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There was then a comparison between the physical, psychological, and psychosocial differences between men and women using the fields of evolutionary biology, neurology, social anthropology, psychology, and the controlled observation of children. The evidence unanimously and irrefutably demonstrates that the differences between the sexes are based in nature through biological roots, and therefore are not socially constructed and cannot be educated or wished away. The traits which are most desirable in soldiers are characteristically male: physical strength and endurance, aggressiveness, willingness to be trained to kill an enemy, and willingness to expose oneself to risk. 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