In the article "Sister in Arms," James Dao talks about the Pentagon's decision to remove the ban from women fighting in combat. This means that now, women are allowed to actually fight in wars.
Dao opens the article up with the story of Staff Sergeant Stacy Pearsall's unit. Her unit came under attack while they were cleaning up roadside bombs. Out of nowhere, they were in the middle of a firefight. The male soldiers rushed out to join the fight, so, Sgt. Pearsall jumped into a machine gun and began to fire. In the midst of all of this, she realized that one of her soldiers had fallen. She crawled to the 6-foot-2, over 200 pounded man, and even though he was twice her size, she dragged him to safety. This proves that women are way more incredible than we think.
The article says that there are many reasons why people thought that women in combat would have been a bad idea. According to the article, one reason is that people would have looked at women dying differently than the men dying. For example, if a woman died, poeple would have cried saying "Oh my gosh, she was a mother, and sister," and stuff of that manner. However, the article says, people have been looking at women deaths the same way they look at men deaths.
The article gives a little history of women in war, and how some of them persevered so much. From 1861-1865, it says that women would dress as men to fight. That's how much they wanted to serve their country.
I feel as though women are strong enough to do anything they put their mind to. I'm not trying to sound like those sexists in the world, but whatever men can do, women can do a little better. I don't mean it like "women are better then men." What I'm saying is, when most women are doing a task, they get it done, with a greater outcome, but only because they usually put their minds to it. This leads me to the point that, if women really want to fight in wars, they will get the outcome they want, and it will be greater because of the perserverence to do it.
Do I think that this was a smart idea? Yes and no. Yes because, now women can show how strong they are and won't get negatively judged. However, I'm one of those people who will cry and say that she was mother and stuff like that. It's a win-lose situation in my eyes. At least the women are happy.
Dao opens the article up with the story of Staff Sergeant Stacy Pearsall's unit. Her unit came under attack while they were cleaning up roadside bombs. Out of nowhere, they were in the middle of a firefight. The male soldiers rushed out to join the fight, so, Sgt. Pearsall jumped into a machine gun and began to fire. In the midst of all of this, she realized that one of her soldiers had fallen. She crawled to the 6-foot-2, over 200 pounded man, and even though he was twice her size, she dragged him to safety. This proves that women are way more incredible than we think.
The article says that there are many reasons why people thought that women in combat would have been a bad idea. According to the article, one reason is that people would have looked at women dying differently than the men dying. For example, if a woman died, poeple would have cried saying "Oh my gosh, she was a mother, and sister," and stuff of that manner. However, the article says, people have been looking at women deaths the same way they look at men deaths.
The article gives a little history of women in war, and how some of them persevered so much. From 1861-1865, it says that women would dress as men to fight. That's how much they wanted to serve their country.
I feel as though women are strong enough to do anything they put their mind to. I'm not trying to sound like those sexists in the world, but whatever men can do, women can do a little better. I don't mean it like "women are better then men." What I'm saying is, when most women are doing a task, they get it done, with a greater outcome, but only because they usually put their minds to it. This leads me to the point that, if women really want to fight in wars, they will get the outcome they want, and it will be greater because of the perserverence to do it.
Do I think that this was a smart idea? Yes and no. Yes because, now women can show how strong they are and won't get negatively judged. However, I'm one of those people who will cry and say that she was mother and stuff like that. It's a win-lose situation in my eyes. At least the women are happy.
