In 2015 David Cameron ordered the Ministry of Defence to be ready to welcome female soldiers into "close combat" roles next year. Proponents argue that it will help the military retain more women, who tend to leave the services permanently when they have children. Opponents argue that allowing women to serve in these roles would limit the military's ability to fight in combat situations.
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Response rates from 180k UK voters.
93% Yes |
7% No |
77% Yes |
5% No |
13% Yes, as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men |
1% No, women are not as physically capable as men for combat |
2% Yes, preventing women from serving in combat roles is discriminatory |
0% No, men are more likely to risk the success of a mission in order to protect a women from danger |
0% No, combat roles place women in a high risk situation for sexual assault |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 180k UK voters.
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Unique answers from UK voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9P7PJSM9mos9MO
woman are equally as capable and that would be obvious to most reasonable people however we should have less emphasis on the military industrial complex in general and this feels like a red herring talking point either in pro feminism circles or otherwise
@4T928GN4yrs4Y
Women who have served in combat are 135 times more likely to suffer from PTSD
@4VRHYK34yrs4Y
no, puts women in danger as they are vulnerable
@5BDRDYL4yrs4Y
Yes as long as enough training is done, to prevent the man from risking mission success to save the woman's life. But really women should be able to fight the same as men.
@9QQ842Z8mos8MO
No, there are different roles women in the military that they can do instead that are not combat roles
@9QHWPGS8mos8MO
No women should not be ordered on the front line even if they are capable, but they should be given a choice to decide for themselves if they want to?
@9QF8MFZ8mos8MO
Yes. If she is then victim to sexual assault that is not and never will be her fault. If the assaulter cannot be trusted around women he should not be in the military. He should try going back to nursery, where he may learn some things.
@9QF5TT78mos8MO
I sit on the fence and understand that it is discriminatory to not allow them to but can in-vision men compromising a mission to protect women from danger
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