SciFi Story - Females by The Mad Crafter (Humans are Space Orcs | HFY | TFOS871)

[@HoneyBadger1779]

In reptiles fish and insects the females are usually bigger and in communal insects it's primarily a female population....

[@sylviarohge4204]

The pain tolerance in humans is also higher in men. In contrast, women have a better immune system, as a lot of information is encoded on the 23 pairs of chromosomes (on the X chromosome). Since women have 2 different X chromosomes, their immune system is more effective.

[@igkslife]

Very true... But sexists. I wouldn't be surprised if they exists everywhere in space.

[@igkslife]

@@sylviarohge4204 ... Not true. The x, and y chromosomes regulates gender, and not immune system. You could say that their coded for our s3× organs, and the roll they play, and how they play it. The liver is responsible for the immune system if memory serves me right. With those meaning that the immune system would be apart of that chromosome, but I believe it might have it own chromosome to design it. Remember cells are computers, and DNA is the code for the computer. Just like computers a section of code only works on certain sections of the computer. For example like computer code that creates the program that runs the internet, or the code that runs the program for the app store. Either way enough rambling, but I will worn you that other people would make fun of you for the simple misunderstanding. I on the other hand just like to correct people, and maybe argue to pass the time.

[@sylviarohge4204]

@@igkslife "According to Belgian scientists, women have a stronger immune system than men. They owe this to their X chromosome, which is the" home "for various microRNAs, which have a correspondingly positive effect on immune competence." Source: www.deutsche-apotheker-zeitung.de/daz-az/2011/daz-40-2011/frauen-haben-das-staerkere-immunsystem "When it comes to genetic differences between men and women, the X and Y chromosomes are usually mentioned. Women have two X chromosomes, men one X and one Y chromosome. Lots of genes that control the immune system regulate, are exclusively on the X chromosome. The old belief that the second X chromosome is completely inactive in women has now been refuted. Today we know that immune cells in women can read genes on both X chromosomes A more diverse range of defense mechanisms are available, which could explain the more effective response of the female immune system. In addition, the failure of a gene on one of the two X chromosomes in women can be compensated by using the information from the other. " Source: www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/vergleiche-in-der-immunendung-119060/

[@3dmaster205]

@@sylviarohge4204 Uh, no, women have a less aggressive immune system. Men evolved to be the hunters, running around, dealing with male animals defending their heard, they hurt more often and with greater wounds. The men who had more aggressive immune system were more likely to survive an infection in an open wound which happened often enough they were far more likely to survive long enough to pass on their genes. Women, in contrast, being the gatherers in hunter-gatherers had far less drawback from a less aggressive immune system, while at the same time a more aggressive immune system would make it more likely to kill off any sperm before it could reach her eggs, or even attack her own offspring. Women with a less aggressive immune system were likely to pass on their genes, and the rest is evolution. A more aggressive or not immune system is not particularly better or worse; it depends entirely on the circumstances. Having a virus that can fool the immune system into attacking the person's own body and protective systems, makes having a more aggressive immune system a bad thing, in contrast, if you have less aggressive immune system is a bad thing if you have very fast spreading infection. Evolution simply gave us the immune system that better suited our roles, and most likely injuries and infections.

[@Chrisspru]

Women have higher pain tolerance towards ripping pain. Men have higher tolerance to blunt pain. Cutting pain they resist roughly equaly. Women indeed have higher joint mobility and fine motor control then men, but men have slightly faster reaction times and quicker muscle contraction. Men also have more stable ligaments. Endurance and strenght go towards men. There is a reason why men and women, even in the same weight class, compete in seperate sport leagues. Women are still fiercely capable though, as humans are in general. The introduction of power armor could close the gap in the future, as it gives strenght, stability and endurance. Then there would just be the difference between fine precision and range of movement vs. Quick reactions and acceleration. Elegant vs. Fast.

[@Chrisspru]

Womens bodies can produce more natural paikillers, but men have testosterone which works as a performance enhancing drug in combat instead of just having adrenaline and have more sturdy bodies. So a women will survive an incalacitating wound more often, but a man is more likely to inflict wounds and less likely to be incapacitated. The less sturdy, more flexible, less proactive, more enduring physiology is less evolutionarily less geared towards combat, but towards surviving childbirth. Males lack the flexibility and pain tolerance during incapacitation to survive such things, while women lack the sturdyness to to not be incapcitated during combat and inflict damage

[@159tony]

You know i made that exact point in critiquing this story and i got swarmed by a horde of angry feminists. though i guess i should have had more tact like you do.

[@ratemisia]

@@159tony You didn't make that exact point - or rather, it didn't come across that way. I read your comment, and it came across with the approximate meaning of "women are, always have been, and always will be inferior to men" while this comment had a clearer "women and men have different strengths and weaknesses and neither one is objectively stronger or weaker" message. Of course, your intent was probably to convey the latter, but you clearly failed based on my interpretation and the replies of the other people who read your comment.

[@159tony]

@@ratemisia guess what, i dont care what you think. The point was obvious and about correcting the storys obvious flaw about mentioning biological differnces in operation between the sexes.. any further readin into it, is on you.

[@zeroexea]

@@Chrisspru also testosterone and cortisol interact causing focus aka "the zone" making men panic less under stress. woman have testosterone however it is produced by there adrenal gland (ours mostly comes from our testies)and when they run out of T they get adrenaline instead thus causing the stereotypical panic that woman are said to always do under stress. truth told that stereotype is over done because they can handle stress but men are built to handle stress more than woman chemically.

[@cnlbenmc]

The fight scene was the first thing I've seen in the "Human Space Orc" genre that genuinely reminded me of 40K Space Marines (or maybe in this case Battle Sisters) except these were just humans with plate carriers and helmets.

[@swivelshivel6576]

All I can think when listing to this was that one scene from the anime GATE where the female JDF soldier was beating the ass of the other worlds prince.

[@admDanRyan]

Oh hell yeah, that was beautiful

[@chrisdupuis2523]

Fantasy is seldom reflective of reality.

[@theyaden]

@@chrisdupuis2523 Then again while a man naturally has more strength she was wearing weighted gloves and it was a combat solider verses a spoiled rich kid.

