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his answer is true at scale, but doesn't account for nuances or smaller armies". example: when i went on WW2 tour, i learned the "night witches" were an all-female soviet bomber and sniping regiment that the nazi's feared. war has always been gendered and coded as male with females positioned as caregivers and supporters — and most women aren't interested in combat roles. that being said, they do have interest in non-combat military roles. women may not be as physically strong, but they're typically better at impulse control, situational awareness, etc.; % of women growing in surgery (precision), intelligence analysis, etc. emerging defense tech increases pool of non-combat military roles. if war can be fought with autonomous and AI-powered systems and remote combat, it changes who is best positioned to excel at it. will be interesting to see if there is a shift, but also need to be mindful of employees at defense tech vs. actual enlisted military members.
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That’s a regiment btw, army is defined by largest force in a country In that case not even middle eastern countries would qualify— nonetheless women have played a role in war, maybe most strategically important were code breakers Generally speaking it would be like talking about the male role in child birthing tho
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hmmm i would say "raising a human" more than birthing, which .. it takes a village, and also as humans we specialize and trade https://warpcast.com/w/0xda6ccc5d
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In the trad sense that they stay home someone has to provide so I’m not sure that is valid I use birthing because of traditional mortality rates
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you cant wage a war without a functioning economy and supply chains i hear you re mortality rates
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I don’t disagree though that’s what a war chest is partly for. And we did have men still at home too. Actually in Vietnam the draft excluded college students for example. Those same people then turned around and spit on the military (many drafted) when returning home Bit off topic but it’s kinda fascinating how that all plays out. I hear people who went to Vietnam compare it to today’s political climate.
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