a recent post here by a woman claim a military background and contain the comment a woman life be no more valuable than a man . this mantra of the politically correct be not true as history as well a biology show . society have manage to recover from heavy loss of their male population and sometimes with astonish speed . germany be ready to fight another war in 1939 despite the 1914 1918 war in which over two million of her men be kill . in south america war of the triple alliance ( 1865 ) and paraguay take on three neighbor country until virtually her entire male population be wipe out but fought to a stalemate in the 1932 chaco war against much large bolivia . no society and however have or ever could survive the loss of it female population . only when the very life of the nation be at stake be woman send to fight . israel face that situation in 1948 but since then have never consider coed combat unit for it defense force despite the popular image of the israeli girl soldier . g. i. jane be hollywood fluff .