[@Gilhelmi]

While the diplomat stood there, approvingly looking on.

[@walterdayrit675]

Oh yeah! That was a fun, interesting anime series!

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

An ex girlfriend of mine's mother was a marine. Scariest woman I'd ever met. Can confirm.

[@denifnaf5874]

Newer call a woman female human, noted.

[@foxman105]

When father worked in military they'd sometimes get teenage jackasses trying to sneak in. Sometimes the girls would get the duty to catch them, when it was their shift. Seeing a woman holding a late teen in one hand and tossing him out as a trash bag outside. Yelling at him not to ever try something as stupid again. Smaller, but ferocious.

[@MrTiberus1701]

Should have a box of crayons 🖍 handy, that always pacifies a marine. Just in case any of you pogue’s get offended, sucks for you cause any service members especially veterans know service shaming is a joke.

[@outinthesticks1035]

Was at a auction sale once , having a beer after with bunch of guys . Older woman was serving. One of the guys , who was a 1960s biker , rode with a outlaw club , commented " I've met a lot of tough people in my life , but that lady is the only one I'm afraid of "

[@markfergerson2145]

I wouldn't talk shit about her grandmother, either.

[@Obekiwi]

And this is why all Warhammer 40k fans should fear the Adeptus Sororitus.

[@Tommy-5684]

nah the ones you realy fear are the Sisters of Silence

[@christophercombs7561]

Ill stick with the custodies

[@Tommy-5684]

@@christophercombs7561 wernt they and the Siaters of Silence intended as complmentry forces?

[@christophercombs7561]

@@Tommy-5684 mm i dont recall but probably im just saying since the custodies were individually built and trained by the big E himself im going to default to them clearly combined arms is the best choice to be sure

[@Tommy-5684]

@@christophercombs7561 well untill you come across a force of hughly powerful psychers then you might want a force whos very precence deamages psychers

[@Shade_sShadow]

I love this. She uses great tactics here. If I read the story corectly she basically climbs the aliens body, puts him in a headlock and asphyxiates him until he passes out. She is not trying to out strong him. She outsmarts and out manuevers him. Ands shows him why You Never Underestimate A Smaller Opponent.

[@cageybee7221]

10:20 "human women have a variety of differences which modify their approach to combat" *5 seconds later* "but you shouldn't use sex to determine how your enemy will fight" i get the point he was trying to make, but he literally just said the sex of your combatant can change how they fight, which is definitely something you should consider.

[@monseurwanksalotte3477]

its a feel good fiction for boss girl badass power fantasy let them have their solace in fiction

[@cageybee7221]

@@monseurwanksalotte3477 don't get it twisted, just because i'm criticising them doesn't mean i agree with you. there is a different set of limitations, strenghts and weaknesses inherant in human's dimorphic biology. this lends men better to a more direct force-oriented way of fighting, but anyone who's ever seen a little tough dude knock out a massive tough dude 3x his size knows that raw power isn't always the deciding factor in a fight if you know how to fight well.

[@monseurwanksalotte3477]

@@cageybee7221 im not disputing what you're saying man But lets be honest here war is a field ehere the disposable population is sent Any functioning civilization needs the women bearing children and keeping the population count balanced the only reason the modern military's been accepting women in active combat roles is specifically because nukes have made full blown war obsolete from POW treatment to overall difference in strength and muscle mass there's a miriad of reason historically no army took in women the active fighting role. They're evolutionarily geared for non-combat roles and i mean this in the most non-demeaning way but women aren't expendable or worthless enough to be squandered on the battlefeild Women being seen as "equal on the battlefield" is hilariously immature paradigm the only historical prescedant when women were employed on the frontlines are when the given society was on its last legs There is objectively no good reason to let women's lives be wasted in the military There's already a miriad of testimonies out there from both male and female soldiers about how their presence and "equal treatment" in boot camp just decreases the overall standards of the training Even the op of the story caught onto that fact without realizing they aren't so much as they are different there's objectively no good reason for equal contribution to be expected of them "women are equal to men" is a fairly new and downright foolish paradigm for it assumes equality to be a good thing Both the story and motto are shallow fiction for women who indirectly look down on womanhood and wanna be "more like men" as if that's somehow superior to womanhood (which it is not)

[@cageybee7221]

​@@monseurwanksalotte3477 you bring up several intresting points, some more valid/worth responding to than others. first i want to address the equal treatment thing, because i never said that. i said from my first comment that men and women would lean into different strengths in combat, and thus any military training would have to consider that and thus not be "equal" in a standardized sense. you also touched on the point of total war, and of population recovery. this is a valid point, however this is only a concern in a society where a large portion of the population are in the military, atleast 20%. and frankly those kinds of numbers are unheard of in modern times except during the absolute height of the world wars, and even then it was about 30% of the population, the vast majority of those men. (so, about 60% of men depending on your nation) the point is, if you are dealing with volunteer, non-mobilization armies that make up a tiny fraction of your population as most modern nations and most spacefaring nations likely would aswell then the population concerns for women serving are negligable. as far as the concepts of "manhood" and "womanhood" these are for the most part human constructs baked into our societal values, and stemming from our biology rather than directly being hardwired into us. this is an important distinction. TL;DR Technology and Training, when combined with a non-total war scenario where population is not a concern, allows for women to serve in advanced militaries with little issue. and in these situations where they are, they can be successful if their potential is utilized appropriately.

[@monseurwanksalotte3477]

@@cageybee7221 im not saying that women servin in the military in non-feasable (they excel in the admisnistrative desk jobs) just that them being present in active combat roles (rifleman/marines/infantry?shoacktoopers) is a very unrealistic scenario as depicted in the story : DDD

[@kamogirlz]

Oh this looks like it'll be a fun one

[@igkslife]

Yep. Stares at sexists. Any moment now.

[@FlyEyedLurker]

I wish the cadet had dropped a catty line as she left, in vein of “if I’m just an ity bity female imagine what a male could do”just to really fuck with the class

[@seldonwright4345]

Unprofessional. She now shows mercy. Best way to make a possible foe into friend.

