tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post7082567148879063659..comments2024-01-04T23:48:09.384-05:00Comments on Pawnderings on Games: Female combatants in wargamesSeth Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206653100499935990noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post-73890168805173109672008-09-29T17:34:00.000-04:002008-09-29T17:34:00.000-04:00My only problem with women in combat with US Force...My only problem with women in combat with US Forces today is the lack of 'equality' in the standards they are held to. I have no problem with the women who out 'hooah' the men. The women who could take a PT test and equal the male scores, those are the women I've come to respect. They are just too few! When women are expected to do the same duties of a man, they need to fulfill the same physical standards! However, they are held to a consistently lower physical standard, and I'm afraid that sexism will blow up in our face! There needs to be one common PT standard! Not the male standard and then a female standard that doesn't match.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, you are quite accurate in thinking that not depicting women in future games will not be realistic. Women make up over 12% of the military today in the US. While they aren't allowed in line combat units, they do go out of the wire every day in Iraq with support units doing various jobs ranging from humanitarian work as Veterinarians to being gunners on MP humvees.SudsySutherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092543709040027460noreply@blogger.com