Why are woman and children somehow always innocent civilians but unarmed men

d2l500

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possible combatants in war? Every time you hear something about a genocide it includes -lots of them were women and children-.
I mean does nobody care about the men who were killed?
Also in a war documentary I saw an AH64 attack on Taliban fighters with the narrator saying: With the TADS camera ( sensor on the nose of the helo ) the gunner can identify men, women and children and opens fire only on the men.
I'm sorry but men don't kill our ground troops, the bullets fired from guns do; and last time I checked guns work by aiming and pulling a trigger ( no comments on fire selector, reloading etc. plz. ) meaning all women and children could potentially kill our ground troops and the guys who were killed were probably 15 year old kids ( yes KIDS ) beaten into the army against their will.

So why is it that when a guy gets blown op by an helicopter or something it's not media-attention worthy but with women and children it's OH MY GOD THEY WERE JUST WOMEN AND CHILDREN!! And when is a boy considered a child for the media attention ( 12, 15 or under 20)?
Hmmm... I think the question wasn't fully understood.
The question wasn't 'why do they get killed' ( I know dead civvies and friendly fire are mistakes that just happen and there is nothing you can do about it ) but why do people seem to feel more sorry for the civilian women and children who get killed than the innocent men who get killed.
Because almost every time ( note the almost, there are reports about men, women and children) you only hear stuff like --many of them women and children-- or ---lots of women and children were killed during the shooting--- making it look like men are just worthless human beings and not as important as women and children.
 
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