Co-ed Combat: The New Evidence That Women Shouldn't Fight the Nation's WarsPenguin, 2007-11-08 - 368 psl. A scholar makes a definitive, controversial argument against women in combat More than 155,000 female troops have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. And more than seventy of those women have died. While that’s a small fraction of all American casualties, those deaths exceed the number of military women who died in Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War combined. Clearly, women in combat isn’t a theoretical issue anymore. Women now fly combat aircraft and serve on warships. Even the remaining all-male corners of the military are blurring the lines in Iraq. And for many advocates, this trend is considered progress—toward a better, “gender neutral” military. Co-ed Combat makes the opposite case, based on research in anthropology, biology, history, psychology, sociology, and law, as well as military memoirs. It asks hard questions that challenge the assumptions of feminists.For instance:
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... level—that causes men to resist inclusion of women into the “band of brothers.” All that is required is an “attitude adjustment” to allow the military to eliminate the benighted sexism on display in G.I. Jane and to achieve the ...
... level—that causes men to resist inclusion of women into the “band of brothers.” All that is required is an “attitude adjustment” to allow the military to eliminate the benighted sexism on display in G.I. Jane and to achieve the ...
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... levels, on the one hand—who are likely to say “of course males and females are different”—and the views of many social scientists and policymakers involved in “gender issues,” on the other hand, with the latter telling the former not to ...
... levels, on the one hand—who are likely to say “of course males and females are different”—and the views of many social scientists and policymakers involved in “gender issues,” on the other hand, with the latter telling the former not to ...
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... level of physical ability and all are structured such that men and women do not compete against each other. Occasionally a female may play on a male team, especially in noncontact sports,2 but when males attempt to play on female teams ...
... level of physical ability and all are structured such that men and women do not compete against each other. Occasionally a female may play on a male team, especially in noncontact sports,2 but when males attempt to play on female teams ...
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... levels.”27 Even at the time, it was obvious that Whipp and Ward's projections would not come true. A Runner's World article of that same year noted that the improvement of women relative to men in the marathon had leveled off since ...
... levels.”27 Even at the time, it was obvious that Whipp and Ward's projections would not come true. A Runner's World article of that same year noted that the improvement of women relative to men in the marathon had leveled off since ...
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... Levels of Training Injuries in Women Can Be Overcome Through More Training. Related to differences in strength and bone mass is the high rate of injuries, especially stress fractures, suffered by women in physical training. Women are ...
... Levels of Training Injuries in Women Can Be Overcome Through More Training. Related to differences in strength and bone mass is the high rate of injuries, especially stress fractures, suffered by women in physical training. Women are ...
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The Why Question | |
The Nature of Modern Warfare | |
The Special Case of Aviation | |
War as a Traditionally Masculine Pursuit | |
What Men Fear | |
Threats to Cohesion and Effectiveness Arising from Mixing | |
Women and Children First | |
Sexual Relationships and Attraction | |
Double Standards and Political Correctness | |
Rape of Female Prisoners of | |
Pregnancy Motherhood and Hygiene | |
Is a Fully | |
Should the Sexes Be Separated? SexSegregated Training | |
Why Men Love | |
All for One and One for | |
Leadership and Followership in Combat | |
Is Mens Aversion | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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