Women in combat has been discussed before more than once in national discussions about our Armed Forces and I could not help but be curious if the AW community has ever gotten the chance to read some of the following perspectives on women in combat. I want to start by saying that with this thread I am not providing any kinds of opinions of my own on this topic to start with and and have decided to leave my own opinions on this topic unless specifically asked to do so by another AW member. My intent is only to offer some perspectives and see if any of it makes sense to anyone. Again, any of my own opinions on this are going to be kept to myself unless directly asked to share them.
First, there is a group of women in the Armed Forces sharing their views:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27335442
Perspectives of two men who think it is a genuinely good and long overdue idea:
http://cw.ua.edu/2013/01/29/of-course-women-should-be-allowed-in-combat/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...aeb140-bb50-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html
The perspectives of two women with pretty much the exact opposite viewpoints:
http://nation.time.com/2013/01/30/so-when-are-women-joining-the-nfl/
http://stevereichert.com/get-over-it-we-are-not-all-created-equal/
And a list of responses I got when I asked this question in an MMA forum that had numerous military vets this question: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f54/women-combat-where-do-sherdoggers-stand-2571815/index2.html
Some disclaimers: You will probably only have time to read a handful of the many responses and if you are able to read any of them, they are written by those posting in a forum centered on cage fighting and, like I said before, in some cases written by military vets. Ergo, if you decide to look at some of the perspectives in this thread, do be prepared to read comments that will come off as overly insensitive.
First, there is a group of women in the Armed Forces sharing their views:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27335442
Perspectives of two men who think it is a genuinely good and long overdue idea:
http://cw.ua.edu/2013/01/29/of-course-women-should-be-allowed-in-combat/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...aeb140-bb50-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html
The perspectives of two women with pretty much the exact opposite viewpoints:
http://nation.time.com/2013/01/30/so-when-are-women-joining-the-nfl/
http://stevereichert.com/get-over-it-we-are-not-all-created-equal/
And a list of responses I got when I asked this question in an MMA forum that had numerous military vets this question: http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f54/women-combat-where-do-sherdoggers-stand-2571815/index2.html
Some disclaimers: You will probably only have time to read a handful of the many responses and if you are able to read any of them, they are written by those posting in a forum centered on cage fighting and, like I said before, in some cases written by military vets. Ergo, if you decide to look at some of the perspectives in this thread, do be prepared to read comments that will come off as overly insensitive.
