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The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a woman.

The military has been actually remarkable at dealing with race, but gender is an issue.

Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.

I think we're struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.

I hate to say there are female and male ways of dealing with power, because I think each of us has a male and a female part. But based on my own experience, women will tend to be inclusive, to reach out more, to care a little more.

There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force.

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.

Force always attracts men of low morality.