ferris209 said:
the very genetic desire to protect women could interfere with a male soldiers ability to perform his job correctly.
But wouldn't friendship between men do that too? The more friendly you are with another man ("Your brother in arms") the less likely you'd be to make the correct life-or-death choice, by your logic. Hang on... that means you are saying that unit cohesion itself, is destroying unit cohesion! Ahhh paradox!