Should females be allowed to fight on the front line in a conflict?

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Scobill	Equality is equality , so yes they should . Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

sambo369	i dont see why not- if thye want to fight let them fight Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

NIKKI1118	I think they should. They joined the military and I don't think they should get special treatment because they are a woman Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Elliot	No, fighting on the front line is a massive risk to personal safety. If you have the enemy firing almost point blank range and you run out of ammunition (bullets) then you HAVE to endorse into "face-to-face body combat" or a "fist fight" as its more commonly known. The Government don't agree women should have to go through such an horrific situation therefore in All Countries (Except China), Woman are currently banned from fighting on the front line for their own personal safety. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Chit P	well, these days, its all the guns that matter. so why not? the tradition of women not being allowed to fight harks back to a time of high infant mortality where women were vital to the continuation of the species and still little morle than baby machines. A woman had kids and therefore got the free pass on the life boat and got to stay behind when the world went to war. But, it also had to do with hand to hand combat where women are conisdered weaker. I'm pretty sure that women are already at the front lines, though. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

lollypop	yeah, i think women would be quiet good at that. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

bob g	I also agrfee with Sammie - as much as many of you would like to think that women would kill enemies without hurting herself emotionally or mentally - you are pretty much genereally wrong. It is a fact that women are more "emotional" and i think we can all agree MOST women would have uncertanties about shooting an armed child... There are a lot of little problems (they MOSTLY are not as strong as men and what happens when the man needs to be dragged away from battle?) I agree that they should have limited front line positions - possibly medic? - but not as an infantry soldier Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

auntb93	Allowed to, yes. I do not believe they should do it, but it is an individual choice. What really bothers me is that women with small children may be making orphans. On the other hand, I'd really rather nobody fought in the front lines. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

MadMaxx	I say NO until they can weed out the ones that actually can handle it. This country is so worried about affending a minority that we let anyone do anything... even if they can't do the job. I have seen way too many that are there because they can pass a class with a written test at the end. 95% of the women in the military can't handle the physical aspect of combat. I am NOT saying that women shouldn't be in the military of in combat... we just need a better system that is based on performance. How would you like to have thoughts of doubt as to whether a comrad can do their job or carry your butt out of harms way? We don't need that kind of doubt when we're trying to do our job and are worried about whether someon has your back. Personal experience... both girls I worked with in Fallujah should not have been there... they were a detriment! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Mark J	..absolutely providing they are prepared to act as any other soldier providing they don't expect special treatment providing they don't demand special equipment providing there are no special allowances made for them. ...so thats not going to happen .... is it? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Truce	Short answer is NO! I'm speaking as a Marine here, in the U.S. armed forces women do not fight on the front line. They certainly are involved with all other aspects of our Military and rightly so. This may or may ot put them in the position of confronting the enemy, however they are not ever specifically placed in the position of directly confronting and killing the enemy on the 'front'. Thats the way it is, and the way it should be. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

nicky	hellooo females are better than men!! we would have lost WWII without girls of course they should be allowed to fight in the flipping front line!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

nicedoc	I think anyone that can meet the physical and mental standard of competence to fight on the frontlines should have the opportunity to do so regardless of gender. However, I think it would be wrong to have a separate standard for women with less rigorous requirements than that for men as it does both a disservice to do so. You cannot gloss over that men and women are not physically and emotionally equal. There's no room for being PC when lives are on the line. Soldiers on the frontlines deserve to have the assurance that their comrades in arms can pull their weight irrespective of gender. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Scrappy52	No, if she did, she would be a liability. Not because she can't fight, but because the enemy, knowing she is there would use that information as a weapon. The enemy we now fight, muslim terrorist, have great disreguard for women. So they may go for the women first, and if they could capture them, they would use them as bait to draw the men into the open, or they may torture them to death on video , to demoralize the male soldiers into making serious mistakes on the battlefield. We have morals, and I know I would fight to save a woman, and I know you would fight to save your wife. I thank your wife for wanting women to share the fighting, but when you are fighting an enemy, that has no morals, you must weigh your options very carefully. Just last night on the news, some holy man in Iran called for the execution of women, I believe he said, for not wearing a certain clothing item. I believe it was some type of veil. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Wren M	No, and here's why; 1). It's been proven in tests carried out by the British MOD that men serving with women will invariably stop to help a woman in trouble even when they should be continuing a fight. 2). What happens if the day an unit is due to move to the front line one of the women in a team announces she's pregnant? Send her into battle anyway? or leave a unit a person down? 3). The physical side, although many women can be as strong as an average man, your average soldier or marine will often go into battle carrying weights far in excess of what we train with. A good example is Afghanistan were many marines were carrying loads in excess of 60kg (120Ibs) heavier than your average women. 4). Related to 3 above...ask the Navy...many male sailors have complained that they end up doing more work because many female sailors are not strong enough to do the day to day duties, on a ship you can get away with that......on the front line you cant. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Shades	Not all women, but then again there are some men that I can think of that would not be fit (mentally or physically) to serve on the front line Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Shelly	Periods do cause problems!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

