Standards will be lowered until we get enough

Translation: standards will be lowered until we get enough women into the combat arms branches. Plus, any criticism of them or of the changes will result in leadership being crucified. -Colorado Alex

I appreciated that translation.

Being raised in a previous millenium, my first rhetorical thought was, what able man, with danger before him, does not put himself between danger and a woman?

Then I thought about that scene in Heinlein's Love is Not Enough where the couple is settled 'way out in the wilderness, and creeps come by. When they show their intentions, it's the man and the dog who are in the light, face-to-face with the creeps. The woman with the long rifle is aiming through the door, from the hidden darkness of the next room.

Because, you know, maybe not side by side, but man and woman is a partnership, after all.