The story in my family goes that my USian grandfather, who was a bombardier on the western front and was downed near the end of the war, was stuck in a POW camp for months. He claims he was liberated by an all-women, Soviet tanker squadron, and he spent the better part of the rest of life trying to explain just how bloodthirsty these women were. They were apparently the most bloodlusted people he'd ever met.

In the little bit of research I've done, he likely stretched the truth or pulled from other stories, but still some neat folklore.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago (11 children)

He claims he was liberated by an all-women, Soviet tanker squadron, and he spent the better part of the rest of life trying to explain just how bloodthirsty these women were.

I have this thing I don't talk about here because I'm sure it would be an enormous struggle session but I personally believe that differences in crime rates between men and women are caused by lifelong socialisation and that if socialised differently you would get exactly the outcome of what you're describing from these cool tank women.

I picked up this belief up within punk cultures where social behaviours among women are extremely far from normal compared to the rest of society and I just have this deep belief that any woman is capable of that.

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