Quote by Margaret Mead
Women should be permitted to volunteer for non-combat service, they should not be accepted, voluntarily or through the draft, as combat soldiers. We know of no comparable ways of training women and girls, and we have no real way of knowing whether the kinds of training that teach men both courage and restraint would be adaptable to women or effective in a crisis. But the evidence of history and comparative studies of other species suggest that women as a fighting body might be far less amenable to the rules that prevent warfare from becoming a massacre and, with the use of modern weapons, that protect the survival of all humanity. This is what I meant by saying that women in combat might be too fierce.
Summary
The quote suggests that while women should be allowed to participate in non-combat roles voluntarily, they should not be integrated into combat positions. The author argues that there is a lack of knowledge about how to effectively train women for combat and questions whether the training that instills both courage and restraint in men would be adaptable to women. Additionally, the author believes that the historical evidence and comparative studies indicate that women might be less likely to adhere to the rules that prevent warfare from becoming a massacre and protect humanity's survival. Hence, the quote states that women in combat may be too fierce.
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