The main reason being they don't have the "upper body strength" but Olympians have disproved this.
If you want to join the forces male or female
surely you should be able to perform all roles required (however grim/unethical etc).
Former head of the Army, Lord Dannatt, said keeping women out of combat roles was a "point of principle".
"To be in a unit that is given orders to attack a hill, to attack a town, to attack a village, that is a role not for women," he said.
Am not sure about this - OH is a submariner and they have allowed women on board (they must be NUTS to want to go).
Surely it's pretty sexist?
AIBU?
To wonder why women are not allowed into combat?
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