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Should the military allow women to serve in combat roles?

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 163k UK voters.

93%
Yes
7%
No
78%
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

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 @9P7PJSManswered…2yrs2Y

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

 @4T928GNfrom Blackburn with Darwen  answered…6yrs6Y

Women who have served in combat are 135 times more likely to suffer from PTSD

 @4VRHYK3from Medway  answered…6yrs6Y

no, puts women in danger as they are vulnerable

 @5BDRDYLfrom Hampshire  answered…6yrs6Y

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.

 @B64XW6Ganswered…11mos11MO

They should have the choice to serve and should be told that this could put them at a higher risk of sexual assualt

 @B5RSL6Ranswered…1yr1Y

Yes, but as someone who believes in consensual traditional gender roles, they should be tomboys and should have to prove themselves to be at the same level of capability as men.

 @B5N86Z9answered…1yr1Y

Yes, allow women to serve in female combat units as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men.

 @9Q65SPG answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, as long as they are made aware of the ramifications and trained to the same counter parts as the men.

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