[SanderNL]

I agree, such blatant discrimination. I fully expect the feminist garde to be on the streets protesting this awful move.

[deely3]

> According to the Journal of Exercise Physiology, women generally produce about two-thirds the amount of total strength and applied force that men produce.

[diath]

Wars are not a matter of physical strength, being biologically weaker wouldn't prevent a woman from, say, operating a drone.

[ThinkBeat]

If you are sitting in a air condition office in Germany operating drones, it doesn't matter much.

In a war, if you are anywhere near the frontline physical strength is of vital importance.

In the most basic form, can you pick up a fallen soldier and carry that soldier out of harm's way?

However, I know many women who are far stronger than me, and would be more useful in the frontline than me.

Gender is not the only factor.

[deely3]

Agree. But we have to keep this limitation in mind. There could be situations where you have to carry a drone or batteries from place to place for example.

[SanderNL]

Sure, we use a couple of Hanks for that. Sherley and Melinda will catch the bullets just fine.

[SanderNL]

So with suitable technology we should have our womens’ armies ready to march in no time. Can’t wait. Gender neutrality is a worthy and lofty goal.

I hear they are better communicators too. I see no downsides.

[bradlys]

Women are also harder to hit targets - and women can operate most guns quite easily.

[Jensson]

> and women can operate most guns quite easily.

No they can't, assault rifles are made for a male build and strength, women have significantly harder time using them. I was in the military and the women had a really hard time passing the basic tests for assault rifles since they had shorter arms and weaker upper body strength.

Can women do it with training? Yes, but basically every man can do it without training, I've seen it myself. And if those women doesn't keep up that strength as civilians they wont be able to use the assault rifle properly if they need to.

Edit: As for being smaller, being able to wear body armor is more important. Level 3 body armor is standard for combat situations and that is heavy, ammunition is also very heavy. Typical combat gear is about 20-30kg in total, that is heavy even for men and untrained men get significantly slower from it but they can still operate. That is for a basic infantryman with just combat equipment, no food or anything, that is the minimum to fight.