Discuss the roles women have occupied within the military, and if they should be allowed to participate on the front lines in war.

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Craig Shaw

Political Science 101

11/24/03

Dr. Jefferies

        Women in the military has been a controversial topic for many years now, and the roles they play in the armed services.  In this paper I will discuss the roles women have occupied, and if they should be allowed to participate on the front lines in war.  This has been a topic receiving more attention as the year’s progress.  It used to be never customary for women to be involved in war in any way, but as civil rights has been more of an issue so has women going to war.  The women want to be equal to men, but the question is can they handle doing what the men can do on the front lines.  It is well known women provide good services and do a fine jobs working up the ranks in the military.  They have grown in numbers and have gained more respect in recent years by using their knowledge and skills.  However, they are still not prevalent in mass numbers during fighting in battles of war.  I will try to balance out the positives and negatives of this topic then give my personal opinion on this widely discussed issue.

        It has been longed believed that men are suppose to be the warriors and the ones who fight to protect his family or country.  That has been the basic theory for all the past years, so the women had no influence on war at all.  Even back in the civil war day’s women had no part in the war in any way.  They were expected to take care of the kids and the house hold has the men went off to fight.  They did not even realize what was really going on, because they had knowledge how war was fought.  This has been the way because of women’s physical characteristics.  In general women are not as big or strong as men, so they have been considered weak and not able to battle.  For the maturity of women compared to men that is a true statement.  They do not have the physical size, strength, or speed as men do for the most part.  There are always exceptions, but for maturity that is a basic fact.

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        The physical characteristic differences in women from men defiantly play a major part in them not fighting in the front the lines.  When people go to war they carry extremely heavy backpacks on their backs all the time.  Those backpacks are how they survive in the times they are not near their bases.  Those packs are also very heavy along with all the clothes they have to wear as well.  Most women could not travel with those packs on there backs for to long with out becoming fatigue then naturally slowing the group the down.  The military eliminates men or ...

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