Women in Combat

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Women currently make up about thirteen percent of all U.S. armed forces. The number of women in the armed forces has risen dramatically since 1970 when women only made up 1.4 percent of all forces. This paper discusses some of the reasons why women should be allowed to fight in the military, but ultimately argues that, although women can be a valuable asset to the military, placing them on the battlefield would add many unnecessary consequences to war.

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"There is much opposition to allowing women into military combat. Issues of rape, love, sexual tension, physical and mental condition, and sensitivity often arise whenever the question of women in combat is brought up. With women on the front lines, rape would almost be a certainty. If captured, a woman faces near a hundred percent chance of being sexually molested or raped."

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