There are a lot of discussions around topics that highlight the role of women in our society. With the rise of feminism and emancipation, despite quite an obvious question about the woman’s role in a family, the question about a woman in military forces has also become vital. I stick to the opinion that women should be given a right (or an obligation) to serve their country; however, the essay discusses both views.
On the one hand, there are reasons to think that women do not belong to the hostile masculine environment which army is. Many people claim that women are much weaker both psychologically and physically than men. Therefore, the right to serve a country will become not a favour, but a burden. Moreover, in order to carry such a burden a woman need to put the arduous endeavour during her experience in the army and this effort could not be compared to efforts men put. For instance, female soldiers will be demanded to do more exercises in order to get an equal opportunity to take part in military operations. Hence, the urge to equality will only make a gap between men and women deeper and will make the whole situation worse.
On the other hand, there are no evidences that women are psychologically and physically weaker because of the natural reasons, but not because society tells them to be weaker. For example, we do not know now whether women continue to be much weaker than men as they are now, if society stops to teach girls that they are created for being wives and mothers. What is more, while society says women are weak and unsuitable for the army, at the same time it gets blind when it comes to those men who are not physically developed enough for military force.
Summing up, women should be allowed to serve in armies as far as there are no natural reasons not to let them do so. All the considered modern reasons against women in armies are made by society itself and could be eliminated in future by shifting the perception of women.
There are
a lot of
discussions around
topics that highlight the role of
women
in our
society
. With the rise of feminism and emancipation, despite quite an obvious question about the woman’s role in a family, the question about a woman in military forces has
also
become vital. I stick to the opinion that
women
should be
given
a right (or an obligation) to serve their country;
however
, the essay discusses both views.
On the one hand, there are
reasons
to
think
that
women
do not belong to the hostile masculine environment which
army
is.
Many
people
claim that
women
are much
weaker
both
psychologically
and
physically
than
men
.
Therefore
, the right to serve a country will become not a
favour
,
but
a burden.
Moreover
, in order to carry such a burden a woman need to put the arduous
endeavour
during her experience in the
army
and this effort could not
be compared
to efforts
men
put.
For instance
, female soldiers will
be demanded
to do more exercises in order to
get
an equal opportunity to
take part
in military operations.
Hence
, the urge to equality will
only
make
a gap between
men
and
women
deeper and will
make
the whole situation worse.
On the other hand
, there are no evidences that
women
are
psychologically
and
physically
weaker
because
of the natural
reasons
,
but
not
because
society
tells
them to be
weaker
.
For example
, we do not know
now
whether
women
continue to be much
weaker
than
men
as they are
now
, if
society
stops
to teach girls that they
are created
for being wives and mothers.
What is more
, while
society
says
women
are weak and unsuitable for the
army
, at the same time it
gets
blind when it
comes
to those
men
who are not
physically
developed
enough
for military force.
Summing up,
women
should be
allowed
to serve in
armies
as far as there are no natural
reasons
not to
let
them do
so
. All the considered modern
reasons
against
women
in
armies
are made
by
society
itself and could
be eliminated
in future by shifting the perception of
women
.