[@itsmootdamnitnotmute905]

One of my favorite pieces of literature was written by Rudyard Kipling, author of "The Jungle Book". No stranger to combat and all that it entailed, he staunchly defended the common soldier in his writings. Nonetheless he penned a poem called "The Female of the Species". It should be required reading for ALL young men. In it he details why they are "the deadlier by far".......

[@homoerectus6953]

Shock, shock horror, horror, shock, shock horror I'll shout myself hoarse for your supernatural force The female of the species is more deadlier than the male

[@alexd531]

Women have a higher pain tollerance limit for situations like birth, but males have a stronger over all pain tollerance for general injury (if my former education informed me corectly) of course i can be wrong or misunderstand, either way frikin love these stories. And its fiction so it dont matter xp

[@3dmaster205]

Strictly speaking women don't have a higher pain tolerance even for birth, their system is flooded with hormones and chemicals that dampens the pain response altogether, which is rather a different thing. In every test on pain tolerance that I know of, men always come out on top, by rather a significant margin.

[@alexd531]

@@3dmaster205 men dont use hormones to dampen pain sensing like women or is that method strictly for child birth?

[@3dmaster205]

@@alexd531 There is a vast difference between dealing with pain on the spot unexpected, and being able to prepare the body for a known event, flooding the system ahead of the time.

[@alexd531]

@@3dmaster205 aaahhh, i believe i understand more thoroughly now.

[@erushi5503]

This is what i learned from fighting women in a sword fight(this happens a lot in the dojo i was in) , they dont have the power or strength of us men, they also dont have the endurance for continued combat but, i can say that they are very very fast and for the lack of strength theu uses precision and speed to strike down, thats how i got my collar bone broken twice, even as a fighter based on speed i still cannot be able to reach a womans speed and precision cause thats theyre natural given trait and compared to men women, As usual great story, for the algorithm

[@supremecaffeine2633]

Funnily enough, men are naturally faster than women. You were just out skilled.

[@MyrdinAnnoth]

@@supremecaffeine2633 I agree. Plus men have a genetically inbuilt instinct to protect smaller and weaker ones them themselves, which applies to majority of women. Unless in life and death situation even in sparring or matches you would subconsciously soften your strikes before impact. This whole "Men are orcs, women are elfs" (as in physical attributation) mentality some nature deniers wanna believe in is BS. Men are both orcs, elves and a god damn crocodile if they need to be. Yes there were few female swordmaster in human history. Ladies of insane skill, mental fortitude, hard training and god honest dedication. And they are remmembered precisely because of that. Them being an outlier few. Not the norm.

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

And this is why you never underestimate your opponent

[@bogustoast22none25]

I love being underestimated though, so please delete this warning.

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

@@bogustoast22none25 No need those who are arrogant enough to underestimate people in the first place will not care about what others have to say.

[@lloydkeith3061]

Sun zu the art of war

[@gemmel3197]

Walking out with the injured was a nice touch.

[@zilvaradejewels5255]

your original story link leads to "the human hunt" and not the females by the mad crafter, other wise your reading of this story is amazing as always loved it

[@AgroSquerril]

thank you and corrected

[@zilvaradejewels5255]

@@AgroSquerril your most welcome please keep up the excellent reads

[@AgroSquerril]

@@zilvaradejewels5255 i shall do my damnedest to

[@FireAndForgetAAM]

That’s one badass sister of silence

[@neenm4299]

I really like the voice you gave to the first student.

[@bigjay875]

There is much wisdom in this story, never push a woman to the breaking point. One of two things will happen, most of the time they're emotion's get the best of her. The few that "break" lose control and reason and in a fight or flight situation the ones who fight weather to protect they're children or other loved ones fall into the sea of blood lust and in that state she is capable of doing unspeakable things to the target of her rage! In the very rare cases, her brutally can lead to her target to the edge of death, but her drive for revenge will allow her to hold back and prolong the targets suffering, perhaps for a few extra minutes or under the right conditions she may torcher the object of her rage for hours to many days. There's records in our history of women extracting suffering, and misery for years! Take head, never abuse a girl or woman, for you never know if she will be the rare individual that will grind that ax bidding her time till evening falls into place and she extracts her vengeance!

[@lemieux-z8933]

We're equal when it comes to violence and human nature

[@bigjay875]

@@lemieux-z8933 very true but it seems to me that sometimes she will be completely consumed by rage and vengeance

[@debra-qq1np]

I remember hearing something from a guy who had a foreign girlfriend. She was from a country where if a woman was abused, she could tough it out for years until the kids were grown and then kill her husband. After he was dead, she would simply wait to be arrested etc. She didn't expect to 'get away with it'. Killing him (at last) was simply worth it. No doubt she had been looking forward to it for many years and made sure he didn't die easily. Women from her part of the world would typically warn a man before they got (sexually) involved not to screw her over or she would take his *** [male reproductive organs, external dual set] . . . A guy has to sleep sometime.

[@stumblestutter]

Just shut up

[@kurtismiller9544]

That's why you NEVER piss off Grandma, because she will beat you black and blue with very little effort for whatever you did wrong. And THEN you go right back to loving each other unconditionally because... Grandma

[@lemieux-z8933]

God forbid when she decides to pinch you with her nails instead of the usual spanking

[@skyrere]

I absolutely love this story. Thank you. I would not have been able to experience it otherwise. :)

[@mrsmartypants4541]

I mean the pain tolerance is an iffy topic because it is highly dependant on the type of pain, when it comes to pain based on temperature, then women can tolerate more heat but less cold than men, and more general non-damaging pain, when it comes to blunt force trauma, men will tolerate more and be less prone to shock as the bone and muscle structures are denser. When it comes to piercing pain or penetration damage this is where it gets tricky. In regards to gunshot wounds, there is a huge difference in reaction based on sex, even tho males can survive losing more blood, if they are shot, their bodies will remain combat effective and large doses of adrenaline can keep them from feeling any pain - this is why some soldiers don't even realise they were shot, but this means that males are likely to bleed out with how active they remain while damaged females on the other hand can loose less blood, but once shot, their bodies shut themselves down to stop the blood flow and the pain is paralising instead to prevent strain. Their organism does whatever possible to preserve itself. This is why generalising "pain tolerance" will always be inaccurate as the differences are based on pain and damage types. To summorise when it comes to combat damage: Men - can sustain combat ability when shot, body pumps adrenaline to keep them conscious, likely to die from bleeding. Women - once shot, will become paralised from pain, body shuts down to prevent bleedout, not combat effective but more likely to survive.

