Argumentative Essay: Should Women Be Allowed In Combat?

As claimed by Major Eleanor Taylor,” Women have to be able to be given the same opportunities as men...in order to have the same opportunities they have to be exposed to the same risk.” In other words, Major Eleanor taylor asserts that women in the army should be put into the same danger as men while in combat especially front line duty. Even though some people believe women are not physically or emotionally stable, women should be allowed to fight in combat because women who are physically capable of serving in the military are easier to recruit and a gender force makes the armed forces stronger.

Now women are allowed to be in armed forces as we know with the most recent news of the first women to graduate from ranger class, Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver however, women are not allowed on front line duty and why is that? Many people say that women are not emotionally or physically capable. Few bigger reasons is that they believe that the male soldiers will do foolish things for our women, the other is that they will pamper with the mission's effectiveness. There has been a lot of conflict with if women are as effective as men and or as useful.

What makes women less effective than men? On the website Sister In Arms there is a article

basically states “ women are less effective because they are not strong enough, women will over stretch themselves by pushing their bodies beyond their breaking point and of course emotionally stable.” There is so much controversy on why women are not fit to be in front line combat, however women are just as strong and can do things that no man can do out and while in the Armed forces.
Women being in combat will be a good thing because women have a natural mother instinct whether a mother or not. Imagine you and your combat group got deployed to go fight ISIS, A man was killed and his best friend saw it first hand. His best friend gone defending our country, when something bad happens who do you go to first ? depending on where you are at it's either your mom, sister , or bestfriend that is a girl. There is one women that is deployed helps you pull the wounded into safety and gives you the comfort no male soldier would be able to do since they don't have motherly instincts.
Women have already been fighting and dying in combat roles front line or not. During World War 2 women cut their hair and disguised themselves as men since women weren't even allowed to fire a gun at the enemy . 350,000 women served in WW2 both at home and in armed forces. Between the years 1940- 1945 the percentage of women increased by 10%, starting from 27% to 37%. Women stepped up when they were needed, women started to work outside of the house in conditions they would have never worked in. They were medics, worked in factories, photographers, and if they owned a farm when the men went away they took over the male's position in the house.
The ban was enforced in the year of 1994, and smaller exemptions of the ban were passed in 2012.The ban on women in front line combat was lifted by secretary of defense Leon Panetta in January of 2013.The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) last year sued the Pentagon for the right for women to take up positions on the front line, and the Marines recently began allowing women to serve as officers, the timing of Panetta’s announcement comes as a surprise.

I think it was a surprise since the ban has been sturdy for 19 years. What some might not know is that lifting the ban was recommended by the chief of staff. Lifting the ban will make thousands of jobs for the women currently and planning on

serving.
Women who sign up for front line combat positions know exactly what they are getting themselves into. If they have what it takes let them go and train. What is holding us back? Because there women ? Men can have or get the same injuries as a women. We are all human no one can not get injured. But if a female soilder want to knowing what she is getting herself into sign up for the job, get her training and train her like a soldier who is getting ready to go fight for the country not like a girl.
This country that we live in has made women sports highlights of the olympics, overcame slavery, the depression, Inequality, and gay marriage is legal and gays are allowed in the army to. The standards of a female soldier is lowered when it comes to training. But why in high school or college if a girl wants to train with the guy team, they push them even more and harder then the boys. Because they believe that she can do it. This is what the Armed forces is lacking equality and trust.
As equality women are treated unfair it seems in the military. They get denied formal recognition to their combat roles or experiences. Female officers with real but unknowledged combat experience were denied career advancement and training. The problem isn't the Ban, the ban was lifted but MALE officers or leaders in the army are the ones denying the rights of career advancement to female soldiers.
Reports have found that women are making important contributions to the military readiness of the united states. For physical training to prevent muscle tears, extra pre-training for muscle building can be used to reduce the female injury rates. It is easier to recruit and deploy women who are in better shape than men. Because it is possible to calibrate recruitment and training standards to women.
Military readiness with women is that with a mixed gender force it will make the individual groups and armed forces stronger. The forces were failing with volunteers to join but when the ban was lifted more willing recruits came pouring in. Women combat soldiers are unlikely to ruin their duty by becoming pregnant after a call up as they have volunteered to join the army. At some points women are more effective than men. Such as delicate and sensitive jobs that needs interpersonal skills not every soldier has.
Here is one soldier's personal experience, Staff Sgt. Stacy pearsall. Her vehicle came under attack in the city of Baque, She jumped onto the machine gun and began firing back. A soldier outside layed on the floor knocked out, she opened the back door of her vehicle and jumped out to pull her partner to safety. He was 200 pounds more than her and 6’2 , she bear hugged him and pulled him into safety only falling twice .She took of his protective gear and she realized his carotid artery had been torn. which is the artery that goes from the back of your head to side of the neck. She stuck her fingers into his neck and clamped onto the artery.
A few moments later a medic showed up and asked her if she was a medi. She stated “ heck no i'm the photographer.” I big decided to share this one story because to me it showed that no matter the injury women can suck it up and do what they need to do to get the job done. The biggest part of this story is that the women wasn't even a combat soldier but she did everything a combat soldier would have done she fired the weapon back at the enemy, carried a wounded into safety twice her weight, and performed as a medic when needed.
Pearsall always passed the fitness scale by the standards of the male. Mr. Jacobs was the one who trained her. He stated that, “ the key would to make a women systematically train to the higher standards…. By requiring women to do more pull-ups or longer ruck marches, and they constantly succeeded.” By this training it had reduced hip and back injuries.
In the article What women Bring to the Fight it states that , “ women can enhance the combat capabilities of the military from the squad to the joint staff without impairing cohesion.” Which is only based on goals not gender. Adding women can strengthen every organization of the army. The armies women only complete 6.73 percent of the general officers. Some other statistics are that 65 women fly combat jets in every aviation unit in the Navy with no hesitation in unit performance.
Other Countries have also opened up their front line positions to women such as; Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand , Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden.
After reading an article, I realized that in history we have had a lot of women in combat. A Lot of African American women to be specific. As we know they disguised themselves as men and served as combatants. Which means someone fighting in war. Also as nurses and spies. Today 15 percent of active duty women officers and over 33 percent are african american.
7 women died in line of duty while serving in theater during the vietnam war. Almost 41,000 served in theater during the Persian Gulf War. Only 13 women were killed and two taken prisoner. Know this statistic shows that women in combat does not decrease the outcome of the battles and wars we fight, 13 out of 41 thousand women died, that's not even one percent of the army.
Russia has one of the strongest armies, and in the first world war russia used a all female combat unit. After 1945 all experiences were forgotten. There are organizations that try to limit women's participation in the military. Saying that females are shorter, smaller, and average. Well here is the upside shorter and smaller they can hide easier and move around a lot sneakier. Average well if an average women wants to go and protect our rights she's not so average after all.