Okay, okay, I've heard my brother say, "anyone who bleeds for seven days and doesn't die is just not human." But our bleeding isn't caused by some injury to our bodies; we aren't crippled. Women run, ski, do gymnastics, and (speaking from experience) dance competitively on their period… Generally speaking (since we all know that all women are not equally able to handle all situations) we don't schedule physically tasking activities around that time of the month… Rain or shine, menstruation or not, we do it. Personally, it never prevented me from doing any physical activity — and it wasn't stamped across my forehead, either (meaning that it didn't decrease my performance). To be honest, the only time it affects me (and many women) is during the first hour… certainly not such an unreasonable time as to keep a woman out of combat.

So, Pat, until you pull a tampon out of your /* Insert 4-5 letter word here */ don't base an argument on menstruation. And if you ever do, that's just gross… I don't think anyone would want to hear about it anyway.

First, the concept of women in the military. Hell of a great idea in almost every aspect, but not all. There is one arena where, I am speaking scientifically, women should not be involved. That arena is combat arms. Anyone can be smart and disciplined. Women are suited to military life just as well as men in that case. In direct combat, however, women truly are not equal to men. I'm not saying that as a pro-male thing, so don't start flaming me, but give it some serious thought. Especially in infantry, where you may have to engage in hand-to-hand conflict. Testosterone fuels the body in that sort of setting, like it did when men and women really did have different roles back in our caveman days. Our biology and culture do not evolve at the same pace, and we're still biologically inclined in more or less the same direction as we were in caveman times. If you have to beat something to death before it beats you, males are genetically programmed to do that sort of thing--it's how we got a good portion of our food as a species. Then, there is hygiene. Sometimes, you are in the field for weeks on end, with no plumbing. I know because I've seen it. Every 28 days or so, a woman menstruates. That's hygiene hell if you'e stuck somewhere totally inhospitable. If you have to run through the sand for six weeks and you're running at reduced effectiveness for one of those weeks, do the math. Women in prolonged direct combat in hostile environments is a bad idea. Outside of that, though, women can handle the military as well as men can, and anyone who thinks otherwise is thinking with an outdated value system.

Second, on whether or not Feminazis exist (replying to Kynn's comment.) They most certainly do, they've tried to hang their shit on me before. That's all I have to say.

That wasn't too hard.

Cuddling != Sex. Duh. I might cuddle with my daughter, and come to think of it, my son too. Or my dog. Or friends. Cuddling is not cheating.

If you want to question my assumptions, go ahead. But you're once again stepping into "wrong" territory: I don't "assume" things about women, and I'm very much in favor of individuals.

Don't post more comments on this.You've succeeded in dragging what I'd hoped might be a real conversation into the pits of semantics and assumptions. In the end, after all, you know nothing about me, and I don't care what you do think you know.

P.S. Your Google search is pretty lame. "in the" are common words, as is "draft" (draft of this paper, of that proposal, etc.). You want better results (for yourself)? Use a better search.