User:Hanpearce/Women in combat

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=== Physical Concerns: Add: Men and women are biologically different. Men's bodies are more capable of handling the physical hardships that come with being in combat. Underneath: The female skeletal system is less dense, and more prone to breakages. United States Add: In May 2016, Lori Robinson became the highest ranking female in military history. With the rank of General, Robinson became commander of NORAD and NORTHCOM. While she may have been the second female to become a general in the military, she was the first female to be in charge of a combat command post. In Between: In March 2016, Ash Carter approved final plans from military service branches and the U.S. Special Operations Command to open all combat jobs to women, and authorized the military to begin integrating female combat soldiers "right away." On October 26, 2016, ten women became the first female graduates from the United States Army's Infantry Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Benning, Georgia. And: In December 2016, an anonymous woman passed the RASP II selection course for the 75th Ranger Regiment. She was the first woman to graduate from a special operations unit selection course. Add: For the first time in United States military history women faced no obstacle to contribute to the Department of Defense mission as long as they qualified with the standards allocated. In Between: In March 2016, Ash Carter approved final plans from military service branches and the U.S. Special Operations Command to open all combat jobs to women, and authorized the military to begin integrating female combat soldiers "right away." And: On October 26, 2016, ten women became the first female graduates from the United States Army's Infantry Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Benning, Georgia. Social Concerns: Add: Not only do women run the risk of being harassed or assaulted by their coworkers, they also have to be vigilant about the enemy assaulting or harassing them in a combat zone. In Between: Marriage is frequent and fertility levels are increasing to this day in the military. And: A third argument against the inclusion of women in combat units is that placing women in combat where they are at risk of being captured and tortured and possibly sexually assaulted is unacceptable. While also changing that sentence to say: A third argument against the inclusion of women in combat units is that women should not be placed in combat situations where they are at risk of being captured, tortured and possibly sexually assaulted. In Popular Culture: Add: The 2017 film, Megan Leavey, depicts a true story of a Marine K9 Handler and her K9 Rex, facing combat in Fallujah, Iraq. Add: In pop culture women in combat are often not shown to portray their actual jobs while on the screen. This has consequences to how society sees the women who actually wear the uniform. This also negatively affects how women protecting their country view themselves. Add: There is an absence of valor shown on the big screen for women, despite the many women war heroes. Add: whether popular culture has caught up or not, women have been fighting in wars for many years. === Ables, Micah. (02-05-19). "Women Aren't the Problem. Standards Are" Modern War Institute At West Point


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Ray, Michael. (01-23-23). "Lori Robinson United Air Force General"


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"Women In The Army; History"


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Michele M Putko; Douglas V Johnson; Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.

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Shir Daphna-Tekoah ; Shir Daphna-Tekoah ; Ayelet Harel-Shalev ; Ilan Harpaz-Rotem ; Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

Frontiers in psychology, 2021, Vol.12


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Megan Leavey


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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. "Missing In Action Why are there so few cultural portrayals of women in combat? "


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