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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 7 years ago

I don't understand this argument to not having women in combat positions in the military.?

The is argument is that if captured, women are more likely to get raped.

I just don't understand this argument. If you stopped people from joining military due to what could happen and the risks involved, then you'd have no military. When you join, you accept that you're putting yourself in a position and situation where you can get killed or hurt. So is it acceptable for men to accept risks involved this but not women?

Can anyone explain it because I just can't see this as an effective point for argument.

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  • 7 years ago

    "Can anyone explain it because I just can't see this as an effective point for argument. "

    Because it looks a lot worse on the news for women prisoners to be mistreated than for men. See the media surrounding Jessica Lynch if you don't believe me.

    To frame it in Operational Risk Management terms, risk has two elements: probability (the likelihood of something happening) and severity (the negative impact of it happening). While you can argue the probability of males being raped may be the same as POWs (I wouldn't try and make that argument, but hey, you never know. Maybe it's Thursday in Afghanistan), the severity of it is worse. Thus, yes, there is a higher risk of women being raped than of men, due to the impact to the mission it would incur.

    Source(s): Active-duty US Navy
  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Women are in combat positions, several were killed and Injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, when or if this poser in the White house ever orders air strike some of the air assets will be piloted by women.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    The very concept that women are the " weaker " gender was probably started by women. And, men are so damned stupid, we actually believed them.

  • 7 years ago

    More conservatives nonsense.

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  • 7 years ago

    It is dead argument. Has been for a while.

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