Argumentative Essay: Women's Right To Fight

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Women’s rights in combat
Woman have been the basis of the earth from the beginning. We have given birth to children, broke our bones for one life form. We have argued for out woman rights and survived discrimination. Patiently, we have waited for this amendment: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any other State on account of sex."(Social Reform in the Progressive Era, 2015) Woman have sought long and hard to finally be given the right that the seventeenth amendment has given them. The right to equality should be upheld, even in the role of combat. Woman have fought and have been waiting for chance to show what they can to in this modern society, thought their dedication and strength, …show more content…

Some don't get what they want in life by being a nurse. They want to fight for their country, and be as equal as men. In training woman work just as hard, if not much more, than men. Some people are physically not made for this job, but not only woman. In order for woman to be as equal to a man she just has to work harder in pre training and in everything physically. If a woman is not up for the challenge to be a strong and productive as she possible can, then she will not sign up for the service. A Sargent wouldn't allow someone to be put into combat who wasn't ready. If a woman works and goes through training as she is required to, then comes out of it in the physical shape she is supposed to, then she has earned her rightful spot in combat.
With a woman in combat, it would keep our service larger. (Sisters in Arms RSS, 2009). Men take up 67%, with woman serving 22% of all of the military in the United States of America today. (Sisters in Arms RSS, 2009) Imagine if that percentage of woman got larger. It would push the men to be better than them, equally making our nations military larger. Therefore, if we have more military, we have more defense for this

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