Armed Services

993). These women emphasized the poor conditions under which they had to work: lack of food, warm clothing and inappropriate health care. In the case of Australian women during the War time, those who served in the AWAS, Australian Women’s Army Service, were exposed to the “twelve-hour shifts of physically demanding work” (as cited in Dinan, 2016, p. 41). As for the United States, it was affirmed that the War necessitated women to get engaged in previously considered male dominant fields…

At first glance, sexism, racism, and homophobia do not seem to be prevalent issues in the Canadian Armed Forces. However, upon delving deeper into the organization’s past and current testimonies, it is clearly the opposite. Anybody that doesn’t fit the ideal image of a military hero: white, male, straight and preferably Christian can expect harassment. For instance, members of the LGBTQ were discharged from the military because of non-accurate beliefs regarding their sexual orientation or gender…

Gender Inequality in the United States Armed Forces INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL ISSUE Women take on many different roles in the home, workplace, educational institutions, and their communities. Although they provide great services and significant contributions to the growth and progress of America, they still experience inequality amongst their male counterparts ("Women's Equality Day: Gender Inequalities that Still Exist Today in the U.S.", 2017). Women still continue to see inequality through…

direct ground combat, it’s very meaningful to look at how successful are armies that already allow women to serve in military combat. One of the most important militaries, where women aren’t only permitted to serve, but are required to do military service, is the IDF. IDF stands for the Israel Defense Forces, and “ it’s three things; it’s ground, navy, and air.” (Dobrzynki) Since the year 2000, after the amendment to military law, women are permitted to serve in any role of the military,…

situations would allow our combat units to be more effective in many different ways. Women who choose to become active combat soldiers, are unlikely to shirk their duty by becoming pregnant after a call-up as these women have willingly joined the service…

percentage. When the armed services are again needed in larger quantities, it is possible that the means of acquiring these numbers will demonstrate the depth of American possibilities in a new and previously undiscovered way. In times of war and need for arms, the United States has instated drafts and used technology of the times to accomplish…

Women are in the military but are they happy with the jobs they have? Combat jobs have been restricted from women because the armed forces think that men are the only ones capable due to strength, endurance, and knowledge. Women have as much right to be assigned combat jobs as much as men because it is their life they are putting at risk and if they think they are strong enough and smart enough they should be able to. Women should have a choice whether they want to have combat jobs or not.…

the women of the military have a tendency to slide under the radar for much of their careers, and especially when it comes to things going awry, or circumstances that may make their situations much more difficult than they need to be. Women in the armed forces are subject to just as many dangers as their male counterparts, if not also more personally affective dangers as well. These can and do include sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, and other crimes that occur skyrocketingly more often…

of the armed forces. With a name like the Air Force it is automatically assumed that everyone flies or at least works with airplanes. In actuality less than one percent flies. There are many support functions such as cook, payroll, air traffic controller, and many more jobs. People in the Air Force have been labeled tech geeks and the Air Force itself has been nicknamed the “chair force” by other military members.…

Being married to a member of the armed forces I have been able to experience some of the stress related issues that our service members go through. Much of this stress comes from superior officers. Orders are given to lower ranking members that they sometimes do not agree with. However, our military members are taught to take orders from superior officers no matter if they agree with the orders or not. One of our military foundations is to obey. Soldiers are taught from boot camp to obey with…