Saiwana wrote:Katganistan wrote:The reasoning behind not doing it is rooted in the outdated patriarchal idea that women are necessary for bearing children and replacing old or deceased population, especially in and after wartime.
None of that calculus or logic has changed up to the present day, when people really think about it. That is still going to be the outcome in the event that most of the fighting men were to die. If people don't have an alternative that can fully cover that "what if" -then it isn't obsolete and is perfectly rational.
Besides which, what does a typical military want women for, if the men that're available are preferred for almost all roles within warfare? The only major combat roles women have outperformed men on that comes to mind, are snipers and pilots. Although there may be more. Usually the men can make it through harsher training and have enough physical advantages as to make that more possible.
Female submarine crews would make sense, since you have so many small spaces on a submarine.