Most men in US forces treat women in combat as one of the guys. They are also a touch of home and a reminder of wives and girl friend they want to stay alive and return to. Idiots would see them only as sex objects. Most soldiers treat women in the front like a sister. A sister that can whip them in a fight a lot of the time.
BS. The US military has some of the most misogynistic assholes the world has ever seen. They fight tooth and nail to keep women back. I witnessed this first hand.
I served and I've seen misogynistic assholes. Most men in service are decent people and if anything are over protective of women in the front lines.
In the arab world women are of lesser value. Now saudi has a woman jet pilot, but she is not allowed to drive a car. Women are serving more but in limit fields over there.
Women are more than capable of serving in combat theaters is some capacity, even if not all are not on the front lines. Chopper/jet pilots, medics, engineers, mechanics, communications, leadership, logistics, radar, fire fighters, sappers, all vital jobs. Women can be just as capable with an M-16, its not difficult.