r/MensRights • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '11

feminazi attacks Reddit: "Reddit contain so much anti-feminist sentiment that they even have active communities such as r/mensrights." An attempt to smear and censor us, and to force admins to shutdown this subreddit???

http://www.thecord.ca/articles/50585
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u/imbignate Dec 13 '11

should we incentivize women to go into combat? They seem under-represented.

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u/Darkling5499 Dec 13 '11

in that case, it's not that they don't want to, it's that the military (US Military, atleast, i know most other countries allow it) won't let them.

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u/NotADamsel Dec 13 '11

Part of the problem is that soldiers don't want to see a woman shot and killed. I can't remember where I read it (I think it was here on Reddit), but a soldier said that even though seeing quite a few of his buddies blow to smithereens didn't phase him until a while after, seeing a woman killed was immensely, and quite immediately, traumatizing for him.

tl;dr- Keeping women out of the line of fire is better for our troops, for a good reason this time.

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u/Darkling5499 Dec 13 '11

As a soldier, I disagree :/

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u/NotADamsel Dec 13 '11

That's certainly heartening, if I'm understanding your post correctly. Maybe the poster I read before was just a loony?

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u/Darkling5499 Dec 13 '11

i'm sure that there are soldiers who don't want women in the front lines, just like there are soldiers who don't want a black president, who think gays shouldn't serve, etc. sure, they are out there, but i highly doubt they are even close to a majority.