Don’t forget the famous “Lamar woke up to Khloe saying I love you” and that his first words upon awakening were“hey baby” to Khloe. I think they are very narcissistic and if you’re the type of person who is used to dealing with narcissists you can spot the signs and coding in the language from a mile away. Narcissists…

Yeast are single celled fungus, other forms of fungus can be multi cellular, so they arent the same thing, despite being in the same kingdom. Elephants and mice are both in ‘Animalia’, but it isnt unreasonable to identify them more specifically than as ‘2 animals’.

urine a heap of trouble now, lady.

I am not any kind of expert, but I would guess it’s just a variant or particular manifestation of narcissistic personality disorder.

I kinda figured. Having to carry 310 lbs without assistance would rule out the vast majority of men, too—I highly doubt all male infantry soldiers are capable of it. Plus his argument changed from “This all about my safety!” to “It doesn’t matter if my safety is not remotely compromised—what matters is that it’s a…

He’s full of shit. I was in combat, and everything he says in just unreal. The best soldier body type is compact and sinewy. These chairborne rangers always claim that they’re 300 lbs with gear and that they have incredible muscles. But they're not combat effective at that size. Furthermore, a casualty that size is a…

That's funny, because I WAS in combat and we had contact at ALL distances, which is seriously scary, because long distances mean *snipers.*

If I had a business where women could do a job correctly 90% of the time, and men could do it correctly 45% of the time, and I decided that I would never hire or even interview men for that position, no matter what their qualifications, I would be breaking the law against discrimination based on sex.

You understand that “I would say” isn’t actually a valid data point, right? You are making a guess based on no scientific or verifiable data, and based on never having seen combat yourself with either men or women. Not to mention that if passing the School of Infantry is “not hard” in comparison to actual combat, that…

— If a female is capable of picking me up and throwing me on her shoulders, and running 100 yards with me, then I would not care if she were in combat. —

This is the thing I find so baffling about this conversation—women have been in combat in Canada, Israel, and a whole bunch of other places. And it’s been fine!

A high percentage of the population in general is not physically (not to mention mentally and emotionally) capable of dealing with a combat situation. A loved one of mine is a Marine, and since getting out a few years ago he’s been on outside ventures that have put him in combat situations with women at his side. He’s…

Combat blood should never come from a whatever.

Ah yes, People magazine, the respected bastion of investigative journalism...

A lot of journalism schools REQUIRE statistics courses and econometrics courses but they are usually still elementary level courses. And they may never use these skills again post-j-school for years until they run across an assignment. As has been explained to me by colleagues who are trained journalists and have…

“And a lot of journalists have done a shitty job of covering it because they don’t understand research design”

Indeed - with this and so many issues - they don’t fund nearly enough studies-then draw very flawed conclusions-as a false justification *not to fund more studies*.

And let’s also acknowledge that modern warfare is evolving away from favoring brute strength toward favoring guile and strategic reasoning. If they just want disposable mules then reinstate the draft.

The bottom line is that the physiological differences between males and females will likely always be evident to some extent.’

Great analysis, thank you. The sad part is they’ve already media-toured the report, and unless the critics can get a second story out of this, focusing on the misrepresentation and bias, the story won’t get enough play to undo the initial impressions. Bullshit, but totally expected bullshit, sadly. Keep enjoying that…

Though I understand historical reasons for excluding women from combat, reports/studies like these simply make no sense to me given modern standards.