Week #11 - Women in Combat

            Personally, the integration of women into the military does not interest or concern me so I do not have a vast knowledge of the subject. However, I do believe that women should be able to fight in combat roles along side of men. A few reasons I believe that are because women bring a different perspective to the front lines; the way war is fought now, anywhere can be the front lines: and most importantly because men and women are completely equal and should be treated as such. On how women should be integrated, I think it is less complicated than we think.

            For starters, women and men would need separate tests to be able to go into combat because the male and female bodies are different and have unique capabilities and limitations. That does not mean that the test to go to combat would be any less challenging, just that it would be different for men and women. As for getting women to want to be in combat roles that seems like the more complicated part. But combat-pay is always a good incentive. Also, for when men and women are fighting on enemy land together they will need separate sleeping and washing facilities, although washing facilities could be dealt with by a rigid schedule. Chances are, these changes would require little to no new building.

            If you really look at this problem you will see that it’s basically not a problem at all! Men just need to let go of the notion that women are fragile and need to be saved, and begin to look at women as strong independent human beings. In conclusion, this issue really does not interest or concern me so my opinions on this issue may not be as well thought out as others. However, the issue of women being in combat is a non-issue. They will be integrated by 2016, and the military needs to find way to integrate whether they like it or not.