Women should not be allowed to serve in Infantry

To begin, I am not against women serving in armedforces. I am just against the idea of women serving on the front-lines ofinfantry. Women technically already serve in combat, but theydon’t serve in infantry, and they don’t bear arms like men, unless forself-defense. The purpose of this debate is to show why womenshould not serve in infantry. ThePentagon on Women serving in Infantry Back in January of this year, after years ofdebating, along with legal obstacles, the Pentagon has made the announcementthat they will lift the ban on women serving in infantry or ground-combat. Theyplan on allowing women to serve in infantry around the year 2016. However, this does not mean that the decision forwomen to serve in infantry is already enforced and enacted by the United Statesarmed forces. The Pentagon is sort-of taking an “Agnostic” position. They aresimply just saying that it is possible for women to serve in infantry during2016, unless the U.S. Military can justify why certain positions should remainclosed. The issue still remains an open question. American civilians can possibly override this bywriting to Congress, as to give reasons why women should not serve in infantry.[1] Reasonsagainst Women serving in Infantry: Down below, I am going to go ahead and list somereasons as to why women should not be allowed to serve in infantry. Womenwould have to register for selective service ( a.k.a. the Draft.)- Women would have to register for selectiveservice if this act became enabled. How would be helping and or enforcingwomen’s rights? In fact I see thecomplete opposite here. Women’s rights would be destroyed, and not supported orenforced.[1] Combatis designed for men, not Women- Biologically speaking,Human anatomy shows that women tend to have a 20-25% lung capacity than men. In their review “The Adaptations to StrengthTraining," Foland and Williams write that women typically have about 60percent to 80 percent of the muscle mass of men. Women would have to carry50-75 lbs of [2]http://hypertextbook.com...[3]http://www.livestrong.com... Combat is designed for men, notWomen (Reason 2)- Katie Petronio is a graduate of BowdoinCollege. She was the captain of the nationally ranked women’s hockey teamduring her college years; after them, she placed fourth in her class in OfficerCandidates School. Think about this: When she entered the military, Petroniowas ardently for women in combat She could bench almost 150 pounds (veryimpressive) She scored a 292 out of 300 on theMarine physical fitness test (truly a top-notch athlete) She was in the top 20% of performers inBasic Training We’re dealing here with ahigh-performer, an achiever, and a woman in peak shape. So what happened whenshe went to Afghanistan? Was she fine? Did she perform as well as she expected? Sadly, her body essentiallybuckled. She became a different person, physically. This is her quote from the injuriesshe suffered from training. As you can see, KatiePetronio is an outstanding Female soldier. She seems to rise above the others,Tier 1. However, Infantry training was just not right for her because she is awoman, and Combat is designed for men. FirstConclusion: Asyou can see, there are too many good reasons as to why the U.S. Military shouldnot allow females to enter Infantry. [4]http://www.patheos.com... Sources: [1]http://www.washingtonpost.com... [2]http://hypertextbook.com... [3]http://www.livestrong.com... [4]http://www.patheos.com...;