The Pros and Cons of Putting Female Service Members in Combat Roles

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The Pros and the Cons of Putting Female Service Members in Combat Roles Lauren Sturms Wednesday, November 20, 2013 HUM200 Robert Gala The Pros and the Cons of Putting Female Service Members in Combat Roles For years females have fought for equality to men in everything that females have been told they cannot do. Even to this day, there are jobs that females are told they can cannot do. For the purpose of this argument, one type of job has been chosen to look at and that is combat related roles in the United States military. This is to include all branches. What is the reasons for and the reasons against? You can never understand a subject or matter until it is broken down. Comparing the strongest and the weakest of the pros and cons, shows what stands out better. To follow the strongest to weakest, this argument will start with the strongest and end with the weakest for each side. With all the differences in the pros and the cons, the for (pros) are stronger due to the premises of the argument, than the against (cons). Pros of Females in Combat From the personal experience of Major Eleanor Taylor, a Canadian female service member, whom was the first woman to lead an infantry company in combat, “leadership and team building apply equally to women as to men”. As long as the qualification standards are help, no impression of “free rides, integration”, even with bumps, it will all “be much less dramatic than people envision.” (Sisters in Arms, 2009) The pros stand-out with the facts and the experience of female service members who have fought in “front-line” battles and risk their lives the same as the men. The pros use facts that help to disprove or show there is other ways around the cons. The difference is females can’t sign up for combat positions and climb the ranks like a male, but they can serve where needed. Just as long as their job does not specify

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