Originally Posted by martyh

I'm saying nothing of the sort and sexism has nothing to with it .Frontline combat is a serious thing ,there is no room for equality in the sexes .A soldier does not need or want to have to have one eye on the enemy and one eye on the bird he fancies .Realism not sexism .




The only way to guarantee there is no chance of a pregnant woman getting killed on the frontline is to sterilize them ,you fancy supporting that ?.
More to the point why should a woman who has signed up for active service be excused because she may be pregnant leaving her fellow soldiers in the lurch .How do you propose that the army should make sure that there is no chance of pregnancy ,no sex 4-6 weeks before deployment? ,how do they enforce that ?

Equality in the forces does not and can never work