[@nullskull6860]

Well said mr smarty pants

[@lemieux-z8933]

You can save a species as long you have more females then males

[@aaronscott5892]

“Fuck around and find out” should have been the aliens big red flag😂🤣

[@sillerbarly4927]

Nice recognition for the Adeptas Sororitus

[@davistud]

Indeed

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

At first it sounded like the deathkorps of krieg, I was suprised when one pulled out a knife rather than a shovel considering the opening But rather it seems to be valkyries

[@ZoruaZorroark]

i take it the git who got his arms dislocated/broken was from a lower gravity world

[@jeffhall4228]

Bravo, great story. And as always. All hail the algorithm

[@Paddydukes89]

Pretty sure women having a higher pain tolerance has been shown to be pretty untrue

[@zeehero7280]

Men having a higher pain toleranece is equally dubious, it's something that is per individual, not to mention it's a skill that can be trained.

[@Paddydukes89]

@@zeehero7280 of course it's different per individual, that's why studies aren't comparing individuals? Its pools of people as groups to get an average of how things work out. And sure it can be trained and that is something would be factored into any study, and it's not like a notable part of the population is deliberately doing 'pain training' of some kind

[@fabulousimcatbulous690]

For the Blessing of the Omnissiah!

[@pvtgoo2234]

But why would their be an entire platoon of only females? And also, 13 isn't a platoon, It's much closer to a squad which has 9, while a full platoon is closer to 40.

[@murphycunningham2465]

13 sounds like an A team

[@greyclydesdale]

"You're saying there are 2 genders?" REEEEEEE! Just kidding. Excellent as usual Squerril, Thank you for your service! You even let the expletives through this time. XD

[@shanerooney7288]

I can't speak for fictional alien species, but for humans.... the reproduction cycle only designates 2 biological sexes, and we lack anything like a "worker caste" that would be outside of the breeding pair.

[@TransbianOwl]

@@shanerooney7288 Reproduction cycle designates a minimum requirement of 2 sexes, humans have at least four known sexes once you include intersex and sexless who, while rare do occur naturally within our species. Genders on the other hand have nothing to do with reproduction but rather self identification and expression... and there are far more then just two possibilities, or even four, six, or eight; rather there are nearly a hundred known expressions and suspected to be more that simply haven't had a way to describe yet.

[@shanerooney7288]

@@TransbianOwl "Intersex" and "Sexless" are just humans of the other two sexes with physical deformities. They aren't genetically distinct from the two sexes. "Genders" has been synonymous with "biological sex" for hundreds of years. To say it has "nothing to do with reproduction" is a blatant falsehood. There are other, newer, interpretations for the definiton of Gender. But you weren't saying there are multiple definitions, instead you were trying to claim the older more well established definition is somehow wrong.

[@TransbianOwl]

@@shanerooney7288 The older definition is wrong. Just because something was believed for a long time doesn't make it correct. The view that gender is synonymous with biological sex is a social construct, not a scientific fact. Science has found no correlation between gender and biological sex. Also, your view of how biological sex works is dated as well. We now know that there are intersex and sexless individuals with genomes such as XXY and simply X as well as a theoretical XR that has yet to be found in living populations but evidence points to it possibly existing. If something as simple as a single chromosome can differentiate between male and female then we must accept that those with extra or missing chromosomes are in fact a different sex all together.

[@shanerooney7288]

@@TransbianOwl Since the 20th century, "Gender" was being used as *a one-for-one* replacment for "sex" when "sex" was becoming more associated with the verb instead of the noun. Look, I don't mind English having one word for biological sex (Sex) and another for one's expression of biological sex (Gender). But you're talking out your ass trying to argue that the definition as used since the 20th century is somehow "wrong". If you want to be all puritan about it: In the 15th century the word "Gender" ment "things of like kinds". So guess what, YOUR definition of gender is wrong too. - - - - - - - On to "Intersex" and "Sexless" Intersex and sexless are just humans with *Ambiguous Gender.* As in, the phenotypes displayed are insufficient in determining the gender. XXY Males are certainly not Ambiguous. They look like taller less hairy males. X_ Females are also not Ambiguous. They are generally shorter and suffer other health problems. XXY are Males with Klinefelter syndrome. 1 in 650 males have this and probably don't even know it. X_ are females with Turner's syndrome. 1 in 2000 females have this. Your understanding of "single chromosome can differentiate between male and female" is wrong. It is the presense (or absense) of the SRY gene. You have that one gene, you're male. You don't have that one gene, you're female. The gene is _usually_ found on the Y chromosome. XXY is male because the Y chromosome holds the SRY gene. X_ is female because it lacks the SRY gene. Same with XYY, XXX, or any other variant. The only exception to the "Y Chromosome rule" is the XX-Male, where there was a gene translocation that moved the SRY gene onto an X chromosome.

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

For the Great and Mighty Squerril

[@LegendStormcrow]

Different doesn't mean better or worse. Men and women are built different, but having different specs doesn't mean they are not capable at most things the opposite gender can, and in all these cases any advantage one gender has the opposite gender can bridge that gap with a small of effort. About the only exceptions are feeding the young, and the 2 halves of breeding.

[@gracehalpape3021]

That would be a fun tv series about Carter

[@KOTM97_]

Me: eating popcorn The people who comment about compare genders: says something controversial Also the comment section: allow us to introduce ourselves...

[@jafsrob]

ah yes, my favorite saying "fuck around and find out"

[@shutterchick79]

And the author shouldn't forget something important - we women are meaner than men. To quote author Patricia Briggs in her novel "Hunting Ground". "Women are the blood thirsty sex. Men get the reputation, but only because the women stand behind them saying 'kill it, squish it.'"

[@techristopher8077]

Again a marvelous story and presentation.

