I am responding to the letter in the November 2013 issue, "No Offense Intended, Ladies" by Lieutenant Colonel Lupa ["Letters,"p. 10]. I wasn't exactly offended-disgusted is more apt. There are legitimate concerns about opening certain combat careerfields to women, but the debate needs to be limited to real problems, namely physical capability and managing social complications. It's unfortunate that this is an emotional issue for so many people, but the promotion of personal views as facts is counterproductive. Lieutenant Colonel Lupa states, "Women are by nature nonviolent, caring, loving, life-giving, and nurturing" and bases this statement on his "undergraduate studies at a Catholic university, where [he] minored in the philosophy of human nature, ethics, morality, human sexuality, and the psychology between the sexes." For readers who might be inclined to think that this background qualifies as expertise, let me point out that philosophy is not a science and that a minor in any field doesn't mean much.
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