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In reply to the discussion: On the Reality of Combat [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)is not, and should not be, a reason to deny someone else a job. I remember when that argument was made against women being allowed to work in road construction, in law, in just about any job besides a traditional woman's job (secretary, guidance counselor, teacher, nurse). It's a ludicrous argument that is basically saying the man is more important than the woman. Him having a job is more important than her having a job.
Whoever is more qualified should have the job. That can mean a woman instead of a man gets the job.
However, I am perplexed why any woman would want to do combat duty. Or why any man would, for that matter, but esp. a woman.
But apparently some women want to do that. So...I'm on the fence about that. I'm from an older generation, so maybe I see things differently.