You must now concentrate on the emotional and psychological aspects of the dicision. Permitting women to serve in front line combat raises many questions. Hundreds of years of the traditional male warrior image suddenly altered. Both conceptions which women are still facing today, both in and outside the military. If your fellow soldier views you as unreliable, he is most likely going to be unwilling to fight alongside you, knowing that in doing so, his life may be in jeopardy.
Soldiers already suffer incredible traumas when viewing their fallen comrades on the battle field.
For many, women portral the images these men are fighting to return to. They may think of their mothers, lovers, wives and daughters. It is already a life and death struggle to fight for the chance to return to your wives, mothers and daughters than to see the wives, mothers and daughters of others lying among the dead, it could become unbearable. Sure, women have proven themselves on the battle fields before. You have only to look into history to read about women warriors, the Amazons for a classic example.