why are women not allowed to be in the NAVY SEALS?

[bkkoolers]

why are women not allowed to be in the NAVY SEALS? or any other direct combat?

[Reformed]

They're in the way!

[Mickey C]

Because the ERA was never passed, and there are some things that women can't do, the same as there are some things that men can't do. Some people may say that women aren't put into direct combat because of "hormones" or whatever, that's a load of crap. It's because if women are captured, it is much easier to torture them than it is to torture men. Rape is bad enough when it happens to civilians, but if it were to happen to combatants, the added emotional stress would send those women off the deep-end. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is bad enough, but if you add on a rape, the results would be just horrible.

It's also a fact of nature that men are more physically capable than women. A man in top physical condition is always more capable than a woman of the same age, also at her top physical condition. Look at Olympic records. The mens' running times are always faster than womens'. The only change in this is long distance swimming, because women have more natural buoyancy.

[USMC Fox Co. 2/8]

because rape is used as a form of torture

[Combogalis]

Probably not many women want to be in it, so if they did have the program it would be too small to do anything. Just a guess.

[favoritson]

i read a lot of the others comments. it is simple, under extreme conditions the navy cant worry about bathroom or sleeping arrangements. that is all, women can do everything a many can