Many very brave young girls and women are fighting shoulder to shoulder with their men folk in Kurdish fighting groups as we post.
Many women have put their lives on the line to keep our country safe , they have done so in the past and they are prepared to it now and will do so in the future, think of those who joined the Special Operations Units for example, so brave. Then there those women who fought in the Mexico Revolution, the Spanish Civil War ,Resistance Fighters in France, Poland, Italy etc. etc.
They were all combatants it is a folly to think women were simply nurses, drivers etc. I think it depends on whether or not an individual of either sex can 'cut it', have physical and mental strength but there are plenty of women who have / do possess that strength.
It is not a nice thought for us living in countries like the UK but if it is voluntary then it is their decision I suppose.