Should Women Be Allowed In Combat

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Should Women Be Allowed In Combat? Some men think women should not be allowed in combat in the army.
But there are many reasons why they should be allowed.

First of all, women are alive and are human and just like everyone else. So, they can be trained to fight just like men could. There was once a woman in the army who was named Grace Murray Hopper, and she was a United States Navy Rear Admiral. She also had a missile destroyer that was named after her. Also, just think about how many women probably want to go to combat. Hundreds, even thousands of women want to be in combat. Anyone can be in combat if they wanted. But others say they are too weak and get blown up and aimed at and shot far too much. Still, women have the right to be in combat, and also, many women have been in the army for many years, and have done great …show more content…

A 19-year old, Janiece Marquez, felt exactly that way, and had wanted to sign up for combat. All the men laughed at her when she told them about it. “If you look at the population demographics, most women cannot properly carry a 230-pound soldier with a rucksack and combat vest on, off of the battlefield to save his life. So there are just certain realities where men can do certain things better, women can do certain other things better than men can.” And you will never believe what Janiece became in the few years after. She became a U.S. Army Captain and has served in combat ever since.

Women aren’t what you may think. They are not just weak, dainty little people. They are alive and can do just what men can. There are so many strong women out there who many people respect, and if they decided to be in combat, wouldn’t you let them? As we were saying, women have rights of their own, they have the right to go where they want to go, do what they want to do. And now, women want to fight for their country and family. Why

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