Never before have women gained as much equality as they are gaining now. Slowly, since the women right movements, they have moved into various area that were once totally foreign to them such as politics, economy and business. A question then arises whether or not women can joint and measure up to their male counterparts in the field of military, as they do in other fields. People tend either to agree or disagree on this issue. Some, who doubt women's ability, don't know where to stand and take a middle position. Personally, I am of the opinion that female military personnel are not as effective as male military personnel.
As far as physical strength is concerned, women are far from equal to men. We all know that the first and foremost requirement to do military service is a good health. This is the place where your muscles count the most.
However, women in general are not strong enough to put on their slim figures the heavy ammunitions, let alone to carry them along to the battle fields. In addition, they can hardly stand the extremely adverse conditions in the real battle fields, where all you face are just guns and bullets, fire and smoke, blood and flesh. Such terrible conditions will surely discourage most women on their very first experience, I believe.
The second point is that women lack the emotional strength to be a solder. Naturally, women are touchy and sensitive. They cannot be as courageous and fearless as men to kill the enemy without mercy. And they will never be. Is it possible for a women to see her fellow falling down beside her soaked in blood? Is she strong enough not to shed tears and carry on fighting? I doubt it. The bloodshed scenes of the...
Women in the military
Your statement that "women lack the emotional strength to be a solder (sic)" is sure to raise hackles. Women fighting for a number of countries have proven that they possess the emotional strength to be a soldier, and that's not rhetoric but a fact which has been proven many times in actual combat. They have shown courage under fire. You mention the expense of providing logistical support for women, but what price should we place on the lives saved by women through their actions in war? When you say, "it is not at all sensible for them to join the military due to their physical and emotional weaknesses," would you exclude women even from support roles in the military? I think you'll find a number of men and women who take exception to your comment about physical and emotional weaknesses, as well as to much of the rest of your essay.
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