<p>To answer your “scenario”, Irish, I would submit that you are asking the wrong question:</p>
<p>First of all, “all things being equal” the four against two scenario ends badly for the two, whether they are both men, both women, or one of each. To assume that 1 unarmed American can always beat down two unarmed insurgents might sound patriotic but it is dangerous thinking that usually gets the wrong pople killed. The real question you should be asking, is which of the two is going to think clearly enough, react quickly enough, and yes, sometimes be lucky enough, to find some manner of tool or weapon laying nearby and more than even the odds. I would submit to you that it won’t matter if one or none of them is a women. Unless you are going to stop and challenge the 4 insurgents to an arm wrestling or pull-up contest your point is mute.</p>