[@shardinhand1243]

9:42 small note here, of course this stories just for entertainment but to be factual the myth of women having higher pain tolerence should be exposed, they in fact have more nerves than men, this makes women lyteraly feel any pain more than a man does, also a major part of how "nimble" someone is is baced on theyre strength and theyre size, on average men can not only hit harder, and faster than women due to faster reflexes and greater strength but since they have a greater focus on upper body strength could climb faster, and due to a diference in hip structure and theyre stronger muscles can also run faster also being heavier and taller they have a reach advantage and cant be pushed or thrown around as well as women can, in truth, i dont know of a single physical advantage women naturaly have... besides slower blood loss, which would be very useful in surviving wounds, that said without some form of pain supressant the dibilitating effects of any life threatning wound would pretty much make slower blood loss irelevent. apoligies for my poor spelling ^^ also i due aprove of women taking up combat roles in fact a physicaly strong women is extreamly! appealing to me especialy a woman with abbs, beautiful.

[@milsthebard1085]

That was a blast. Pity about the asshats in the comments. My only complaint is I now have a new fictional crush...

[@lloydkeith3061]

Can confirm those numbers with a real life analog. "Regular Marines" had a kill rate of about 150 to 1 vs China army at the chosen reservoir during the Korean War. The raiders are special operations Marines so yeah,... NOT the ones whom fuck about if you understand.

[@MrSockez]

"Males are always stronger than females" Hyenas and angler fish: oh? On God?

[@3dmaster205]

So the writer actually thinks women have a higher pain tolerance... well, that's wrong. Funny thing, he seems to completely forget about that pesky think where women have much less dense bone structures. Also, unless that centaur thing comes from a planet with significantly less gravity, while having way more mass on his muscles and bones, his muscles and ligaments are going to significantly stronger than hers; it is pretty much impossible for her to pull something loose, using her entire body or not. Indeed, with a fist the size of her head, and the full weight of a horse behind, the chance that she survives the first hit are slim to none. Most likely her, and any human man's head, are just going to go splat. There is also no reason anywhere that the centaur can't just get up, pull her up, and ram her against the nearest wall with all his weight behind it, not something she's going to just walk away from. Whenever I see some scene in some Hollywood flick where some tiny five foot women, whose clearly never trained a day in her life, just casually punch out men twice her size with muscles indicating he's trained most of his life, ridiculous, the writer here took to a whole new ridiculous extreme by doing it with a centaur, wow.

[@bubbykins4864]

And by "muscles", you mean "dehydration", correct?

[@cageybee7221]

to be fair, the woman he is fighting is literally a student in a military academy of some sort, and decended from a military family. she likely is extremely well trained, and considering the places she targetted likely knows about how to fight this species. as far as sheer strength, it could be assumed she was wear an exosuit as those clearly exist in this military.

[@3dmaster205]

@@cageybee7221 Seems unlikely she's wearing powered armor in a classroom; but if she was, why would the alien being have an issue? The simple obvious answer is that the equipment is doing all of the heavy lifting; quite literally, not the woman, so why would he have issues with what he's seen and the woman present? Even if he was as ridiculously over the top sexist he can't see past a far greater difference; species, he could still dismiss the feats as no important because the armor that's doing it, not the woman. Still, it's pretty obvious she's not wearing a helmet even if she's wearing augmented clothing, and unless the centaur is a lot less heavy than he appears with much less dense biology due to lower gravity (which makes it highly unlikely to have evolved the way it is), even men with denser heavier bones, and thus skull, are most likely going to get their skull caved in; and thus die, if they're really lucky they'll survive, but then they can enjoy recuperation in a hospital.

[@3dmaster205]

@@bubbykins4864 What the fuck does that even mean?

[@felop1187]

The author was prob a weird feminist or someone who ignored biology class or both

[@sleddog3092]

I do jiu jitsu with women. I want to be 100% accurate when I say this so no blowing smoke up anyone's asses. The women I roll with in jiu jitsu (even black belts and even when I was a white belt) aren't really a match for a determined man in the same spot. Men are faster, stronger, have quicker reaction times, more agressive, take more riske, more confident and decisive, no .ore dexterous than men and have far less endurance. That said, they do have a more natural affinity to some things that can (and will with time) be overcome by a man with practice, but sometimes it isn't fair how fast a woman can learn the basics of something that has taken me months. One 37 year old 110 lb woman in my class was in the coast guard, does cross fit and I tell you she's months into the sport of jiu jitsu but she's learning fast. I, a purple belt, could put the business to her if I wanted but it's way more fun and dynamic to give just enough and watch this prodigy past her prime do her work. That said, I do think the story is inaccurate with the portrayal of women.... but I also get that it's just a story

[@sleddog3092]

So I reread this and I think I was being a little confusing When I say "women have natural affinities" I mean there are basic skills that women pick up faster. Snipers have often mentioned that brand new women are better shots than brand new men. The problem from women come when the skills go beyond the basics. In every meaningful way after months of training, men outclass women including endurance and dexterity, in any physical activity. Even in games like poker, men are able to take more risks, calculate possibilities, bluff and read opponents. Men and women are different, And in any game or sport revolving around confrontation, men tend to win. But women are far better caregivers. They can read the needs of another far better and can communicate complex thoughts and ideas in ways that even a child can understand I get that I'm making a generalization and I get that this is a story. But Its just weird how people haven't figured out how different we are yet and how we complement each other perfectly

[@haruk2312]

It isn't "fair" how fast a woman learns?? Are you even hearing yourself? If males are "superior" in everything else just like you claim, then what nonsense are you spouting?

[@mikkelnpetersen]

"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them" - Timeless human saying

[@dalecates8353]

I just discovered this channel. It is great.

[@AgroSquerril]

Glad you are enjoying the content

[@kleinjahr]

Half expected her to end with giddyup.

[@Monster_Ink]

New favorite! 😊

[@TD-ug4mg]

Fiction is fun, where we get to see a woman beat a man in hand to hand combat.

[@haruk2312]

Your ignorance is quite cute. Stay that way. You also probably think women can't kill or r@pe men.

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@alexanderrosario8569]

Bruddas as comrades we all know NEVER mess with a military women. More so one who has seen war. 😅😂 Those aliens getting absolutely mauled down didn't stand a bloody chance.

[@jeanannd]

Historically, there were warrior women in different cultures. In some cultures were there were more women then men, instead of further reducing the number of men and practicing marriage of multiple women to one man, they instead sent women to war and the survivors had a better choice and option of males for marriage.

