If Rick Santorum were to become America’s Commander-in-Chief, he says he would keep women out of military combat roles due to emotional reasons!
(FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS)
Once the Defense Department announced last week that it would offer females thousands of combat-related positions, including tank mechanics, medics, and intelligence officers on the front lines, Rick Santorum seized the moment to decry the idea:
I do have concerns about women in front-line combat, I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved. It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat, and I think that’s probably not in the best interest of men, women, or the mission.
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When you have men and women together in combat, I think men have the emotions when you see a woman in harm’s way. I think that’s something that’s natural, that’s very much in our culture to be protective.
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If you’re out there, for example, in a group, or just with two people, and some people, because of women, have, as you know with respect to physical capabilities, they don’t have the same requirements that men do in the military, and may be in a position where someone is injured, has to be brought back.
Since Santorum’s rather unwise statements, women are beginning to think of him as a misogynist. Santorum has since tried to save face and dial back his remarks, but the damage is indeed already done!
