Women in the Military

               Hello, and welcome back to my blog. A little while ago, I read an article called Sisters in Arms by James Dao. This article was about the fact that the U.S. military just recently lifted their long-standing ban on women in combat.

                In January of this year, the Department of Defense announced that it will be lifting the ban on women in combat.  Now over 200,000 combat roles are open to women as well as men, although the standards needed to join will not be lowered to make it easier for women to get the jobs. Non-combat jobs in the military have been available to women for many years, but combat jobs have not been. Yet women have still gotten injured and even killed in battle, so it was only a matter of time before they were allowed to have actual combat roles. 12% of the Americans serving in the armed forces since 2001 have been women, and the public generally agrees with lifting the ban. Now officers in the army can appoint the best person for the job, regardless of gender. Women are fully capable of carrying the same equipment as men, and can fill the combat roles just as well.

                I believe that this ban was pointless in the first place, as there was no need for it. Why should women be kept out of combat, but men allowed in it? Women are just as able to participate in close combat as men, and have been for years. Even if they aren’t formally in combat, they still shoot and get shot and even die. They are just as capable of carrying heavy equipment and living in rougher conditions. Times have changed, and nowadays the ban just seemed silly, so I believe it was right to remove it. The ban was pointless and ineffective.

 

 

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