[@calvingreene90]

Equality is hard to measure. In intelligence the average is the same but woman tend to cluster at the center but men tend to cluster at the ends. Men are stronger per muscle mass. Women are less likely to tunnel vision on a task which makes them better at in watching child while doing something else including watching other children. But on tasks that require long term concentration men do better. One should also remember that that in biological systems there are always freeks that fail to conform to the normal.

[@paulsim7589]

Yep. Good stuff

[@ericwhite3526]

For the algorithm

[@ryanwatt6706]

Can’t wait lol

[@mastercharlesdiltardino8058]

Lol in some recent American spending bill they called women "birthing people"

[@Aden_III]

😆 lefties

[@TheDandyMann]

@@Aden_III so woke of them lul

[@Katzztar]

@@Aden_III funny 'cus my first thought was Reps because so many think that's a woman's purpose. I mean they are so hard up on controlling a woman's reproductive system.

[@olivinator]

@@Katzztar nah, while the Reps might be heavily into gender roles and opposed to abortion, they're not so tactless as to call women "birthing people", meanwhile the Dems have to come up with a new term for "women" because their gender studies classes have muddied the definitions of genders so thoroughly.

[@Katzztar]

@@olivinator I have never heard a dem call a woman that... maybe there's some out there, sure I'll admit that but the major dems we see? Nope I've not heard them call women that. Unless there's something I missed, something that flew under the radar while other outrageous things were pinging the radar hard. Like a few deps acting more like Reps (voting with them instead of other dems, ect.) while the Reps were trying to deny 1/6 happened or downplay it ect. Do you have a link (real one not opinion sites like Fox or Newsmax) of Dems calling women such?

[@MourningNihilist]

Good goddamn story

[@drewahrens3141]

Badass grandma.

[@the_mr.sandwitch]

As all soulslike's say "Gender has no bearing on ability"

[@scottfitzpatrick7115]

People should comment on the older ones. If it is your first time, respond to it.

[@SunShine214_2]

Oh Squirrel, what have you done. Thou hast opened the floodgates of Hell! You have summoned the misogynists and the misagynists!

[@kenshy10]

I don't like stories like this. Not because of the content but because they are always so heavy handed with the theme. Oh? You don't think women can fight?! LET ME PROVE YOU WRONG! I want some nuance with my badass women. It's why I like the adeptus sororitas! They are girls but they have power armor and they spend most of their life training so they can be competitive on the battlefield!

[@seldonwright4345]

I expected it to be family. Mother but grandma is quite acceptable. The female IS the deadlier of the species.

[@epicuser9220]

Aww I joined in late darn

[@ChildOfSisyphus]

Initiating algorithm enhancement protocol

[@nabbitgohome9672]

7:18 (the sentence)

[@shanerooney7288]

This story is all sorts of stupid. I get why an alien might think no woman from their species can fight. I could even understand a human (wrongfully) thinking that about other humans. But to think that NO woman from ANY species could fight? That doesn't make sense at all. For an "educated" individual, or worse; a class of them, to think such foolishness is beyond the realm of reason. Just take animals from Earth for example. Would you say no Lioness could fight? Does a female shark lack teeth? is a female snake non-venomous? Heck, in some species the female is many MORE times more deadly than the males.

[@Alex_Fahey]

It's especially silly since sexual dimorphism usually favors the female in size going by evolution's oddities. Almost any creature that has a lot of children (e.g., birds laying dozens of eggs, spiders with egg sacs of hundreds, queen insects with their sprawling colonies made of their children, et cetera) needs to have large females to hold all the nutrients to accomplish such a monumental task as birthing new members and eusocial creatures like ants often have sterile females fill most of the dedicated castes while males are often simply seasonal "private" toys for fertilization. A male can be just as large or even follow a protector role and be larger (often seen in pack-based species from creatures like seals all the way to something like elephants). However, the male can also be absurdly tiny compared to the female serving as no more than a walking form of pollen to provide genetic diversity to the female's offspring. While female birds are usually a good 5-10% larger than the male of the species, you often see the truly absurd dimorphism in small creatures like insects or ocean life. Some spider females are twice the size, if not more, than the male of the species and often even eat the male after the deed is done. Some ocean-based species I know of have females that are so much greater in size than males that males can and often do live on or in the females (see anglerfish, for example) I think it is far more likely, even though it would still seem rather silly, that this story should happen with the exact reverse roles. A gigantic female of a new species on the galactic stage should act in some mixture of disgust and bemusment at the thought of a miniscule male being a warrior caste member rather than a large, sterile female. This female cadet would then be utterly bewildered when realizing that human males are not only the same size as females of their species, but in fact, significantly larger and - even more fantastically - generally geared more towards strength and power in their manipulator appendages that they also use for combat. Also, learning such by a brash human male that challenges the female to single combat and wins.

[@159tony]

One problem with this particular story. A marine is expected to have self control and never let emotion lead the fight. Carter in this story, would be anathema to that particular point. Also talking back at a C.O or instructor the way Carter did was unnecessary and out of line, which again is anathema to a marine. I'm fine with a story having a female as a marine and as a bona fide bad ass but this "woman raaa raaa" bullcrap completely shattered the suspension of disbelief, strictly because anyone in an elite unit of combatants, wouldn't permit emotion to lead the fight and they certainly wouldn't snap at a C.O or an instructor for using a correct, scientific term to describe them. Also critique of the science of this story. Men have a higher pain tolerance than females. Men are also faster, leg muscle density and skeletal muscle what determines speed. women have less of both. The thing women do marginally better at is color perception and finger dexterity. Everything else, right out the gate, males are just flat out better at. It's biology. Don't believe me.. look up results of biological males competing against females. The males out perform females in speed, strength, endurance, pain tolerance, and computational tasks. Though in terms of internal consistency this story was okay to listen to. However it lacks actual reading of science at its base. Making it little more than self-insertion power fantasy.

