Women in the army

Women are not assigned to ground combat units. That means they are not allowed to serve in the infantry or as special operations commandos. But women are serving in support units as truck drivers, gunners, medics, military police, helicopter pilots and more. So, they are not permitted to do the same things as men. As a consequence, there isn’t equality of rights and duties in the armies. Some factors that we should know about this situation are: the equality, consequences are the same for men and women and that women make the decision to go.

First, it is important to mention that women make the decision to go to the army, no one force them; so they go because they like the army and they want to help; as a result they go by their own will. They know the consequences and risks they are taking when they decide to go there, so why is it prohibited for them to participate in special operations commandos? Only because they are women?

Equality between men and women have been always a problem, women fight every day for their rights and also to ensure that people treat both equal with any difference. So, we easily notice that in this situation there is not equality. If women decide to go they should do, if they want, the same things as men because women have the same rights as them. 

The consequences are the same for men and women for example terrible problems in physical and mental health. And also a lot of people died, so there are consequences for the families when they lost a family member that was in the army. So what is the difference between men and women? There isn’t any difference.

We choose what we want for our future and we make decisions every day. If women decide that they want to go to the army, they should have the same opportunities as men, also the same treatment. If they want to risk their life as men do they have the right to do it. In my opinion they should participate in operations because women are the same as men.