ABSTRACT
The psychodynamic forces pressing for women in combat roles are aimed at undermining the mission of the military. If that happens the capacity of the military to fight the enemies of the nation will be lost. Antagonism toward men, therefore, is built into this feminist psychodynamic as a permanent feature, not subject to alleviation by any transformation of roles. Enlisted women and women of color particularly are likely to oppose assigning women to combat military occupational specialties. The idea of women in combat gets power from the fact that the arguments against it, even when they are based on such obviously relevant considerations as restoring the meritocracy and ensuring that soldiers can do their jobs and assist the wounded, are "sexist" and, "politically incorrect" and unmentionable. War is hell, as General Sherman observed, and the power that the virgin wields in fantasy may well result in the slaughter of women in reality.
