FYI: Do Men Really Fall Apart When A Female Soldier Gets Killed?
Battle Ready U.S. Navy There's no scientific evidence to support the conventional wisdom that women wounded in combat would destroy male soldiers' morale and performance. Last Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta officially lifted the ban on women serving in ground combat, opening front line positions to the more than 200,000 women serving active duty. Women had been forbidden from serving on the front lines of combat with the U.S. military since 1994. Many European countries already allow women in combat, as well as Australia, Israel and Canada, but the decision still managed to spark controversy in the U.S. One persistent argument is that men have a natural "protective instinct" that would cause them to lose their marbles at the sight of a woman getting shot or killed. "It's the fact that no matter what the situation in a combat roll, the male is going to be distracted because it's...