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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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yeah I had a similar reaction. First I was like "yes this is definitely true" but something kept bothering me about it which I eventually settled on as "this is a very one-dimensional view of war". It takes a village to go to war, even if the front lines are mostly men
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right but I’d rather be at home paying extra taxes than in a trench with a bunch of rotting flesh This really hits on why people hated Kamala so much in call her daddy— trying to downplay the role of men/sacrifice while overplaying the risk of dying from no abortion or whatever. The government role in all that. Ofc everyone is involved, but like with child birthing, the participation/risk/etc is outsized towards one gender Trying to equate them in my mind is just some silly attempt at women’s rights style advocacy. Not all things are equal, and that’s okay. We’re different. With respect.
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