Re: [semi OT] Women wargamers -longish

John spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> I know that even in a Guard Combat Engineer company, if a woman walked

> into the sort of conversation we pass the time with, we'd all be up on

> sexual harassment charges.  And when we use sexual analogies for 
> everything from demo to small unit tactics, you'd have to have a 
> serious paradigm shift if you introduced women.

Or maybe just have women who knew what to expect and could give as 
good as they got verbally and could take the job physically. I've met 
a few of these, and they didn't need to take shit from anyone and 
they could (no word of a lie) out rude-n-crude the guys.  Not that 
they'd be the kind of women you'd take to a church social, but then I 
doubt I'd take some of my infantry associates to such funcitons 
either. 

We should have the paradigm shift you mention. But we shouldn't use 
our lack of it as an excuse not to move forward, nor should we use 
our fear of the results to limit us. Common sense, and a cautious 
progression, will be the answer. Common standards for any job 
regardless of sex, and warnings (and enforcement) to the guys who 
can't keep it together with women around. Its time we stopped 
babying the women by giving them double standards, and its time we 
stopped babying the guys by not putting women in if they are good 
enough. It's time we all (slowly) grow up and live in the 21st 
century. It's coming....

Tom. 

 
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