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Girl In A Military
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In 2006, a female U.S. Coast Guardsman was the whistleblower for the several rapes in the United States Coast Guard and the four other military branches. She started a military rape crisis center, which has pushed for stricter laws to protect sexual assault victims.
Tactical concerns
In On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman briefly mentions that female soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces have been officially prohibited from serving in close combat military operations since 1948 (in 2001, subsequent to publication, women began serving in IDF combat units on an experimental basis). The reason for removing female soldiers from the front lines is no reflection on the performance of female soldiers, but that of the male infantrymen after witnessing a woman wounded. The IDF saw a complete loss of control over soldiers who apparently experienced an uncontrollable, protective, instinctual aggression.
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