The age old debate of women's rights is, unfortunately still going on. When most people think of women's rights they think in past tense. So many people don't realize that even in todays society women are being underestimated and underapprieciated. And the U.S. military is a prime example of this unjust. Because in our military system the poltical leaders of today don't think that having women in the military is a good idea. Granted some progress has been made, however it is not enough and the female citizens should not be expected to settle for just some changes.
In today's military there are many roles that are still being with held from women, simply because of gender. Marcia Kaye gives some surprisisng informtion in her article "A Woman's Right to Fight" as she explains that the Infantry and the Special Forces are currently off limits to women. Quiet frankly I was baffled when I read this article because I was under the impression that women and men were finally being excepted as equals. But I was wrong. They aren't and yet they should be. Because women can fight and they can shoot guns contrary to popular belief.
Many people will read this and think that I don't understand and aknowledge just how far women have come, but I do. Those first women who paved the way for the rest of us are my heroes and I will be forever grateful for the sacrificies that they made. But I just can't get over the fact that even after all of those amazing women spent their whole lives dedicated to the cause, that women are still being held back just because they're women.
Time and time again women have proven themselves to the "superior" sex. Whether it was getting out of the kitchen and into the factories, or trading their skirts for buisness suits, and even exchanging their silk gloves and dainty hats for sports gear women have had to fight for their own freedom and now the government is telling the women of today that they can't fight for their countrys freedom? What kind of world do we live in? This is supposed to be the home of the free and the brave, but instead it's the home of "you're not allowed" and "you don't have high enough levels of testosterone".
Kaye, Marcia. "A Woman's Right To Fight." Toronto Star 1/30/2011: n. pag. Web. 20 Feb 2011.
