In today's society, with affirmative action full out in most industries and businesses, and the equal rights movement having made great progress; there is finally a snag in the nylons of woman activists. The question of whether women should have to serve in combat is upon us. The answer is no. If you have kept up with the news in recent years, women have been fighting their way into the top military academies, the Citadel …
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…for a year. She told the commission that being raped by the enemy should be considered "an occupational hazard of going to war." Regardless of claims to the contrary, rape is "gender specific" and has never been an "occupational hazard" for combat pilots or any other men associated with combat duty until now. Women may have a spot in the military, but as we have seen combat is not the place for them to be.