Why aren't women allowed to do Army Infantry?

Question

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Answer 1

Federal law prohibits any women from serving in the Combat Arms Career Fields which are the Artillery, Armor, Cavalry and Infantry of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, end of discussion!

Answer 2

Because the Infantry cannot facilitate a woman's hygiene purposes and standards without risking her health.  And that they lack the upper body strength that requires to be used when there is forward movement in the battlefield.  They cannot carry a weapon or three while wearing a full combat load of 85-lbs. of mission-essential equipment.  Plus you have to add about 20-lbs. of ammunition, 30-40-lbs. of provisions (water and food) enough to sustain yourself.  And women wouldn't be able to keep up whereas they will constantly be running and climbing an assortment of obstacles.  

The stress factor when it comes to combative situation, the emotional capacity in a female is greater than of a male.  Plus, their will be a huge outcry of people seeing the mutilated bodies of their daughter.  That would create mass hysteria!  And if they were in a 'sensitive compartmented information' role, the enemy will by any means get her to talk, brutally raping works! If she won't tell, some soft-hearted male will give information to stop the violence.  Plus it comes ethical about having coed establishments, they will be required to clean themselves and many occassions only using a canteen cup for your bathtub.  I'm sure the males wouldn't mind seeing nude women and vice versa,  but the military are for etiquettecy, not giving out free nude shows.

I highly support women in the military and would even support them if they want to be a grunt.  But I would have health concerns.  I can't have a woman suffering from infections in certain place because we had to tread stagnant waters, sweltering deserts that would make you sweat non-stop.  We can't simply cater them if we have an important objective on manning the advancing line or suppressing fire at a machinegun nest so it can be flanked with force.  But in the Marines, females are taught the same principles and fundamentals in infantry-based skills because Marines operate in forward and advanced forces, so if a female was accompaning along with her team in supportive measures, you bet she'll be in the fight if they are ambushed or interdicted while in a convoy or at an operating base that gets over run.  Every Marine is a rifleman.  

NOTE:  To the one that made comments about they should have protection or some may have an STD, rethink you opinions a little more.  It is required that they be checked every 6-months, if not, year.   Plus how on earth the going to contract any STD while in-county?  The military is NOT a Frat Society where you may believe.

Answer 3

Because Congress passed a law that makes it illegal for women to be assigned to units whose primary mission is direct ground combat.

Answer 4

i would really like to see a woman carry a 80 lbs pack on their back and have to carry a m240g. hahaha, plus do you know how smelly they would b after 3 days out in the field.  

Answer 5

I was in the Army and also the USMC....my MOS was Motor Transportation so I had the pleasure of being in the field with the Infantry alot.....i think the reasons are not because of s*x talk, crude comments or physical capability because that happens anyway no matter where you are in the military........i think it is medical.....i dont mean to be blunt about it but when a woman has her monthly.....it is a strong odor to people trained to use their sense of smell.....in a war time situation this would give away positions and the enemy could track them.....and as for rape......well if you are a woman in the military....you know that that happens wether or not you are in the field or in th barracks.....it happens more so in the barracks than in the field..

Answer 6

Women don't even have to meet the same physical and hair grooming standards as men now.  I'll tell you what.  When everything goes co-ed and the standards are the same, then I am all for it.  But I mean everything.  Same short hair, same pushups/situps/2 mile run standards.  Same barracks, same showers, everything.

Brian S, women are NOT just as likely to be involved in combat no matter how you judge it.  Based on casualty count, sheer mathmatics, ratios, or per capitas,  or whatever other scale you want to use to judge it.

Answer 7

Depends on who you ask really. Some say it is because women are not physically able to handle the MOS, others say that women are not allowed to be in the infantry because a female casualty would cause a different reaction among fellow soldiers.

Neither of those arguments are truly valid however. I have seen more then one female soldier out perform male soldiers in every way. In addition with today's environment females are already every bit as likely to come into contact with an enemy as males. They are already serving in direct support in positions such as medics and radio operators.

Edit: There is far more involved in being a soldier then a hair cut.

Women are not out there huh?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23547346/

Note the M-4 she is carrying? Not just for show.

Tell that to the female medics that go outside the wire daily.

Answer 8

The US has a policy against women serving in direct combat roles. This doesn't stop women from serving in combat support, or stop them from getting killed. Personally, as a retired infantryman, I wouldn't mind seeing the combat arms opened up as long as they didn't drop standards to do it.

Can I assume you've never been an infantryman? When you're in the field, you are tired, hot/soaked/freezing, and constantly busy. s*x is discussed sometimes, but soldiers get more excited about bartering their MREs. In addition, soldiers are professionals, and we have mixed gender barracks with no problems.

Answer 9

Thank you, Gabriel, finally someone sees it my way (though I'll get thumbs down or rants from feminists any way). I completely agree with Gabriel. The day women have to do EVERYTHING the same as men, then they can be in the infantry. Other wise, there is no quality in the military, there's just female favoritism (see PFT quals, ect).

Answer 10

Why aren't women allowed to "do" army infantry?

They are, but they should always use protection!  With all those guys, you never know what one of them might have!

Answer 11

There are many reasons for this. But there is 1 reason that interest me.

In combat situation, men have a tendency to be more protective among women soldiers than men soldiers.It's just their instincts to protect females. It is very dangerous, because it is a distraction. Distractions can make a big failure in combat situation.

Well, for me it doesn't make any sense. But I think  if I were in that circumstance, I would do the same. Probably

Answer 12

females give birth simple so that why they have always been deemed delicate