Originally Posted by
Denzark
Yeah that is a good point. The major difference between males of different ethnicity/sexuality and females, is that, whilst the arguments of cohesion may equally apply and be discountable, it is a fact that (I consider it fact) that the female pool is not as physically strong generally - exceptional specimens apart - so it is not like you are discounting yourself from a huge resource of manpower (person power whatever) that you can't do without.
And even with US levels of cohesion, I have still been privy to examples whilst serving alongside US military where troops divide themselves along ethnic lines. There are apparently areas a white officer will not go on board the mini-city that is a Nimitz Class carrier, without Marine escorts.