they are obviously going to let the side down because they are not strong enough."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/245450.stm</ref> Women were eight times as likely as men to be discharged from basic training due to overuse injuries. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1738487.stm</ref>

*Also, the Royal Armed Forces found out that women enrolled in co-ed basic training course suffered far more injuries - expecially pelvis fractures<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18419031</ref> - than men. An Army doctor was quoted as saying: "It is common sense that women are not as strong as men, and if you put them up against men they will suffer" and that "but if they are recruited to join the infantry and you put them into a combat situation they are obviously going to let the side down because they are not strong enough."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/245450.stm</ref> Women were eight times as likely as men to be discharged from basic training due to overuse injuries. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1738487.stm</ref>