[@lunatic-db6mp]

While you do have a point, you need to remember that this is HFY wich is basically human power fantasy thinking that we are going to be hot stuff when/if we meet aliens so i think a bit more power fantasy is not a problem

[@159tony]

@@lunatic-db6mp The whole point of science fiction is to maintain the suspension of disbelief. The science has to line up with reality at its base. It doesn't have to exactly line up when dealing with alien physiology or technology because those are best left to the imagination but established human physiology and biological fact, or scientifically accurate base is required for the story to actually hold the reader's attention. The story focused specifically on human performance factors and got the science between male and female differences completely wrong. Which to those that don't know any better wouldn't make a difference but to anyone that does, it takes them out of the experience. IN summary, the fact that it's a power fantasy is not the problem, the fact that it's unscientific, feminist power fantasy is the problem. here have a like on your comment too.

[@geoshark12]

you also gotta remember they are cadets and this is not the human military meaning the rules and laws would be different like the fact of attempting to kill another cadet would not be allowed yet in the story the teacher is completely fine with it "A marine is expected to have self control and never let emotion lead the fight" this is bull crap and if your listening shes not letting her emotions dictate her actions the other guy on the other hand was most definitely this is known due to the fact she did not just start swinging at him but got him into a grapple and went after weak points " Men have a higher pain tolerance than females" this is crap on both sides since pain tolerance has to do on a person to person basis and really can't be measured especially due to the fact different people find different types of pain worse or better and while biologically men are stronger and have more endurance( due to higher testosterone levels) that talking at the absolute peaks which military don't aim for ( other wise all soldiers would look like Arnold ) and it just mean they put in more effort to get to said strength, tbh you kinda sound like someone who did a 10 minute google search and are getting pissy about a story showing a female as badass and I am a person who is not a fan of things that just shove things into stories like a character being female or black or what ever just to be like " see we are with the times" and how said characters can't have flaws for fear of back lash don't try any calling of white knight or sjw bullshit i suggest you look up something call the "night witches" as well

[@159tony]

@@geoshark12 First up your scientific knowledge needs to be caught up apparently. Pain tolerance is based on the amount of nerves. Females have a higher nerve density than males. Making their skin more sensitive to outside stimuli, particularly in the face . Which incidentally also gives the male an advantage in pain tolerance. Training, etc can increase the amount one can take before shock sets in but the underlying biological fact is that males don't feel as much pain as women do. Secondly, when it comes to conduct of Carter in this story, she initiated the combat challenge. Making her conduct unbecoming of someone supposed to be in the elite of a military. even as a cadet. Since the challenge was issued out of spite to teach an alien a lesson for daring to think that a female is less than. Which again makes no sense, since in this aliens species, sexual dimorphism may be even more pronounced than humans.. Don't mistake honest critique of the science of a story with blind dismissal. I stated in the first comment that its internal consistency was okay to listen to. But as science fiction, it failed to suspend my disbelief. That is a legitimate criticism on legitimate grounds.. and i pointed out why. You getting pissy about a legitimate criticism of a way a story flows only shows that you can't be impartial about something and have to take it personally. Critique improves writing. It doesn't make it worse. Pointing out inconsistencies within it is not an insult to the writer, It's a chance to improve.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

Tl;dr: you're biased and assume you did not serve with females. Yo, first off, her Grandmother was the marine. Carter is a cadet in a joint "alien" academy. Second, women have a higher pain threshold than men, men have a higher pain tolerance. Also women tent to forget or reset pain impressions while men tent to remember pain and even rate the same pain of higher intensity if exposed to it again. Women, on average, have higher manual dexterity. Including, higher motor skills under low stress level. Honestly, you need to read up on actual scientific studies and not your, excuse me, outdated biased fiction. Both men and women have unique skill sets. It's a no brainer to think that, in a futuristic setting, attributes such as strength, endurance and even computational tasks are easily outweighted by augmentation (like it doesn't matter if you're 20% stronger as a male compared to a female if your combat suit does the heavy lifting for you) this is already looked into by current military rnd. having a higher manual dexterity however is not. Having a higher pain tolerance can be situational beneficial, or it might flat out kill you. Having a higher pain tolerance can be better depending on the situation. Like, unironically, get rid of your "self-insertion power fantasy" and get in touch with reality before you come of as misogynistic. Try joining the military and tell me how you "wouldn't permit emotion to lead the fight". Like again, try to get in touch with reality for once. I've been fighting in afghanistan and i was required to have psychatric consulting for weeks before and after i got home. Yes, you try to "function" but you can not shut down emotions. You get literally trained to identify emotional behavior. Those who do not act emotional in war are usually those who end up with PTSD or worse with a gun in their mouth. If you tell your consular you didn't feel anything when you kill or see dead soldiers and that you "didn't act on emotions" you're in for a tread i guarantee you. I've served with women, seen the spectrum. Some are rightful proud to to the same job as their male counterparts, some took the opportunity to earn some extra cash while doing their foreign assignments, i leave that up for you to interpret. The spectrum is fairly wide. Personally, i've seen an injured female soldier shrugging it off and i've seen a 180lb male soldier crying like a little baby with a minor injury (I've had to carry him to our CM) . The spectrum is really wide. Don't try to pin it on gender.

[@TheJasonBorn]

For the Algorithm! And I'm running out of other things to throw in.

[@DrfeelgoodPhD69]

One of my favorites lines from 300. ((xerxes)) consider the fate of your women. ((Leonidas)) clearly you dont know our women.

[@kerwinbrown4180]

It could have been a spotted hyena type alien where the males are weaker.

[@mattbrown5511]

The author may want to Google KZbin videos on what happens when a female Marine fights a male Army soldier. Anyone want to guess?

[@juliemunoz2762]

cadet G’val was correct, but since this is just a story anything goes.

[@igkslife]

Honestly... I thought it was going to be about something different... Like... Comparing human females to other females, or how their willing to f anything that they can sit on. Or something like that, but I wasn't disappointed... Well much anyways. How ever, I still find it funny that we males are biologically made for fighting, and has even breeded for it as well. Given that well built males of our species is more likely to mate, than non well built males of our species. Even with that said we males don't have good enough pain tolerance for combat... Even though it actually helps us to win battles, given that it helps our muscle memory to try, and avoid the same mistake twice. If we survive the first time around. Not having low pain tolerance can get you killed, but not having it means you can't get it done.

[@mattirrodraca2807]

hello

[@brandisimpson6386]

Never underestimate the power of a woman. 😊

[@austinclay8622]

Sexual dimorphism as a plot point? Well done!

