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    draft, the question of whether the women should be included in the draft is up in the air. In my personal opinion, I believe that women should be included in the draft, since we're all considered equal. Opponents of women being in the military might argue that women might have to leave a family behind or they are not physically fit. In other countries, women are drafted into the military right after they are finish with schooling. One reason why I believe women should be drafted is because equality

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    Topic: Should women serve in the military? The essence of war is not good. During the WWI, more than ten million dead and tens of millions disabled; cities, villages, roads, bridges, factories were destroyed. The amount of money for war costs up to about eighty four billion dollars [9]. The fate of those who faced a battle between life and death was questioned. The world was considering that was it worth to sacrifice that much? Especially, women played a big role in army and they have had to suffer

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    The Strength of Women Women soldiers can be fierce and be feminine, wear mascara and body armor and love to climb out of the helicopters and love to bake cookies at the same time. For many years women were ignored, many do not believe that the service of women in the front lines is helpful. As in the right to vote female citizen did not share the same rights as men a century ago, so has the ability to serve in combat. The ban has approximately closed 53,000 positions for women such as in Brigade

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    Military Combat Women

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    Yes Ma’am! Women fighting in the war since when? Women have been apart of the military war in early years of 1973 small parts such as being a nurse or providing services for the men. For example, in 1991 The Persian Gulf War more than 41,000 women are deployed to combat zone. 1993-Congress authorizes women to fly in combat mission,and serve in combat boat. 2000-Captain Kathleen McGrath first women to be Command U.S. Navy Warship. 2005-The “War on Terror” Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester is awarded Silver

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    Panetta, preliminarily lifted the ban of women serving in combat jobs, giving until this fall for research to be conducted in order to reach a final conclusion about whether the military should integrate woman. Recently, the current Defense Secretary of State, Ashton Carter, officially terminated the ban that has kept women from being included in heavy combat and infantry jobs. People today see this change as “something that can’t work”; yet historically, women have proven to be powerful forces on numerous

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    military. Nevertheless, one woman soldier observed “ There are only three things the guys let you be if you’re a girl in the military a bitch, a ho, or a dyke.” Not all military men see women soldiers this way, but many do. The hostility is shown by undermining women’s authority, denying promotions, denigrating their work, sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape.”(4) Many women take these words and actions to heart, leaving a mark on them forever, even causing post traumatic stress disorder from

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    Women and the Military

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    Women and the Military Statistics show that the U.S. armed forces currently employ over 229,000 women in its various branches (Donnelly 8). This figure had been increasing exponentially for over 30 years. It 's no surprise to men that women are becoming an important factor in the U.S. military and now occupy every position expect those on the front lines. With the infiltration of women in the services in 1972, great controversy has arisen and has become a highly argued issue (Donnelly

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    This article evaluates how leaders and peers’ attitude affect the capability and well-being of women in the military. It presents the best possible condition for a successful integration of women by combining data from various recent research papers and from lessons from the history of diversity in the military like race and sexual orientation. Additionally, the article evaluates women’s family issues, particularly the effects of deployment and how the behaviors of leaders and peers can affect the

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    Every day we hear subtle micro-aggressions about women and I never really understood why. Don’t be such a girl! Don’t fight like a girl! Comments like these are meant as an insult, and never to be taken as a compliment. But, why? Today, women are CEO’s, doctors, lawyers and presidential candidates. Women are stronger and more powerful today than ever before. However, society still paints a clear picture of women being weak, and not able to compete with their male counterparts. For example, prior

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    Just the thought of the women in your family fighting anyone make you worry, how would you feel if they were fighting for our country? Letting women endanger their lives to fight against terrorists and enemies for our country is a foolish move. Women are a distraction to men, they lack strength and have to deal with pregnancy. Women simply do not belong on the battlefield. First of all, women are not as strong as men. The average twenty year old woman is as strong as the average fifty year old

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