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Women in the Military
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Women in the Military
American attitudes & changing roles. The changes since WWII, their effectivness and how the Gulf War changed the image. Looks at issues of bravery, physical ability and pregnancy.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
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1993
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" NEGATIVE BELIEFS ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MILITARYAmerican attitudes on the role of women in the military have evolved dramatically in a relatively short period of time. Only fifty years ago there were no servicewomen other than nurses. By 1980 we had President Carter seeking authority to register women for possible future draft and when the United States deployed its awesome military forces to the Persian Gulf --- more than 35,000 were women.
Historically war and soldiering have been an all-male preserve.. The armies of Alexander, Caesar, Genghis Khan, Charlemagne, Wellington and Washington were all male. A generation ago this fact-of-life would have gone unchallenged. Men were warriors and hunters. Women maintained the hearth and bore the children. Men were aggressive and women passive. There.."
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