Military Review English Edition March-April 2016 | Page 75

BIASES

readiness of men more effectively than it measures
the readiness of women.

admitting men to all Army occupations, it is possible
that the Army would bar them from service entirely.

Frontal Lobe Development and
Self-Control

Hormones and Mood

Young men engage in reckless and antisocial behaviors more often than women do. If more men were
introduced into a women’s Army, these behaviors could
cause numerous problems from misconduct, alcohol
and other substance abuse, suicide, and uncontrolled
aggression—such as sexual aggression and even misconduct in war. These would be issues of great concern.
They likely would be the focus of study to develop
behavioral screening techniques for use at recruitment
stations and behavioral training for use during initial
entry training.18
If including men in a women’s Army were considered
important, brain and behavioral maturation in teen boys
could even become the focus of national attention, as the
question of suitable future recruits could be construed
as a national security issue.19 Arguments that impulsive,
aggressive, or risk-taking behaviors make great warriors
need to distinguish between unrepressed response and
carefully measured action. Research needs to consider
how men and women perform under the demands of a
variety of situations. For example, in one experiment of
soldiers standing watch, men and women began to fatigue from their continued vigilance activities after about
two hours, Y