Policy Women In Combat Analysis

In the passage “Policy: Women in combat” the author talks about reasons why women can not and should not be in combat positions. However, in the lines of these two things seemed to be blurred rather than concrete. The passage gave an example of articles that emphasize this belief. They gave the article that former senator of virginia wrote which was a clear outline of common reasons as to why women should not be in combat. Some of the reasons he listed is as follows: that the fact women can get pregnant is seen as a weakness, that physically and emotionally they are not strong enough, and finally that they would distract the soldiers from the task at hand. Although the article states that later the senator apologized for his remarks, his …show more content…
Men's National Soccer team and the U.S. Women's National soccer team. The fight to close this gap came to ahead this year, when the team threatened not to play since their agreement was up to expire. This meant that both U.S. Soccer federation and the Women’s team both had to take legal action to protect themselves. As a result of this some of the top players on the team began using a social media hashtag to reference this problem. #Equalpay4EqualPlay was something the began resonating with many professional athletes. By using this hashtag and making more people aware of it, it allowed the movement to gain momentum. Another reason this caught the eye of mainstream media is that the women's team was coming off a world cup win, and it came out that the men were paid more for a regular win, then the women were paid for a world cup win. The men also get paid if the same amount if they lose. Where the women are frequently paid much less when they lose a game. If you aren’t aware of the team's’ history you should know the women's team wins more than the men's team. Another thing that differs between mens and womens soccer is how the game is played. Frequently referees call women on more aggressive things while if the men do the same thing they are allowed to continue to play. This is present at high school level of soccer. The fight to close the gap of pay between men and women athletes is still being fought. The women's soccer team and the soccer federation are still in talks with only temporary solutions coming out ever so often. The women of the team believe that should be paid equally for the basic reasons of they win more, but also because they are being paid significantly less than men and they believe in 2016 this should no longer be an issue for them. That it is time the federation pay both genders