Sometimes, one of the surest ways of getting a woman to stop complaining about something they feel they're being denied is to GIVE IT TO THEM. Once it becomes real, and not a concept or idea, they shut the fuck up and say "nevermind." I just finished reading a book called "Inside Delta Force" by Eric L. Haney. He's a founding member of the nation's first counterterrorist unit, and the tv show "The Unit" is based on his book. The book is about what he had to go through to qualify - he couldn't discuss specific missions beyond that, because everything they do is covert. They aren't even considered regular military anymore, as all of their records are removed from the system. I can't imagine ANY woman making it much past the initial round of physical testing they had to endure to qualify for the elite units. The testing is also about seeing who can hold it together mentally as well as physically, because when you break down physically, it's your ability to think clearly that will keep you alive. Only elite soldiers were even selected as the initial candidates, and you had a lot of them just throw up their hands at the beginning of qualifying and say "FUCK THIS" and withdraw and return to their units. A lot of this is just removing certain restrictions on principle...just for show. They don't really want this.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."