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jroberts@ionet.net (John Roberts) writes:
>First, seperate tents were required for the women's sleeping quarters.  Of 
>course, since the women were physically incapable of putting them up, this task 
>fell to the men.  Add an extra hour or so per tent for each time the unit was 
>required to move.

	To me this is total crap.
	If you can't meet the physical requirements of being in the
Army, regardless of gender, you shouldn't be there. Period.

>Second, latrine (restroom) and shower facility schedules were required to be 
>adhered to 

	To me this is also crap.
	Why must you have separate facilities? And I'm not
delibertaely being obtuse. Having or not having separate
latrine and shower facilities isn't a law of nature, like the
speed of light, but rather a construct of society. And any
appeals to the way men and women will act are meaningless because
as rational creatures it is within our power to control 
our behavior. I know that nude/clothing optional beaches exist
without everything degenerating into one big orgy.

>Now, since the women were non-combatants, they couldn't be expected to 
>participate in the defense of the position - now much larger than it would have 
>been for the same number of men because of the extra facilities - should it 
>become necessary.  
	
	Again a construct of society. Women were in non-combatant rolls
because it was decided that was the case. So it seems to me this claim
only establishes that having personell in a combat unit who are 
non-combatants drags down the unit.

>Anyhow, I just thought I'd toss out a few comments as a person who has 
>experienced a few of the realities of the situation.  

	Thank you for your insight. I submit that the implementation
was sub-optimal and thus not an accurate predictor of behavior of
a fully integrated co-ed unit.

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