Because of this experience, they will become soldiers. There are even examples of child soldiers, as evil as that is, it is effective. The only truly unfit are those truly injured, through age (elderly), or physically. This is the harsh reality.
Only laws keep the women and children from fighting, which in a apocalypse, falls apart.
Everyone dies the same, you are only at best marginally stronger, a advantage that has long been removed since guns were invented.
