Women In The Military Research Paper

What is the first thing comes to your mind when I say military? Hero, battlefield, men? What about the women? We all think about the men they are the hero, first respond, always there to fix up the problems. Have you ever thought about the women? The women are the once the are always there for a men. There are some myth which are stereotypes and encouraged by hollywood movies. These movies showed the women are weaker and don't belong on the frontline. History changed in 1976 when the first females were academics in U.S. army. Womens are capable of shoot, exercise, plan battles the same way men do. According to washingtonpost women are not considered physically and mentally weak in the military compared to men.
The history that changed U.S military. In 1775, during the revolutionary war women were allowed to go to war with their husbands. Only to serve camps as a laundresses, cook and nurses. Few years later in 1812 two women were Mary Marshall and Mary Allen joined army to serve nurses.In 1976, “the first females were admitted to serve academics in U.S. military academy at west point, U.S. naval academy at annapolis and the air force academy to be trained in military science”. (in text citation). There are 14.6
According to the washingtons the five myths about women in combat are, women are too emotionally fragile for combat, women are too physically weak for the battlefield,the presence of women causes sexual tension in training and battle, male troops will become distracted from their missions in order to protect female comrades and women can’t lead men in combat effectively(in text citation). Women are too emotionally fragile for combat. The marine corps go through the same training for men and women. They do not segregated by gender and they don't exclude women for any activity. All the women in combat shoot, exercise, plan battles the same way men do. A average man has more upper-body strength than the average