Quick notes: Women in combat | Fat storage...

• Should Women Fight Wars? Of all the countries in the world, a pacific India has paid a huge price for its misplaced chivalry and karuna, and must never forget this lesson. It would be unwise to follow the US blindly considering the crumbling family system there. In no case, should the standards have to be lowered.
  
  India's Supreme court has been particularly critical of the army for being slower to induct women.
  
  Combat is still a man's game:

Combat is Still a Man’s Game
Raz Sagi | 20/06/2014
Like it or not, nature is not egalitarian.https://t.co/six2R0g90h pic.twitter.com/d4I4pntjGb

— Spatel (@Rjrasva) August 11, 2018




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