Quote Originally Posted by ejburke View Post
It's not that females aren't up to it or that they couldn't be developed into "super-soldiers". It's that there's no way they should have beaten out any men as viable candidates for the program.

I mean, they're basically turning these women into giant men. Hormonally, low levels of estrogen and high levels of testosterone would almost certainly be the goal. Why not just start out with a male who's closer to what you're trying to accomplish? Why spend money and resources just to close a gap when you can start on the other side of the chasm?
You obviously over-estimate the size of the population viable for spartan II level enhancement.

And muscles arn't all you're after with a soldier after all, women are generally more flexible and it's not like all the spartans were equal anyway vOv