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Women are not allowed to take part in combat roles!!! I have to say that my initial feeling is “about
time”. On the other hand, I cannot say
that I don’t have concerns especially when it comes to hand to hand combat. Anyone can be good with a gun, man or
woman. On the other hand, can we expect
even a large and strong woman to carry an injured soldier to safety if the need
dictates? I have family serving in military
overseas and from personal common sense let alone knowledge I know that survival
in intense life or death situation, as a common occurrence, may depend on some
carrying you out to safety. I would want
my family member to have someone with him that has the physical ability to do
so. I don’t think that even a strong woman
could carry any of 200 pound plus cousins to safety.
While I can understand the right to equality that women
want, laws of nature dictate otherwise in regards to activities where a certain
physicality may be required. When lives
are at stake one must put the ego aside in order to accomplish a common
goal. I man is allowed on a woman’s
soccer team or a women’s volley ball team.
The same rules that apply with this analogy should apply even more too
combat situations where lives are at stake.
This is not to say that women do not have a role in the military.
I am currently a woman in the military. I am actually a mechanic, which is also primarily a male career field, but there are a few females that can and do handle and the position very well. In my shop, I have had several of the males I work with tell me that they would rather have me over several of the other males because I can accomplish my work on the same level and a lot of the times at a higher level. I do strongly feel that some women have the ability to handle combat roles.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between a woman firefighter and a woman combat veteran? Both women are required, through physical fitness testing, to be able to carry 200+lbs in high stress situations. It isn't about the amount of weight you can carry it is about the position you carry them in. If you can't complete the physical fitness test you cannot work in that specific position. Not all males can qualify for combat position.
There are some women that are not made for combat, but the physical fitness test and the training will weed those out before they ever get there. If those women who do make it through training are truly there to serve their country and are fully capable, why stop them?