So when a man tries to rescue another man, he's a hero, but when he tries to rescue a woman, he's just gone soft.

G.I. Jane (Demi Moore)

9 seconds sound clip from the G.I. Jane movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:01:58 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- To them you're just the new nigger on the block, that's all. You just moved in a little too early.

- Thanks, man.

- The Israelis tried it. Women in combat. Seems the men couldn't get used to the sight of women blown open.

- They'd linger over the wounded females often trying to save those who obviously couldn't be saved, often to the detriment of the mission.

- You were given the Navy Cross, right? Can I ask what you got it for?

- Since it bears on this conversation, I got it for pulling a 240-pound man out of a burning tank.

- So when a man tries to rescue another man, he's a hero, but when he tries to rescue a woman, he's just gone soft.

- Could you have pulled that man clear?

- You couldn't even haul your own body weight out of the water today.

- Permission to get dressed, Master Chief.

- Mr. England went out with a stress fracture.

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