Female service members join for different reasons than the males.
Mostly support roles anyway.
I was at sea but I was lucky in that my skills were in short supply..
Because they are the only ones allowed to join now.
Kinda sad that someone who get there by merit is now going to be suspected of getting there via some gender quota instead.
That's great, I'm all for getting more women into real front line roles, 50% of our population are being wasted, we could have a much better female representation than the current poltry 15.5% that make up the ADF and thus a bigger professional fighting force. Forget the admin support roles though, I mean real front line roles, like infantry, artillery, pilots, submariners, naval ship officers etc
Having said that I always find it disappointing that we don't see similar gender biased recruitment drives to get more men into nursing, child care, primary school and early childhood teaching etc, all dominated by women and screaming out for more men....oh well.
Hey Mike you are starting to sound like one of the old men.
What do think about the manners of shop assist persons
And why don't tomatoes taste good like they did years ago
Hey Mike you are starting to sound like one off old men.
What do think about the manners of shop assist persons
And why don't tomatoes taste good like they did years ago
That's great, I'm all for getting more women into real front line roles, 50% of our population are being wasted, we could have a much better female representation than the current poltry 15.5% that make up the ADF and thus a bigger professional fighting force. Forget the admin support roles though, I mean real front line roles, like infantry, artillery, pilots, submariners, naval ship officers etc
Having said that I always find it disappointing that we don't see similar gender biased recruitment drives to get more men into nursing, child care, primary school and early childhood teaching etc, all dominated by women and screaming out for more men....oh well.
Mike
That is exactly what most defence personnel say. We would love to see more women in our ranks (they are very good at dealing with civilians on overseas deployments, especially in cultures that don't allow non-related men to speak to women), but only those who get there by merit, and not by excluding others.
It looks like part of the PC war on men, rather than any actual attempt to improve the defence force.
That is exactly what most defence personnel say. We would love to see more women in our ranks (they are very good at dealing with civilians on overseas deployments, especially in cultures that don't allow non-related men to speak to women), but only those who get there by merit, and not by excluding others.
It looks like part of the PC war on men, rather than any actual attempt to improve the defence force.
It looks like part of the PC war on men, rather than any actual attempt to improve the defence force.
Gday Mike
Wouldnt want to get the chooks offside
( esp if they have access to a steyr ) :-)
Andrew
Narp, the AusSteyr would have a MALF or FTF, or the thermo-moulded plastic will warp and twist something critical (oh hang on, we sold all those affected ones to NZ).
Bring back the BBDS - aka the SLR / FN-FAL Dealing with chicken hordes from afar for generations When you need to reach out and touch someone, rather than dropping a few hundred yards in front of them
I would favour service to help a seemingly lost generation find their feet, of course we all hope war or strife will never come to our shores but at 57 and worn out Id still stand up and do what I could to defend this great land, hows that for patriotism...
It looks like part of the PC war on men, rather than any actual attempt to improve the defence force.
You actually believe this sort of stuff
Cheers
Please enlighten ignorant old me as to why a ban on men joining the army improves the army's capability.
Also explain why sexual discrimination is acceptable.
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Dealing with chicken hordes from afar for generations 
