Women can never "belong" in combat
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Simons, Anna
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2000
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Summer 2000
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Elsevier
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Demi Moore never perspired in the movie "G.I. Jane", she sweated. And she had to do so in order to convey how much work was involved in becoming the first female member of a combat-oriented Special Operations team. No woman currently serves in such a unit. But what Moore's performance suggests is that if only the right female were given the opportunity to prove her ability to meet the same physical standards as the military's most elite combat soldiers, then even these men would have to grant her their grudging respect. She would belong, and presumably pave the way for other gritty women.
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Defense Analysis (DA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Anna Simons, Women can never "belong" in combat, Orbis, v.44, Issue 3, Summer 2000, p. 451-461
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.