[@ponocni1]

Lizard joined find out club.

[@generictimestamperstupendi9021]

Alright. Gentlemen , take notes.

[@jameswhite8133]

It's sad to see so many idiots arguing about fiction.

[@christhopervargas2275]

FOR THE ALGORITHM

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@Gloop_Anderson]

Does the USA's military train our women differently then the men or not?

[@leightondoswell453]

True that women rock and cab be a whole level of badarse extra

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

BAMs TCB.

[@bogustoast22none25]

Obligatory FTA

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@justinrivera1618]

Just to be nitpicky I’m going to say that males should get the higher pain tolerance and women should get the endurance. At least that’s what data from two years ago tells me

[@Lukos0036]

Spend 2 solid days in labor and tell me you are tougher than a woman that pushed a significant portion of her mass out of a hole the size of a grape and lived to do it again.

[@sylviarohge4204]

@@Lukos0036 The pain tolerance in humans is also higher in men. In contrast, women have a better immune system, as a lot of information is encoded on the 23 pairs of chromosomes (on the X chromosome). Since women have 2 different X chromosomes, their immune system is more effective. The female body is also designed for childbirth. Before the birth, tissue parts such as the cervix and vagina expand. Pain-relieving substances are also released during childbirth. In contrast to men, fear and stress affect the female perception of pain. There are pains that are far worse (female patients who are familiar with the pain of childbirth find large kidney stones and gallstones far more painful).

[@159tony]

@@Lukos0036 Adrenaline numbs pain and so do a load of other hormones released during birth. Don't try to use the "but childbirth" argument. It's neither relevant or correct in case of biological settings when it comes to pain management. Men have lower nerve density throughout in the body. greatly so in the face. And thus can take the same amount of damage and feel less pain overall. If you can biologically register less pain, your tolerance of it is increased. Though being exposed to pain frequently will condition one to withstand it and to not die of shock. men also have a more robust bone structure, more lean muscle and density of skeletal muscle. specifically in the legs. The story's framing of women as faster and more tolerant of pain are based on unscientific myths. which seems to be the most common critique on this common section. it takes people out of the experience of reading this. The dialogue of this story is excellent and the story quality is good. But the inconsistency is like a gunshot in the middle of an opera performance.. It's annoyingly distracting.

[@Lukos0036]

@@sylviarohge4204 No.

[@justinrivera1618]

@@159tony I don’t think they said that women were faster though. Women do have a higher dexterity as well as stamina or what they called muscle endurance.

[@WalaVeioMala]

Good narrator Bad story

[@OurOphis]

FTA

[@thomasmolloy5447]

Any top rank male boxer will always, without exception, always beat a top ranked female boxer. Any middle ranked male mixed martial artist will always, without exception, beat a mid ranked female mixed martial artist. Any average weight Joe average male will always beat an average weight Jane average. I strongly approve of women knowing how to defend themselves, as a good portion of the morons that assault women are.. well., morons, but pretending the sexes are even remotely equal in a brawl is actively evil. You'll just get women that believe it hurt. There is good reason for women to know a bit about fighting. For example, two average girls that have had modest training, walking together in a bad area can probably take a Joe average scumbag that might try something. And when dealing with common assault, a woman does not aways need to 'win', she just needs to not 'lose', so some fighting skill is useful.

[@josephineringen7651]

Comment

[@kennethgee2004]

i see why this is sci fi. cute story, but correct a female is never equal to a male.

[@murphycunningham2465]

F around en find out

[@AgroSquerril]

indeed

[@merlinwizard1000]

428th, 7 December 2023

[@tonyreaver2627]

Women give birth and the only pain a man can ever come close to feeling that would be having your wisdom teeth ripped out with out pain meds and still the Women say. Oh really so it lasted a few minutes try 8hrs of that and then tell me about pain.

[@murphycunningham2465]

Or a kidney stones

[@greyhound4807]

Or divorce rape that shit surpasses you givin birth pain for oven a zillion

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

passing a kidney stone is worse than giving birth and guess what men get kidney stones overwhelmingly more than women 8 hours ha thats fukall

[@thunderbird4636]

Fuck yeah the power of women!

[@scottmckinney2664]

Don't forget the psychological factor as well. Men tend (remember that gender and humanity in general is a spectrum) to be more single target oriented, whereas women tend to be able to track multiple targets at once. Not an insignificant trait in combat.

[@FedralBI]

F.T.A

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

I hate stories like these. Wail there are some outliers of females being stronger then the average male, and in some rare cases equal to or better then trained men. The simple fact of the matter is males are physically more capable then females in just about every aspect, bar the flexibility. Now what annoys me most about this story is not that she beat the lizard, but how she beat the lizard. I do BJJ, there was a active military, 3 years BJJ, 2 years karate female (still friends with btw) I didn’t hold a candle to her in experience, however, Never once has she ever bested me on the mat or in the ring. I didn’t even need to block her strikes in boxing or Mui-thy cause she had so little power behind her strikes. Now I have been beaten by women before but only in BJJ, I have never lost in a striking match to one. I bring this up because this story throws logic out the window and wants you to believe a 5ft woman out slugged a 12 ft lizard, BeCaUs VaGiNa StRoNk. I would be fine the story portrayed the fright as her out smarting the lizard by utilizing tactics and strategy to compensate for her physical lack of strength, then I would not be posting anything. But I hate these stories of a vary incapably physical woman defying physical and realistic capabilities for the sake of “WaMeN CaN dU aNy TiNg MeN cAn Du” Not they can’t. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just venting because of 3rd wave feminism sticking it’s nose in everything

[@sympleton7439]

It's fiction. It's not that serious. Just enjoy the story about a sexist lizard getting the shit beat out of them.

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

@@sympleton7439 I know I’m pointing out a stereotype

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

@@sympleton7439 well trope

[@greyhound4807]

Totally agree .total effinist koolaid

[@Shade_sShadow]

She actually does use tactics here. If I read the story corectly she basically climbs the aliens body, puts him in a headlock and asphyxiates him until he passes out. She is not trying to out strong him. She outsmarts and out manuevers him.

[@lancescott7257]

Really really boring 🙄😴😴😴