312_Ind3_S1

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Instructions: Now that your group has decided on an issue, you must demonstrate that there is a problem. You will turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that you showed that there is a problem

I. There is a problem in society today. That problem is:

Women in the military are being treated unfairly. Some soldiers still harass, rape and sexually assault their fellow service women. Women back in the 1900s got treated unfairly, and even today women still get treated unfairly. Some of the military policy excludes women from the battlefield. They're mostly in the medical or technology field, but rarely do you see them in combat.

II. Facts that demonstrate that there is a problem are: (Two articles and bibliography must be attached)

the 1948 law still bans women from serving on naval combat vessels. (this law recently got abolished) Even today, though, the official policy of the Army and Marine Corps excludes women from combat which precludes 12 percent of skilled positions and 39 percent of the total positions. Opponents of allowing women to compete for combat billets argue that it is too dangerous to put women in the position of becoming prisoners of war. Without a doubt, there is a much greater probability for acts of sexual molestation and rape with the addition of women to the front lines.

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Authored by Jake Willens, 7 August 1996. Reviewed by Daniel Smith, 29 January 1998

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National organization for women By Diana Price August 29, 2006