DOOM	Anyone who can carry his own weight should be able to do so. That leaves me out, so I'll stick to intelligence. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

johnathanapples	YES... in fact many armies HAVE women fighting on the front lines... Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Jennifer H	Absolutley. As long as they meet the requirements there is no reason they shouldn't. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

nonya b	yes.. as long as thier trigger finger is able to properly work the trigger I say by all means. One of the best Snipers in WW2 was a Russian Woman Lyudmila M. Pavlichenko Confirmed Kills: 309 Pavlichenko served in the Red Army's 25th Infantry Division and became one of the 2000 Soviet female snipers, of whom only about 500 survived the war. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Korky	If woman are allowed to fight alongside their male colleges, do you not feel it would put pressure on the males to either go into overprotect mode, or show off mode,thus compromising all around them. In other words making the unit less effective and therefor more venerable, I'm no believer in the a woman's place is in the home brigade but there are limits, and front line duty is a bridge to far for me joyeux noel to all our fighting men and woman and all those who are not married to. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Gabriel	No,but why do you ask seeing you already believe that woman should be put on the front line of war.Men shouldn't even have to go through such horrors. Our woman will need to be there to give the men of this Nation a reason to fight. If they are killed why do we bother fighting seeing we aren't fighting for our woman and children and the things we hold dear such as family and peace for those that you love. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

rotorhead	Absoulutly not. I never came across a woman Marine who could pick me up and carry me over her shoulder. In full combat gear (no pack) I tipped the scales at about 245lbs. didn't even find any who could drag me. Women lack the physical upper body strenght to meet the demands of front line combat, to include hand-to-hand. Ladies, do you really want to go one on one with an enemy male soldier with knives or bare hands? Combat load for a Marine (including pack) 120lbs+. How does your wife feel about taking a squat around 20-200 guys? Not taking a bath for 1-2 weeks at a time? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

lustatfirstbite	Personally, I don't have a problem with women in combat. As long as: They are capable of meeting the same physical demands of the males that they are fighting with. The Combat Load (what every Marine is required to carry into combat; a combination of armor, weapons, and ammunition) of an Infantry Marine in Iraq is approximatly 100 pounds. As long as she is capable of walking a 4 to 5 hour patrol carrying such weight, I am all for women on the front lines. But the sad truth is, your average male (5'9" 170 pounds) can't effectively carry 100 pounds. Your average female (5'2" 115 pounds) is definitly going to have touble carrying an additional 85% of her body weight for long periods of time. And every Marine that can't carry their weight only slows down the others who have to carry more weight for them. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Don M	I don't think so. Through out history man and women have evolved and changed. but one thing that hasn't changed is putting women and children in harms way. Today women are liberated and rightfully so, however free they are they are still are our daughters, wives, & mothers . I have five daughters and would lay my life on the line without hesitation to save anyone of them. Women have been and still can be very involved in war if that's there want, just not in harms way That's my view Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Bluefox650	Personally, I too think they should! I am sure a load of women suffering from PMS would eradicate the enemy within seconds! lol! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

BrilliantPomegranate	I couldn't have out iut better than "sammie". I'm not prejediced or anti-equality, but I think it does need some serious questioning. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

bill	They do, there are many female pilots which are some of the first people into a conflict Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Gerry Atrix	Yes, as long as they can pull their weight and not come over all girly when the going gets rough. Also the inate courtesy af the male has to be somewaht subdued. The days of in bed in kitchen and breeding are over. Females are already on the front line. A young medic has just been decorated for gallantry. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

sammie	Me and my hubby discuss this quite regularly(he is in the army) He has changed my mind by arguing 1.. if women were on the front line it is a mans instinct to protect therefore he would risk himself to save her in the line of fire 2.. the time of the month .. many front line soilders walk for weeks to the front line 3.. possibilty of pregancy 4.. would a woman kill a child who was armed ? 5.. Women are more emotional than men and would suffer more after the event I have to say i do not think it would be such a good idea for the reasons he mentioned Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No