1. Yay. Let's just hope it has even the tiniest effect. [Dead link.]
2. What "new evidence" are you offering to show that women aren't fit for war?
The evidence comes from the field of evolutionary psychology, which recognizes that the human mind is a product of our evolutionary history. The reason men don't like women comrades in dangerous situations is they don't trust them when the shooting starts, and that is probably because women don't possess whatever cues evoke trust in men. And trust is central to combat cohesion. Men don't say, "This is a person I would follow through the gates of hell." Men aren't hard-wired to follow women into danger. It is largely an emotional reaction.
So men are willing to trust women to bear and raise their children -- the single most important thing to them as far as evolution goes -- but not to make good decisions while in danger? I call bullshit. I'd like to see the sources/research/credentials for this "evolutionary psychology."
2. What "new evidence" are you offering to show that women aren't fit for war?
The evidence comes from the field of evolutionary psychology, which recognizes that the human mind is a product of our evolutionary history. The reason men don't like women comrades in dangerous situations is they don't trust them when the shooting starts, and that is probably because women don't possess whatever cues evoke trust in men. And trust is central to combat cohesion. Men don't say, "This is a person I would follow through the gates of hell." Men aren't hard-wired to follow women into danger. It is largely an emotional reaction.
So men are willing to trust women to bear and raise their children -- the single most important thing to them as far as evolution goes -- but not to make good decisions while in danger? I call bullshit. I'd like to see the sources/research/credentials for this "evolutionary psychology."
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