William Warrior
Professor Schmidt
English 101
29 March 2011 When Women Go to Warrior-page 199 Anne Applebaum wrote a great piece on when women go to war. She used logic very well to a certain extent. Yes women are in more combat roles today more than ever. Women also are taking the fight to the enemy just as well as men, in some instances even better. But I don’t think the fight is over. There is still more fighting to be done to get women in 100 percent of the roles that men train too. Take for instance special operation jobs. My last helicopter MH-53 Pave low didn’t allow any women to be part of its crew; it was the only aircraft in the Air Force inventory that was all male crew. Could a female crew do the job the same? Perhaps they could’ve but the helicopter is no longer in inventory so we will never know. When it comes to women in combat some men still have weaknesses for women. For example if there is 4 convoy trucks carrying boxes, each man will unload his truck, but when it’s the woman’s turn, a man will come over to offer assistance, which creates a weakness on the front lines. Men will typically try to cover for themselves and the woman, making them more vulnerable to the enemy because they will wonder if she can hold her own when bullets start flying. Anne counters this by explaining how in the civilian workforce employers allow women to do all jobs that men can do. I understand because most civilian companies aren’t in the direct line of combat situations. But she makes her point very clear, just not when you talk about direct combat. When she talks about women should have the same equal rights, pay and positions as men, I agree 100%. It shouldn’t matter what the sex is, if you can do the job, who cares about the