Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site rabbit.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!zehntel!ihnp4!houxm!mhuxa!mhuxi!mhuxt!eagle!alice!rabbit!mam From: mam@rabbit.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Ripping women to bloody shreds Message-ID: <1728@rabbit.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Jul-83 20:03:46 EDT Article-I.D.: rabbit.1728 Posted: Tue Jul 26 20:03:46 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 21:39:56 EDT References: <198@aplvax.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 14 My view is that women should have a CHOICE. Just as some men don't want to fight, some women don't want to fight. But if a woman chooses to go into the military, she should also have the same choice as a man: does she or does she not want to fight. I resent the fact that simply because of my sex, something over which I have no control and no choice, I cannot defend my country with my life if I want to. Women are not less suited for combat because of their sex. Some women and men are less suited for combat because of who they are. And for me, last but not least, why should the men that I know and love have the right to be killed, but I do not. Meredith Morris