Like a degenerate monkey, I fling the crap back at Chris! The US Army is a really lousy comparison. Although physical conditioning is important, the average modern soldier does not fight with his (or her) muscles. Heck, the average modern soldier does not even engage in direct combat (even in times of war - most soldiers in a good army are actually logistical support. And even in our court-mandated era of gender equivalency, women soldiers are not allowed to be combat specialists in the US (although in reality, women soldiers were in combat in the Gulf War and in Iraq).
Besides, the tiny percentage of Orlanthi women that want to follow
martial cults have plenty of options:
Vinga - for the woman who wants to serve as a full-time warrior for
her clan or tribe,
Babeester Gor - for the woman who wants to serve as a full-time holy
guardian for a tribal or regional Earth temple,
Maran - for the woman who wants to be violent and bloody,
Redalyde - for the woman who wants to ride horses,
Heler - for the woman who wants to be a warrior,
Yinkin - for the woman who wants to be a huntress,
and so on.
Jeff
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